I sewed something!
I decided this would be the week I get back to sewing. The new space in the bedroom is almost complete though I keep thinking of things for DH to bring up, like a rotary cutter or the machine extension table. (Try telling a non-sewer what to look for in a 7-Y-O sewing "studio"!)
So I pulled a project box out of the 40+ UFO boxes in the cubes. It was labeled "Bear Paw" and, indeed, the contents had 20+ finished bear paw blocks (some others cut, not stitched) ... but no pattern, no notes on the intended plan. 😏😕 When I recognized my collection of Asian fabrics in them, I had a vision of the classroom where I was making them -- Quilt Camp at Cedar Lakes in 2022. The class was Shadow of the Bear, but what happened to the rest of the project ?
I found a picture on Pinterest of a finished quilt:
I also learned from the internet that the quilt pattern can be found in Log Cabin Quartet by Trudie Hughes; however, I don't have that book. The quilt is lovely, but quite large by my standards (73" x 93") so I think my plan was to take the three elements -- bear paws, shadows, and log cabins -- and develop a separate plan for each of them. Indeed, I found project boxes labeled "Shadow of the Bear"
and "Uneven Log Cabins."
There was photocopy of a pattern page in this box, but the directions differ from what I had already done (as well as what it appears past makers have done). I made two sample blocks by the photocopied page today (no photo available) and was not happy. So it looks like tomorrow will be spent making a dozen uneven log cabin blocks ...
Stay Tuned!
