Originally Posted by Termi

Thanks! My avatar doesn't have anything to do with sewing. They are Ukranian Easter eggs I did a couple years ago.

Originally Posted by Termi

I'm embarrassed to admit this but I cannot for the life of me make flying geese that come out the right size. I'm very careful to cut the pieces the right size. I make a line from corner to corner on the square piece and sew on that line. I trim the corner off. I press very well, even use Best Press. I'm using a 70/10 needle and 60 weight thread. When I'm done, the two short ends are the same size but the middle where the point is is shorter. There's like a dip in the middle where the point is. I know you guys can help. Thanks!

Originally Posted by TonnieLoree

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Originally Posted by Jan in VA

Since you are using the snowball technique for your geese, and have now learned to sew slightly left of the drawn line to allow for the turn, try this tip, too.

Trim out ONLY the middle layer of the small square (not the corner of the background rectangle) leaving a 1/4” seam allowance.

The background rectangle is already correctly squared up, and that allows you to accurately match whatever adjoining segment comes next, if you haven’t trimmed it away.

Jan in VA