March's American Patchwork & Quilting UFO Challenge number is #3. For me that is my Brown Bear quilt. They announced it on February 28th, so for the past two days, I have been working like mad on my string blocks. My quilting room is starting to look like a hit and run. With creativity always comes a mess.
This is the block, plus sashings. I've always wanted to make a quilt using bear paw blocks, but I didn't see it in my future anytime soon. One day while cleaning up my stash, I noticed I had a large amount of brown strings. Not a colour that I use often.
With gifts from friends and family, who don't do scrappy, I've accumulated quite a selection of strings. So for a few days I thought and thought of how I could use them up. Eventually I put one and one together to come up with this bear paw variation.
I have been patiently waiting until I could really get into this quilt. It was hard holding myself back. But no more!! This is my #3. I can now go to town with it!!!
My pile of parts is really growing. The completed units are in the container and a stack just needs to be trimmed (bottom left hand corner) on the side. I have about 35 small units left to make. I will sort them out and start adding the claws. The claws are already made (top right hand side).
I am so excited to work on this quilt!
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