Brown Bear

Fabric Requirements:

2/3 yard Brown Bear Panel

¼ yard Brown Bear People

½ yard Brown Bear BROWN Fabric

½ yard Brown Bear ORANGE Fabric

¾ yard Brown Bear Stripe

¾ yard Brown Bear Blue

Cutting:

1. From the Brown Bear Panel, fussy cut 20 squares. I cut down the center of the green strips. You will end up with “squares” that are 5 ¾” tall and 6” wide.
2. From the orange, cut four 2 ½” strips. Set one aside. Sub-cut the other three into twenty 2 ½” x 5 3/4” rectangles.
3. From the brown, cut four 2 ½” strips. Set one aside. Sub-cut the other three into twenty 2 ½” x 6” rectangles
4. From the brown and the orange, cut one 2 7/8” strip. Subcut into ten 2 7/8” squares.
5. From the people, cut four 6 ½” squares
6. From the Stripe, cut four 6 ½” strips
7. From the blue, cut five 2” strips. From one strip, cut four 2” x 6 ½” rectangles. Set the other strips aside.
8. From the blue, cut five 2 ¼” strips for binding.

Piecing:

1. Sew a 2 ½” x 6” brown piece to the bottom of each of the 20 brown bear squares.
2. Make 20 orange and brown half square triangles: mark a diagonal line from corner to corner on the back of your 10 orange 2 7/8” squares, then place the square rights sides together with a brown square. Sew ¼” on either side of the diagonal line, then cut along your drawn line. Open and press the seam to one side. This will yield two orange and brown half-square triangles. Repeat with the remaining 9 orange and brown squares.

3.  Add a half-square triangle to one end of each of 20 orange 2 ½” x 5 3/4” rectangles. Make sure you sew the orange edge of the half-square triangle to the orange rectangle as shown:

4.  Add this unit to the left side of the unit made in step 1:

1. Repeat for all 20 units, then piece the units together in 5 rows of 4 blocks.
2. Add an orange 2 ½” strip to the right side of your quilt (measure and trim to length prior to sewing)
3. Add a brown 2 ½” strip to the top of your quilt (measure and trim to length prior to sewing.
4. Add a 2” blue strip to either side of your quilt (measure and trim to length prior to sewing.
5. Add a 6 ½” border (striped fabric) to either side of your quilt (measure and trim to length prior to sewing.
6. Add a blue 2” strip to the top and bottom of your quilt.
7. For top and bottom borders of quilt, sew a 6 ½” people square, then a 2” x 6 ½” blue rectangle, then a 32”strip of striped fabric, then a 2” blue rectangle, and then a 6 ½” people square together. (Make sure the people are all right side up). Add these strips to the top and bottom of the quilt.

Layer and quilt as desired.  Bind with blue 2 1/4″ strips.

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