Bear Claw Quilt Tutorial

Easy quilting tutorial with jenny doan of missouri star quilt co.

Bear claw quilt tutorial.

Layer a 4 with a 3 square right sides together. Over the past couple of months my friends at riley blake and i have been making one classic quilt block a week or at least one block design some are making numerous of each block design. Pin to match points and join the rows together. With your favorite quarter inch foot installed on your sewing machine stitch a quarter inch away from both sides of each line.

Free bear paw quilt block pattern. Cut each square on the diagonal to create triangles. Sew together each row. She starts with an easy peasy bear paw block and stitches it up with setting triangles.

Make the back of each light 4 patch with a diagonal line between both pairs of corners. There are lots of other names for this block like the best friend bear s tracks bear s foot cat s paw duck s foot in the mud hand of friendship illinois turkey track and tea. Today let s put together a variation of the traditional bear paw quilt block. Assemble the bear paw block.

This version was made by heidi staples of fabric mutt using this tutorial by rita of red pepper quilts one of my favorite sources for scrappy inspiration. Arrange the components as shown in the photo below. It s the perfect pattern for your favorite 2 5 inch strips and it comes together like a dream. This super fun scrappy bear claw quilt version is a tutorial from wendy s quilts and more here s another scrappy version using a single claw block.

This week she s demonstrating another simple method. Msqc s jenny shows us how to make a quick and easy bear paw quilt using jelly rolls 2 1 2 inch strips of precut fabric. Press the seams of the top and bottom row toward the bear paw corners press the middle row toward the center square so that seams will lay flat. Create bear claw points cut 8 squares of dark fabric i used floral each measuring 3 5 x 3 5.

Click here to watch the tutorial. Start by constructing the hst units. Image from the jolly jabber blog. Last week jenny taught one quick and easy way to set a quilt on point.

Today i m sharing a tutorial for one of my favorite classic quilt blocks the bear paw. Posted by elaine huff on may 06 2019.