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title: "It’s For the Birds – 3D Flying Geese Quilt Blocks"
date: 2024-06-19
author: "Phoebe Moon"
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  - name: "New Ideas"
    url: "/category/new-ideas.md"
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# It’s For the Birds – 3D Flying Geese Quilt Blocks

## (Also known as Dimensional Flying Geese)

There is a pattern at the bottom of the page that is free to newsletters subscribers. If you would rather not subscribe, you can print this page by using the green Print Friendly button at the bottom, just above the comments. If that doesn’t work, try pressing down the CNTRL button and the P button at the same time. Or the COMMAND button and the P button if you are on a Mac. That should bring up the printer dialog.

## How to Make A Three Dimensional Flying Goose Block

These pictures are taken from the [Pumpkin Spice Latte Mystery.](https://scrapdash.com/pumpkin-spice-latte-a-mini-mystery/) You can use whatever colors you like, of course.

**Assemble:**

(8) Red 3″ x 3″ squares  
(8) Gold 3″ x 3″ squares  
(16) Green 3″ x 3″ squares  
(16) Background 3″ x 5-1/2″ rectangles

![Steps in Making a Three Dimensional Flying Goose Quilt Block](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/PSLFG1-300x114.jpg "How to make a three dimensional flying goose block with just one seam")

Place a 3″ x 3″ Green square right side up on your sewing table. Fold a Background rectangle wrong sides together and place it on top of the square, aligning the cut edges.

![Steps in Making a Three Dimensional Flying Goose Quilt Block](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/PSLFG2.jpg "How to make a three dimensional flying goose block with just one seam")

It will not cover the entire square because a 5-1/2″ long rectangle folded in half is only 2-3/4″ square. The fold should be about 1/4″ away from the top of the square.

![Steps in Making a Three Dimensional Flying Goose Quilt Block](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/PSLFG3.jpg "PSLFG3")

Place a 3″ x 3″ Red square on top of the two pieces, right sides together, again aligning the cut edges. Your background square be the center of the sandwich. Using a 1/4″ seam, sew along the **SIDE** of the all layers as shown.

![Steps in Making a Three Dimensional Flying Goose Quilt Block](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/PSLFG6.jpg "PSLFG6")

![Steps in Making a Three Dimensional Flying Goose Quilt Block](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/PSLFG4.jpg "How to make a three dimensional flying goose block with just one seam")

Open up your sandwich and lay the two sides flat. Your middle background piece will be free-standing. Gently pull both sides of the background piece to the edges of the two sides.

## Do you see the 3D Flying Geese Quilt Block? 

Stay stitch about 1/8″ from the edge, finger pressing the seams open.

![Steps in Making a Three Dimensional Flying Goose Quilt Block](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/PSLFG7.jpg "How to make a three dimensional flying goose block with just one seam")

![Steps in Making a Three Dimensional Flying Goose Quilt Block](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/PSLFG8.jpg "How to make a three dimensional flying goose block with just one seam")

![Steps in Making a Three Dimensional Flying Goose Quilt Block](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/PSLFG9.jpg "How to make a three dimensional flying goose block with just one seam")

My video is here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvXUvKIzYZY&t=66s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvXUvKIzYZY&t=66s)  
  
but I explain the other three dimensional elements first. If you would rather see JUST the one-seam dimensional elements, watch this video: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWpJrZZrrjM> and stop at the one-minute mark.

**Here’s one I did for Mardi Gras last year:**

![Tutorial for making one-seam flying geese](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MG-6.jpg)

That tutorial, with a free Geese in Flight pattern is at <https://scrapdash.com/mardi-gras-geese/>



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