Bear Claw Finish -- Slow Sunday Stitching

 I'm excited to share my first try at hand quilting.  The orphan bear claw block is now a table topper.

It measures 15" square.  

I have never used these little clips for binding.  I LOVE them.  I started stitching in the living room while watching Survivor.  Reality shows of this type are my thing!

The next day I took the project to school with me.  This is a 6th grade room.  I used to hate doing a binding by hand.  Now that I have been working on my skills with various hand-stitched projects promoted by this slow-stitching group I've am re-visiting it.  I have actually started enjoying not only the stitching, but also the neat finish that a hand-stitched binding has. 

I'm linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching here.

 

I'm also linking up at the Fall 2025 UFO Club on Ravelry.  

This is my second 4th quarter finish.

I enjoyed this project so much I am starting another mini.  I found a Random Blue Block sampler in July.  I used 12 blocks in a 3x4 setting earlier this week.  I put a border around this block and it will be the project I keep in my truck.  I love to stitch while I wait on the kid...

This mini is about 20" square.  (And no, I didn't put my toe in the photo on purpose for size reference.)

Here's my Fall 2025 Ravelry UFO Club Projects:

1.  Old Town -- needs longarm quilted

2.   Rail Fence 3.5" RSC block -- 900 blocks needed/need arranged

3.  Piccadilly Circle -- Need a few more circle blocks

4.  Kite Girl -- Need one more block and sashing

5.  Folk Art Birds -- Need more birds and alternate blocks

6.  Bear Claw Mini -- Needs finished hand quilting and binding (very close to being done)

7.  Maroon Sampler -- Needs two more blocks

8.  Bit Con double sized quilt -- Needs more rows of strips sewn together

9.  Pineapple Table Runner -- Needs blocks put together with setting triangles

10.  Four Patch Fun -- Bonnie Hunter leader/ender -- Continue making blocks

11.  Blue Embroidery Quilt -- Needs longarm quilted

12.  HST -- Needs more blocks made and sewn into rows

13.  Tree of Life -- Needs more blocks

14.  Scarborough Fair -- Needs more blocks made

15.  Unity Quilt (Bonnie Hunter 2020) -- Needs blocks for the sides to be wider

16.  Card Trick -- Needs a quilt back made

17.  Acorn Harvest -- Quilt top needs assembled

18.  Sail Away crib quilt -- Blocks need sewn

19.  Fall Table Topper -- Complete! in this post 10/3

20.  Scattered Stars -- Needs quilted

21.  Fireflies Wall Hanging -- Blocks need appliqued

22.  Shirting Blocks -- Need sashing and sewn together

23.  Pinwheels -- Blocks need sewn together with sashing

24.  Bright 9-patches -- Need an alternative block cut

25.  Random Blue Blocks -- Needs a quilt back

26.  Dicey -- Blocks need sewn together with sashing and cornerstones

27.  Rainbow Ribbons -- need blocks completed and sewn together

28.  Kathleen Tracey Fall SAL -- Need more pieces cut

29.  Blue Orphan Block Table Topper -- Needs a quilt back

30.  Summit Stitches 2025 Quilt Along at Humble Stitches (25" square project)