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Quilt-Along: Bear's Paw Block of the Month 10 | 2026
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This is a great confidence builder for your quilting skills as you’ll be making three traditional patchwork units and combining them into one stand-out block.
This Bear’s Paw block is a variation on the traditional Bear’s Paw block and although it looks complicated, when you break it down, it’s actually made up from a square within a square within a square block (known as a double square within a square) in the centre, surrounded by half square triangles, Flying Geese and plain squares (on the four corners).
It’s a great block for practising your piecing skills and you’ll learn how to create half square triangles and Flying Geese in multiple units.By making this block, you'll have:
- Created a double square within a square.
- Learnt to sew eight-in-one-go half square triangles.
- Learnt to sew four-in-one-go Flying Geese.
- Worked with diagonal edges.
Finished untrimmed block size: 12½in (31.75cm) square.
Note: use a ¼in (5mm) seam allowance unless otherwise stated.
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You will need:
Equipment
- Sewing machine
- Rotary cutter
- Quilting ruler: I recommend a square one
- Quilting mat
- Scissors
- Optional: spray starch
Materials
- Fabrics (see my Introduction to the 2026 Block of the Month). From these, you will need to cut:
- Two 4⅞in (12.25cm) squares in Fab A: cut each square in half across the diagonal to make a total of four half square triangles (for the double square within a square)
- One 7in (17.75cm) square in Fab A (for the eight-in-one-go HSTs)
- Four 2⅞in (7.25cm) squares in Fab A (for the four-in-one-go Flying Geese)
- One 6¼in (16cm) square in Fab F (for the double square within a square)
- Four 3⅜in (8.5cm) squares in B/G (for the double square within a square)
- One 7in (17.75cm) square in B/G (for the eight-in-one-go HSTs)
- One 5¼in (13.25cm) square in B/G (for the four-in-one-go Flying Geese)
- Four 2½in (6.5cm) squares in B/G
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