Buy some more of the bears (enough for six repeats) and make a OBW quilt. It would be very wintery.

I would buy two more fabrics, one brown and one the deeper blue/grey. You could use the bear as a center panel and make either 9-patches or 4-patches to border.

Why not use the big polar bear fabric as a center to a quilt and just add borders to make it the size you want? I did that with my grandson's quilts. I had some white tigers and the co-ordinating fabric as just of smaller white tigers. I framed out the "main" center piece with a dark green, and bordered in the bamboo fabric and the smaller white tigers. They loved them and my daughter wanted the last white tiger panel I have, but I am going to make my own quilt with it for my bed........and I have a queen size with high mattress.

that's what I would do........

I agree with others not to cut those bears-they are wonderful. Like center panel idea, then use 2nd fabric along with browns,golds, and pale blue for bear paw blocks around panel, possibly narrow border b4 bearpaw blocks, then borders after. Lots of good ideas from others here.

You could fussy cut out squares with the bears and do framed squares with the other fabrics sewn around.

I love that fabric.

Go to the Lavender Lime quilt shops web site in Chatt. TN. They have a quilt that easy to put together and it takes 8 1/2 inch block and has cool ways to sash them. Several in my guild have put them together with fabric they don't want to cut up small. I'll try to take and download some of the pictures so you will see.

The pattern is called Sweet and Simple. I am loading pictures.

I wouldn't be able to bring myself to cut up that beautiful. panel. Use it as a center for a wall hanging or quilt.

I am doing something similiar..with a Wolf...only it is the Wolf Song....the pattern is free on the internet....

http://www.classiccottons.com/quilts...allhanging.pdf

There are 3 different versions of this quilt pattern....from lap quilt to queen quilt.