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Archive of entries posted on 18th February 2009

Judy L’s Bears in the Farmhouse

Here are my fabrics for Judy Laquidara's new (and first!) Quilt-Along project, Bears in the Farmhouse.  Click here for a look at Judy's finished quilt. And now that you've had a look at Judy's gorgeous quilt, I have to tell you mine isn't going to look anything like that!  I so wanted a stripe to use in the bear paws (sooo cute!), but didn't have one.  Ran across these fabrics that have been properly aging to perfection in my closet.

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My quilt will have these Minnesota-themed motifs for the bear paw blocks (from Quilt Minnesota 1 1/2 years ago).  They are almost exactly the right size.  I will have to do some fussy cutting to make sure the outline doesn’t show in the finished block.

For my coordinating fabrics, I am using some plums and greens from my stash.  The muslin is a good match to my Minnesota block backgrounds, so that will be the background to the “paws”.  I also added a gold that wasn’t in my original mix of fabrics.