Tag: How to make a 3D Flying Goose Quilt Block with just one seam

Pumpkin Spice Latte – A Mini Mystery Quilt in Three Dimensions, Clue Two

How to Make A Three Dimensional Flying Goose Block

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

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

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

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
Steps in Making a Three Dimensional Flying Goose Quilt Block

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

Steps in Making a Three Dimensional Flying Goose Quilt Block
Steps in Making a Three Dimensional Flying Goose Quilt Block
Steps in Making a Three Dimensional Flying Goose Quilt Block

My video is here: 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.

Steps in Making a Three Dimensional Flying Goose Quilt Block

The directions above make a 3D Flying Goose block with the red on the right.  Make three more like that one.

Steps in Making a Three Dimensional Flying Goose Quilt Block
Steps in Making a Three Dimensional Flying Goose Quilt Block

Reverse the order of the squares to make (4) Flying Geese blocks with the red on the left.

Again changing the order of the squares, make 4 more with gold on the left and 4 more with green on the left.

Steps in Making a Three Dimensional Flying Goose Quilt Block

You will need a total of (16) Flying Geese blocks for this project.

These are absolutely my favorite pin.  I use them in every project.

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