My Finished Riley Blake Block Challenge Quilt

Using our free quilt pattern, turn a variety of 10″ quilt blocks into a sampler quilt inspired by a Bear Paw quilt block.

I’m excited to share my finished 2024 Riley Blake Designs Quilt Block Challenge quilt with you. 

Finishing the quilt so close to the end of the challenge is a new record for me! I  have my 2022 quilt blocks done, but they still need to be turned into a quilt, and my 2021 quilt took a couple of years to finish.

 If we’re talking procrastination, the blocks from my 2020 quilt are also still sitting in a pile in my sewing room, but I digress, 

Riley Blake shares a unique setting design for all 10-inch quilt blocks each year. This year‘s design is fun and modern. 

I loved the diamond cornerstone setting. When I first started the challenge, I intended to finish my quilt the same way the Riley Blake quilt was finished; however, as I was nearing the end of the challenge and placing my quilt blocks on my quilt wall, they started to remind me of something.

I designed and created a giant bear paw quilt a few years ago using squares from a 10-inch pre-cut stack.

While putting my completed blocks on my design wall, I noticed that the layout reminded me of that giant bear paw baby quilt. So, I thought it would be fun to combine these individual blocks into one giant bear paw quilt block!

Bear Paw Sampler Quilt Design

I had to change the measurements slightly since the original bear paw quilt was made with 10-inch pieces of fabric, and this quilt is made with 10 1/2-inch completed quilt blocks, 

The change, however, was a good one, as it made my quilt slightly larger, about 65 x 65, which is just the right size for a lap quilt. 

If you would like to create a quilt like mine, keep reading. I’ve included instructions for finishing your blocks this way on this page. If you scroll to the bottom of the instructions, you’ll notice I’ve included a print button. 

You’ll still need to download the individual blocks separately, but the good news is that if you didn’t love one of the block patterns this year, you could substitute it for any other ten-inch quilt block pattern. 

If you want to finish your quilt the same way Riley Blake finished theirs, you can download their instructions from their website. 

About the Fabric

My quilt blocks are all created from my tulip cottage fabric collection. Many of you have asked about specific fabric requirements for this quilt. 

I started sewing the quilt early in the year before the Tulip Cottage collection was officially released. I had less than half a yard of each print, which I got as advanced yardage to work with. 

I just started cutting up the advanced yardage and sewing the blocks as I went. Since this quilt doesn’t require as much fabric as I started with, I have a lot of leftover fabric.

If you’d like to recreate my quilt, I recommend purchasing a fat quarter pack of Tulip Cottage fabric. All the prints from that fat quarter pack in my quilt except the Tulip Stipe in white & blue.

A fat quarter pack will give you enough fabric to complete your blocks. Still, you may need to make some substitutions as I’m not 100% sure if you would have enough fabric of each print to create your quilt EXACTLY like mine, but you can get pretty close.

The yard requirements for the finishing instructions are listed in the instructions below.

Finishing Instructions

Follow the directions below to turn your quilt blocks into a finished Bear Paw Sampler quilt.

Have you finished your Block Challenge Quilt yet? If so, how are you going to finish your blocks?

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