Finally mastered flying geese - nothing can stop me now!
09-26-2013, 08:36 AM
#11
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Location: Small town in Northeast Oregon close to Washington and Idaho
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If a pattern has flying geese, I shy away from it. Me and flying geese don't do well together. I am going to check out this ruler right now. If it helped you, I bet it will help me. Thank you for posting this. I'm off to buy this ruler right this minute.
09-26-2013, 10:49 AM
#12
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Location: Utah
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I had the worst time making flying geese. Just couldn't do it, nohow. Mental block. Crooked wings every time. . . Then I got Deb Tucker's wing clipper, followed all her instructions to the letter, and yahoo! I just made EIGHTY! of the little critters and they are all spot-on perfect (well maybe except for one or two off < 1/8"). Starting with 1 4 1/2" square and four 2 1/2" squares to make 4 sets of little geese without cutting tiny triangles. 
09-27-2013, 03:40 AM
#17
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Location: Central Wisconsin
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Your method is called the "No Waste Flying Geese" and is so fun to do. There is another way to do it also: Lay a large square down and put a smaller square on top of it. I've seen it done, and I think I have done it myself, but forgot how. Could someone help us out with the directions for this one?
09-27-2013, 03:43 AM
#18
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Location: Wisconsin
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I had the worst time making flying geese. Just couldn't do it, nohow. Mental block. Crooked wings every time. Just looking at that smarmy Ricky Timms video where he makes an entire quilt of geese made me want to curse.
Then I got Deb Tucker's wing clipper, followed all her instructions to the letter, and yahoo! I just made EIGHTY! of the little critters and they are all spot-on perfect (well maybe except for one or two off < 1/8"). Starting with 1 4 1/2" square and four 2 1/2" squares to make 4 sets of little geese without cutting tiny triangles.
Now I can do this at will, so I can face all sorts of patterns requiring them without dread. Not only can I line them up in a border, I can put them in stars. Lovely stars!
I feel like I just took the training wheels off my bike and went for a ride to the park!
Thanks for letting me share!
Then I got Deb Tucker's wing clipper, followed all her instructions to the letter, and yahoo! I just made EIGHTY! of the little critters and they are all spot-on perfect (well maybe except for one or two off < 1/8"). Starting with 1 4 1/2" square and four 2 1/2" squares to make 4 sets of little geese without cutting tiny triangles.
Now I can do this at will, so I can face all sorts of patterns requiring them without dread. Not only can I line them up in a border, I can put them in stars. Lovely stars!
I feel like I just took the training wheels off my bike and went for a ride to the park!
Thanks for letting me share!
09-27-2013, 04:01 AM
#19
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Central Indiana
Posts: 1,141
Well I'm going to have to check out Deb Tucker too. Haven't tried flying geese because they are complicated and time consuming (to me) to make. If this makes it easier, then may be worth it. Thanks for the info.
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