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Bear Paw Pattern
Ruby McKim describes this quilt block pattern as the “Bear Paw,” although some call it “Duck’s Foot in the Mud,” and Pennsylvanians called it “Hand of Friendship.” The Bear Paw is “unquestionably” from frontier origin, where a creative woman might have copied a graphic version of a bear’s paw onto linsey-woolsey or hickory dyed jean, […]
Hemstitch 7-block
The Hemstitch 7-block quilt pattern involves the use of seven strips laid either horizontally or vertically to develop a predominant design within the quilt block. You can see this pattern in the full size quilt, and a link on that page will send you back to this posting.
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