Assemble the Bear's Paw Block
Each unit in the Bear's Paw requires just 2 prints, one for the background (tone on tone beige) and one for the bear's paw (green, red, blue, brown, back or gold- fall colors). For ease in assembly, group the tone on tone beige pieces into sets of four triangles and one 2 1/2" square of the same color for the background. Then group the fall color pieces into sets of four traingles and one 4 1/2 inch square of the same color for the bear's paw.
1. Select one set of background pieces and one set of bear's paw pieces.
diagram 1
2. Join one background triangle (geige) and one bear's paw triangle (fall color) to make a triangle-square. Press seam allowance toward the darker fabric. The pieced triangle square should measure 2 1/2 inches. Repeat to make a total of four matching triangle-squares. (diagram 1)
3. Refering to diagram 2, lay out the four triangle-squares, the background 2 1/2" square, and the bear's
paw 4 1/2" square. Sew together the pieces in sections. Then join the sections to make a Bear's Paw unit. The pieced unit should measure 6 1/2 inches square, including seam allowance.
4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 to make a total of four Bear's Paw units.
5. Referring to diagram 3 for placement sew together four Bear's Paw units of different colors in pairs. Press seam allowances in opposite directions. Then join pairs to make a Bear's Paw block. Press the seam allowance in one direction. The pieced Bear's Paw block should measure 12 1/2 inches, including seam allowances.
