First, we searched for photos of Arctic animals and landforms.  We printed these pictures and traced the outlines
of the photos with tracing paper.  We used a xerox machine to enlarge or reduce the drawings on the tracing
paper to fit inside a 6-inch square.  We cut out the shapes and taped them face down on Steam-A-Seam 2.
Steam-A-Seam 2 has two layers of slick paper with a layer of shiny glue between the papers.  We had to use
a lot of tape to hold the polar bear shape on the slick paper.

We took off the back side of the Steam-A-Seam 2.  Peeling off the back side of the Steam-A-Seam 2 shows you the
shiny, glue material.  We cut out a piece of white fabric for the polar bear and laid the wrong side of the fabric on top 
of the glue.  The shiny glue of the Steam-A-Seam 2 clings and holds the fabric.  We turned it over and cut out the 
shape of the polar bear from the tracing paper.  Next, we peeled the paper off of the fabric and ironed it on to the 
quilt square.

     

This is what the polar bear shape of fabric looks like ironed on to the quilt square.  We used a permanent fabric 
marker to draw details of the polar bear.

     

A dot of white fabric paint on the polar bear's eye makes it look "alive."  We used white or silver embroidery
thread and the blanket stitch to sew around the shape of the polar bear.

     

These pictures show what the polar bear looked like when the stitching was almost finished.

This is a snowy owl quilt square that was made in the same way as the polar bear.


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