Even though Freshly Pieced is taking a WiP Wednesday hiatus, I figured I will use it to keep motivating me. At least, I'll try. It always depends on how much sewing time I have, and lately I haven't had much. I did make these bitty bear paws though.
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| Stack of Paws |
I like bear paw blocks, and I found that these were quick to put together - once I learned the secret to half-square triangle blocks. I always make them 2 at a time, but that always entails a lot of trimming. My quarter-inch seam is not perfect, mostly because I don't have a quarter-inch foot. Then I read instead of drawing a single line and sewing a quarter inch away, draw two lines one quarter inch away from the center line and sew along that. WHAT?!?!
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| Drawn lines for sewing along. |
Oh my gosh. Eight perfect HSTs. All I had to do was trim the dog ears. It made my bear paws finish so much quicker! In no time, I had a stack!
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| So many paws! |
One set of triangles makes two paws, and if you can make two identical or mirror image bear paws. I will admit, I thought I could use fabric that I don't love so much because I love the block itself. It didn't work out quite the way I wanted, but as these are part of a bigger scrap quilt, I think that it will all work itself out.
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| 2 mirror images. 4 footies! |
Linking up this week to Lets Bee Social with Lorna.
That is a fantastic way to keep HST seams straight; there are rulers out there that are 1/2" wide with a line down the middle to help you make the lines quickly, too. For small HSTs, I guide my points of the HST squares on the 1/4 inch line and have found that to be really fast and accurate, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the hst tip! I may just try that. Those blocks are cute.
ReplyDeleteI have that crazy bunny suit fabric in a different colourway. I love your little bitty blocks.
ReplyDeleteThose blocks are too cute and I am looking forward to seeing what you turn them into!
ReplyDeleteTell me more about this HST method!
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