Bean There, Week Six – Flying Geese

This week, you will be making the
GREEN Flying Geese

Here are Ten Methods of Making Flying Geese Quilt Blocks

And, no, I am not going to show them all again. But please look at them all just in case you like one of those methods better. This is YOUR quilt, you should be doing things YOUR way.

This month we will be using the No Math Method to make 2-1/2″ x 4-1/2″ (unfinished) Flying Geese Blocks.

• Using a Traditional Method
• Using the Quilt-in-a-Day Flying Goose Ruler
• Using the Wing Clipper or No-Math Ruler
• Using the One-Seam Method
• Using Three-Dimensional Geese
• Using HSTs
• Accuquilt
• Square-in-a-Square
• Corners on a triangle using the Ultimate Flying Geese Tool
• Using Strips (video)

Items you might like to have on hand

• a Lazy Girl NoMath ruler
• a small Quilt-in-a day Flying Geese Ruler
• a Wing Clipper ruler
• a 4-1/2″, and a 12-1/2″ square ruler
• rotating cutting board
• sharp pins (applique or patchwork)
• Best Press
• a Walking Foot

Making 48 Flying Geese Blocks Using the No Math Method

Assemble:

• (48) 2-7/8″ White squares
• (12) 5-1/4″ Green squares

Find a more detailed tutorial here.

If you have never used this method before, make a test block first. Resist the temptation to round up the small blocks to 3″. It won’t work. But your test block may indicate that a scant 1/4″ seam works better for you. If you are using the Lazy Girl No Math Ruler, the size we are making is size “F”.

Place the two small White squares on opposite edges of the large Green square, right sides together. Draw a diagonal line through the squares, then sew 1/4″ away from both sides of the line. Cut on the line.

Press toward the cut squares, making two blocks which look like hearts. Make (24) of these units.

Place another small square face down on the heart with the point overlapping the middle. Draw a line on the diagonal and
sew 1/4″ on either side of the diagonal.

Cut these apart, pressing to the heart again, and you have four flying geese units that should require no trimming except to cut off the dog ears.

Make (48) Flying Geese blocks with Green in the middle.

That’s it for this week! Next week you will make the Red Flying Geese using the Quilt-in-a-Day Method