Getting the Lead Out

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!