This Bear Paw quilt is 87" square. I used Warm and Natural batting for it and it is all hand quilted. I bought (on sale) 5 meters each of the two fabrics for the top and binding, and I had a little left over.I started it in January 2007 when we lived in Alberta and my husband had moved back to Manitoba (I stayed behind so the boys could finish the school year) and I felt I needed something to occupy my time.
It is hand quilted because at the time I wasn't doing much machine quilting. It is my fourth large quilt that I have hand quilted (although I did start and finish another hand quilted quilt in 2007 and it has been on my bed ever since), but this one is my last! Machine quilting seems to offer more possibilities for me than hand quilting.
I don't want to think about how many hours of quilting it took - at times it seemed to go on for ever.
The back of the quilt,
and the border - I used a stencil. This took so long to quilt and you can't even see it from the front.
I quilted bears around the edge, and I chose circles to quilt all over it because I thought they contrasted well with all the points.
The instructions for the Bear Paw blocks and the bear design are all from this wonderful Eleanor Burns book.Thanks Myra for hosting the PhD Challenge - I know I would never have finished this quilt without some incentive.
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!♥