GRIZZLY BEAR
Black bears and ice cream colours make quirky companions – catch them on camera with cute, retro photo frame blocks
Black bears and ice cream colours make quirky companions – combine them with retro photo blocks
YOU WILL NEED
■ Main print fabric: ½yd to fussy cut
■ Pink blender fabric: 1yd
■ Low volume fabric: ½yd
■ Six (6) solid fabrics: one (1) fat quarter each
■ Backing fabric: 1¼yd
■ Batting: 34in x 44in
■ Binding fabric: ½yd
FINISHED SIZE
■ 30in x 40in
NOTES
■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted.
■ RST = right sides together.
■ WOF = width of fabric.
■ Press all fabrics before cutting.
■ Laura used an Add A Quarter ruler for her improv piecing.
FABRICS USED
■ Main print fabric is Teddy and the Bears in Black and White by Cotton+Steel.
■ Pink blender fabric is Sprinkle in Petal from the Basics collection by Cotton+Steel.
■ Low volume blender is Add It Up in Bone by Alexia Marcelle Abegg for Cotton+Steel.
■ Solid fabrics are all Kona Cotton Solids in Medium Grey, Ballerina, Peach, Bone, Petal, Peony and Pear Pink by Robert Kaufman.
■ Backing fabric is Hearts in Raven by Wee Gallery for Dear Stella.
GO FOR SIMPLE STRAIGHT LINE QUILTING OR HAVE FUN FILLING THE BLOCKS WITH PATTERN
CUTTING OUT
1 From the main print fabric cut:
■ Ten (10) 3½in squares, fussy cutting the motif centrally.
2 From the pink blender fabric cut:
■ Approx. sixty (60) to eighty (80)
2½in x 4in rectangles.
3 From the low volume fabric cut:
■ Twenty (20) 3½in x 1¼in rectangles.
■ Ten (10) 5in x 1¼in rectangles.
■ Ten (10) 5in x 2¼in rectangles.
4 From two of your solid fabrics cut:
■ One (1) 10½in square.
■ Two (2) 3¼in x 6in rectangles.
■ Two (2) 2¾in x 10½in rectangles.
5 From the remaining four solid fabrics cut:
■ Four (4) 3¼in x 6in rectangles.
■ Four (4) 2¾in x 10½in rectangles.
6 From the binding fabric cut:
■ Four (4) 2½in x WOF strips.
IMPROV PIECING
7 To improv piece the polaroid frames, place a main print square right side up. Lay your ruler on top, at an angle, to indicate your cut line (Fig A). An Add A Quarter ruler will help you see where your seam will fall, to aid with fussy cutting.
8 Cut along the line and discard the scrap. Repeat with the opposite corner (Fig B).
9 Place one piece of pink blender fabric RST on top of the main print, lining up the 4in edge against a cut corner. Sew together with a ¼in seam allowance and press seams to the side. Repeat the same process on the opposite corner (Fig C).
10 Place the ruler across the top of the main print square (Fig D). Cut along the ruler and discard the scraps. Continue to trim around the main print in this way (Fig E).
11 Keep adding fabrics and trimming, using this method, until your main print is entirely framed (Fig F). For a motif print this size, it usually takes six to eight pieces to frame it comfortably.