Block #4 Take-Two

Still following Why Not Sew's Hand-Pieced Quilt-A-Long

This is Block #4 "Bear Paw"

Well, the 2nd take on this block ended up the right size... so that's a plus!

Thank you Mom for the fabric. I "stole" it when we were home over Christmas when I was "stealing" all of her scraps. It's from the last baby quilt she made. These yellows were part of a giraffe. I thought the swirls would work for a fuzzy bear paw too. Although, the more I look at it, the more it reminds of a sun... but I'm still saying it's a bear paw!

Tip: Pressing at the end can help hide lots of things, like the fact that the "claws" wanted to be a fan instead of a strait row. Even though I cut the half-square triangles smaller this time, they still didn't want to align with the swirly-fabric-square. (Sad, frustrated face).

And there are all the blocks in the same spot. Again, the blue one is too big for the quilt (hence the reason I needed to try again); but it's still hand-pieced and I'll still do something with it, so they're all still one big happy family :)