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Good progress is being made on my scrappy bear claw quilt

Posted on April 3, 2021April 3, 2021

My scrappy bear claw quilt has been making slow but steady progress over the last few months.

From my making a huge pile of bear claw blocks with scraps both lovely and ugly:

4 bear claw blocks

To putting them together with a narrow (1 inch finished) sashing and using a common yet very colorful fabric as cornerstones:

scrappy blocks

Here the finished blocks are shown laid out with 3.5″ unfinished sashing. At this point I was choosing what to use for cornerstones in the sashing:

I decided on using the background fabric as the cornerstones in order to let the bear claw blocks shine:

scrappy bear claw block centre

I ordered full bolt of the dark grey Northcott Colorworks fabric I am using for the background back in February. Sadly, I have been waiting a few months for it to come in to the quilt shop where I ordered it from (they did warn me when I ordered it that it was on back order). When it arrives I’ll decide between making slab borders and doing something a bit fancier. I’m just hoping the fabric comes in soon! However, given the number of UFO’s and amount of stash I have, it’s not like there isn’t something here that I can work on!

In the meantime my scrappy bear claw quilt top centre sits in the UFO pile waiting for that fabric to come in. Once finished this will be going on my bed. I like this too much to give it away!

13 thoughts on “Good progress is being made on my scrappy bear claw quilt”

  1. Darlene Hoctor says:
    April 4, 2021 at 7:51 am

    I like the backgroumd color, really makes the claws pop.

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  2. Angela Feldbush says:
    April 4, 2021 at 9:59 am

    So many beautiful scraps. Having a unifying background fabric really ties it all together and adds wonderful contrast.

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  3. Frédérique says:
    April 4, 2021 at 10:37 am

    Your bocks are beautiful, the plain sashing looks like a very good decision! Love the small center for all blocks the same.
    Thank you for linking up today!

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  4. Diann@LittlePenguinQuilts says:
    April 4, 2021 at 12:46 pm

    I love how you described the scraps you used as both lovely and ugly! They are all beautiful in these great blocks!

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  5. Kristi says:
    April 4, 2021 at 2:40 pm

    What a beautiful scrap buster quilt. I’ll be interested in seeing the finished quilt.

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  6. Cynthia Brunz Designs says:
    April 4, 2021 at 11:20 pm

    So much scrappy goodness in this quilt top. Thanks for sharing with oh Scrap.

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  7. Bonnie says:
    April 5, 2021 at 8:04 am

    I really like your block and top. Up close pics definitely shows the beautiful and the ugly. But, the overall picture is grand. I like how bright it is overall yet you’ve used all sorts of fabrics in each block. So I’m sitting here thinking wouldn’t it be fun to do one of these bear paw quilts? (and trying to remind myself of the UFOs I have and the fabrics already pulled for quilts.) Excellent job on great scrappy quilt.

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  8. Jennifer Fulton says:
    April 7, 2021 at 9:42 am

    Sorry it’s taking a while for that fabric to arrive. Hopefully it’ll be here soon and your bear paw quilt will be finished! Such a lovely collection of fabrics. Your thoughtful choices along the way have led to something very special. Thanks for sharing it on Wednesday Wait Loss.

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  9. Patricia says:
    April 8, 2021 at 12:27 am

    You know, I’ve never seen a Scrappy Bear Claw quilt. It is absolutely beautiful! I totally understand you wanting to keep this one! I literally gasped and smiled when I saw that first photo! Thank you for sharing!

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  10. Cheree Hull says:
    April 8, 2021 at 9:42 am

    Love the choice for background–makes everything pop! I’m always hesitant to be too scrappy but this really works. (It’s encouraging!)

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  11. Susan says:
    April 8, 2021 at 11:17 am

    This is so pretty! It looks like stained glass

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  12. Denise B says:
    April 14, 2021 at 11:48 am

    Love your Scrappy Bear Claw. Gives me hope to use my non coordinated scraps a home.
    Thank you

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  13. Sandra Walker says:
    April 15, 2021 at 10:35 am

    I love this so much, Yvonne, from seeing it a few months ago that I’ve now started one too! It’s getting sewn as a leader/ender project so it’ll be some time in the making… You’ve shown (again) what beauty one can create with scraps both pretty and not-so-pretty!

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