Today I sewed some bear claws together. They are actually half square triangles. I need something like 560 of them.
Did you know bears have right and left claws?
Proverbs 19:2 Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes (waste.)
Forty left bear claws. All well and good, but I need right claws!!! Ugg!! I can’t believe it!! I checked and double checked and somehow turned them the wrong way. Guess I’ll take a coffee break and do some seam ripping.
Right claws attached.
One bunch of paws pressed.
Fifty more paws sewn and ready to press.
The fifty paws pressed. I put them in piles the way the squares will be. I better do some ‘goes-in-tas,’ I’m pretty sure I need more, but I think an inventory is in order.
This is what it looks like, remember? I started it waayyy back in January. I guess he’s been hibernating.
My bear claws needed a little pedicure.
Squaring up. Each paw is 6 1/4” after the pedicure.
One claw was a little off. I put one of my ‘stop’ pins in to remind me to snug up the seam when I get to it.
It managed to line up!! I have about eleven squares done and at least fourteen more to go. Originally I was going to make thirty, now I’m thinking twenty-five for a square quilt.
A sleuth of twenty-five bear paws. Stay tuned.
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