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%S 1,1,0,-1,1,1,0,-1,1,0,-1,-1,1,0,-1,-1,-5,0,-1,1,1,0,-1,1,1,0,0,1,1,
%T -1,0,1,1,-1,0,-5,-1,-1,0,1,-1,-1,0,1,-1,0,1,1,-1,0,1,1,5,0,1,-1,-1,0,
%U 1,-1,-1,0,0,-1,-1,1,0,-1,-1,1,0,5
%N Bear's Paw (from a quilt design).
%C This sequence was inspired by the traditional Bear's Paw quilt design. A geometric figure is produced by drawing straight lines starting from the origin such that each pair of terms in the sequence gives successive differences in x and y coordinates.
%H <a href="http://www.blockcrazy.com/blocks_history/blocks_history.htm">Quilt Block Names in History</a>
%H <a href="http://www.earlywomenmasters.net/quilts/index.html">Antique Geometric Quilt Designs</a>
%H <a href="http://www.womenfolk.com/quilt_pattern_history/">Quilt Patterns Through Time</a>
%H <a href="http://www.woomerang.com/jeremy/sequences/bears_paw.htm">Geometric figures corresponding to k = 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -3</a> (in the generic sequences:
%H 1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -1, -k, 0, -1, 1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1,
%H 1, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, 0, -k, -1, -1, 0, 1, -1, -1, 0, 1, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, 0, 1, 1, k, 0, 1, -1,
%H -1, 0, 1, -1, -1, 0, 0, -1, -1, 1, 0, -1, -1, 1, 0, k).
%K fini,full,nice,sign
%O 1,17
%A _Jeremy Gardiner_, Sep 08 2010