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Small Bites with Teddy Bears was created
especially for Country Quilts and Bears, a wonderful quilt store in
Clearwater, Florida. The colors were chosen to go with the blue water
of the nearby ocean and the wonderful colors of handmade bears created by
Francy Gordon and displayed in the quilt shop. Red was added for
color, contrast and warmth. Have fun with this second Small Bites
quilt!
FINISHED QUILT SIZE: 48½" x 48½"
FABRIC SELECTION:
4 medium or dark blues, ½ yard each
4 light blues (but they should read
blue, not so light that they look white), ¼ yard each
3 medium to medium dark browns, ½
yard each
1 dark brown, ¾ yard
1 medium red, 1 yard
BATTING: 54" x 54"
BACKING: 3 yards
BINDING: 1/3 yard
SUPPLIES:
Sewing machine in good working
order.
Sewing supplies you regularly use
such as thread, straight pins, scissors, seam ripper, etc.
Rotary cutting equipment: mat (18"
x 24"), ruler (6" x 24"), and cutter with a sharp blade.
6" square ruler. This is
important.
CUTTING: Note: Medium and dark
blues are used in the Four Patches and outside borders. Light blues
are used only in the center blocks. Browns range from lightest (# 1)
to darkest (# 4). Later in the pattern, medium and dark blue fabrics
are numbered for clarity only (see Outside "borders"). The numbering
for the blue fabrics doesn't indicate a range from darkest to
lightest.
CENTER BLOCKS
You will make 4 blocks. For each
block, cut:
1 medium or dark blue strip, 1½" x
42"
1 light blue strip 1½" x 42"
From each of these strips, cut a
14" length,
and set the rest of the
strips aside.
1 light blue strip, 4" x 42"
From this cut 2 squares, 4" x 4"
Recut the rest of the strip to 3" x
34" (approximately),
then cut 8 squares, 3" x 3".
Cut these 3" squares in half to
make 16 triangles.
1 brown strip, 4" x 42"
From this cut 2 squares, 4" x 4"
and 1 square, 3½" x 3½"
Repeat the above cutting with
different fabrics to make 4 blocks.
SASHING AND POSTS
From Brown # 1 (lightest) fabric,
cut 5 squares, 2½" x 2½"
From red fabric, cut 3 strips, 2½"
x 42".
From these strips, cut 4
rectangles, 2½" x 9½"
and 4 rectangles, 2½" x 20½"
OUTSIDE "BORDERS"
From Brown # 1, cut 4 squares, 4" x
4"
From Brown # 2 or Brown # 3 (but
not both), cut 20 squares, 4" x 4"
From Brown # 4, cut 8 squares, 4" x
4", 4 squares, 3½" x 3½",
4 rectangles, 3½" X 12½", AND 4
rectangles, 3 ½" x 15½"
From one medium or dark blue
fabric, cut 12 squares, 4" x 4"
From another medium or dark blue
fabric, cut 28 squares, 4" x 4"
From the red fabric, cut 8 squares,
4" x 4", 4 rectangles,
3½" x 6½", 4 rectangles,
3½" x 9½", 4 rectangles, 3½" x 18½",
and 4 rectangles, 3½" x 21½".
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