

A Bear Paw quilt in a quiet, walked-in-the-woods palette: deep magenta and wine, sage green sashing the color of lichen on bark, a richly printed teal-and-gold floral filling the paw centers, and a soft peach square winking at every block intersection. Each block reads as a classic Bear Paw, four pieced "paws" with their little triangle claws fanning outward around a printed center, the magenta and cream playing the high-contrast game that makes the pattern feel like footprints stepping right off the surface. Across all of it travels a Meander, a flowing edge-to-edge fill of soft curving loops that wander like a creek bed over paws, sashing, and corner stones alike. Colonial gray thread keeps the quilting calm and tonal, blending into the sage and cream while just whispering across the deeper magentas. A quilt that feels like a long walk in good company.