Wandering Geese Pattern...hints?
#21
Junior Member
Join Date: May 2017
Location: florida,
Posts: 262
I am a fan of paper piecing. You can make as long a pice of continuous geese as you need. No need to attach each one to each other.
You do have to do a bit of planning if you are particular about color placement.
You can cut all the triangles over size and they fit really easy onto the paper.
I googled 'paper piece flying geese' and chose the one for pinterest.
It is easy to adjust the size of the whole pattern.
You do have to do a bit of planning if you are particular about color placement.
You can cut all the triangles over size and they fit really easy onto the paper.
I googled 'paper piece flying geese' and chose the one for pinterest.
It is easy to adjust the size of the whole pattern.
#22
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Davenport, Iowa
Posts: 3,907
I'm currently making a quilt for my bed in a Flying Dutchman design using the Loc-Bloc ruler/templates for flying geese...they come in various sizes. You can even purchase 2 and sometimes 3 different sizes as one packaged deal... but they are a little expensive. Check them out on Missouri Star or Amazon. I figured it was either purchase the templates and always have them for various projects, like borders, or spend a lot of money on fabric to redo the ones I would mess up on if I had used another way of making flying geese. Haven't regretted my decision at all.
#24
Super Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 4,391
Love the pattern. It will probably go on my list to do.
I just bought this one a few weeks ago. It called my name right out.
https://deb-tuckers-studio-180-desig...tlantic-flyway
I have used the QIAD ruler for FG with success.
I just bought this one a few weeks ago. It called my name right out.
https://deb-tuckers-studio-180-desig...tlantic-flyway
I have used the QIAD ruler for FG with success.
#26
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 2,893
Working on a bunch of FG right now.
I'm using the no waste method with the Bloc Loc ruler.
https://media.rainpos.com › no_waste...20170816113455
I'm using the no waste method with the Bloc Loc ruler.
https://media.rainpos.com › no_waste...20170816113455
I usually use simple patterns that do not involve many triangles, so I may be wrong. So, I guess this is a question not a statement.
bkay
#27
Super Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
Posts: 9,585
I try to resist purchasing what Alton Brown calls "uni-taskers", those items that only have one use. But I made an exception for my Bloc-Loc rulers. Absolutely worth it. Plus, it's not really a uni-tasker if I can do flying geese and ohio stars and whatever else I can think of that uses that shape, right?
#28
I agree with the others. The wings trimmer and bloc locs are indispensable. And I'm not one for all kinds of rulers. These are the exception.
Deb Tucker's website is interesting. I bought several large rulers but I forgot why! So I'm going to spend some time there and maybe I'll jog my memory. I keep finding things I forgot I had!
Deb Tucker's website is interesting. I bought several large rulers but I forgot why! So I'm going to spend some time there and maybe I'll jog my memory. I keep finding things I forgot I had!
#29
#30
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Spring Lake, Michigan
Posts: 978
I just finished making 560 Flying Geese using the Deb Tucker ruler and her 4 at a time method. I highly recommend using this method. It is very accurate and forgiving because you oversize the blocks a bit and then trim them up.
You won't be sorry!
You won't be sorry!