Vintage Block Along - Week 13 - Bear Hug Block!!

Hello and welcome to the 

Vintage Block Along:)

I'm sharing another vintage block 

from my grandma's pattern basket 

with you in the form of 

another fun and easy tutorial:)

I'm using Farm Girl Vintage fabric...

And Bee Backgrounds fabric:)

When choosing fabric for today's block

 I first chose the floral 

and then pulled 3 more colors that were

 in the floral ....then chose the

 yellow printed background because

 there was yellow in the floral as well:)

This vintage block has been very popular

 for many years and of course grandma

 and her sisters made several quilts

 with this block.

It has "woodsy" origins and is

 traditionally called Bears Paw.

I'm calling mine "Bear Hug" because ...

well you know...

we are talking about grandma's.

 LOL

Grandma's give the very best

 bear hugs ever!

(and grandpa's too)

You know...

I sure wish that I could 

give both my grandma's and 

grandpa's a big bear hug right now.

I love how all of these fabrics go together...

I'm all ready to sew but 

first let's talk about cutting:)

From the background cut:

20 - 2 1/2" squares

From this print cut:

4 - 4 1/2" squares

From this print cut:

4 - 2 1/2" x 6 1/2"

From this print cut:

16 - 2 1/2" squares

And finally from this one cut:

1 - 2 1/2" square

Take 16 each of these squares 

to make half square triangles.

Mark a line on the back 

or use the 

Seams Sew Easy Guide

Click Here 

for instructions on adding 

it to your machine

Trim off the excess and press open.

You should now have 

16 half square triangles that

 measure 2 1/2" square at this point.

Split them up evenly and 

sew them together like this.

Take note that each set is

 going opposite directions

 so pay attention when 

sewing them together....

ask me how I know lol

You should have 2 sets of 4 

that each measure 2 1/2" x 4 1/2"

 at this point.

Now lay the 4 coral squares 

and the 4 remaining 

background squares out...

along with the segments 

that you have just sewn...

And sew them together like this.

You should have 4 segments...

That measure 6 1/2" square at this point.

Now lay the remaining pieces of

 the block out just like a nine patch...

And sew it together...

easy peasy!!!

Your Bear Hug Block should measure

 14 1/2" square at this point.

I love the addition of this vintage block 

to the blocks that we have made so far.

Our vintage quilt wouldn't be 

complete without it:)

Thanks for sewing vintage 

with me again this week...

I'll be here next Thursday 

with another really fun

 vintage block for you!

xx

Lori

 If you are just joining us 

and want to sew vintage blocks with us...

click on each block 

that we have already sewn

 for the tutorial:

1. Grandma's Star

2. Pattern Basket

3. Around the Corner

4. Little Farmhouse

5. Rhinestone 

6. Vintage Lily

7. Star Shine

8. Humble

9. Egg Money

10. Quilting Bee

11. Sunday Star

12. Sweet as Honey