This is such a good tutorial. I followed it to the letter having had terrible trouble trying to make flying geese in the past and it just worked for me. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much!!! I also had difficulty with them so I completely understand. I'm really happy it helped you! You'll be able to do so many new things now.
I'm so happy it helped!! It's still a challenging unit....but once you get used to making them with the ruler, having to make geese units that fall outside the ruler sizes becomes easier. Not easy, but easier. I definitely recommend scant seams when sewing them from rectangles and squares. But until then, enjoy practicing this unit using the quilt in a day rulers. I made this baby quilt using sawtooth stars using the large ruler so you might enjoy trying a few stars with flying geese instead of hst units. Now that I'm more comfortable with flying geese, I prefer to make my stars using them. pattymacmakes.com/colorful-sawtooth-star-baby-quilt/
Thank you for sharing this video ❤. You really have made it easy to understand. I brought both of these templates about 8yrs ago and have not used them before. This is one of my favorite blocks so going to make a few now.
Oh I'm really happy to hear it was helpful for you! It feels really, really weird to make them this way, but it comes together so nice. The instructions on the card that comes with the ruler will make a LOT more sense to you now.
Thank you so much LuAnn!! I know you can do it!! It feels very strange the first couple of times and I messed up a few of these, but once you get the hang of it, it's pretty easy!
Oh thank you!! I couldn't figure it out at first, and felt so confused by the instructions. But once it clicked, it REALLY clicked! I love this method. It's not as widely shared for some reason, so I didn't know about this method for a long time. But now I love it.
Hi Patty. Thank you for this valuable tutorial. I’ve had this and the larger Quilt in a Day Ruler for 20 years or so. I’ve never used either because I lost the instructions. In fact, I had them in a box to donate. Your blocks turned our perfect and I think making 4 finished blocks at once is a big win. I’ll be making these soon for Christmas sewing. Blessings, Linda
Thanks Sandra! My tutorials are a lot longer than I would like, and it's not great for views to have something so long, but it's more effective in terms of teaching. So when someone does happen to watch my videos it is designed to help them actually be successful in the construction of whatever the tutorial is about. I'm so happy you found it helpful!
Very helpful. Kimberley at FQS uses this method so I was watching to see if it was easier than the 4 in one ruler. I suspect it is much the same!?. Great explanation
I an see a 1/4" seam allowane at the triangle point. The points at the base of the triangle appear flush, so that if it's sewn to another piece there is no 1/4" seam allowane, so the points would be cut off. Am I missing somethong? Perhaps if Pattimac would should this technique then sew them onto other pieces to show a completed flying geese pattern block or strip.
Great points! Thanks for bringing this up! Putting flying geese together is actually a different tutorial. That's a whole other kettle of fish to manage the bulk and putting units together. In terms of unit construction, the diagonal going through the corner point is correct. Just like with half square triangles. Properly joining on the short sides to have correct points and diagonals is the same technique as would be used with half square triangles. There are already tons of videos of people putting them together, but just about nothing on this method of unit construction so I decided to put the attention on the method of making the unit rather than joining them for this block. I am planning a basics series on basic units and then putting those basics into a block. So this unit would go into a classic block design. In the end, the blocks could be collected and then go into a sampler quilt at the end, but I haven't even started planning that yet.
This is pretty cool. I think I may attempt flying geese now! Could you please tell me about your ruler stand shown on your table behind your sewing machine?
You should definitely try it this way! It is such a magical method of construction. I wonder how she figured this out. The ruler stand is something I got last summer from Missouri Star. I was thinking I should do a video about it. I like to use items for a while before I give any kind of review, but it's been quite a while now so I would feel comfortable recommending it.
Flying geese can be a lot of different sizes, and there are other methods to make them. But there are "standard" sizes like 3x6 or 2x4 etc that fit into 8" or 12" blocks, for example. There are only two flying geese rulers from Quilt in a Day, small and large. They won't satisfy every pattern that calls for a flying geese unit, but are usable in most instances. This is one method to make a standard quilt unit. I'm sharing it, because I like this method and there are many people out there who have these rulers in their collection and aren't able to figure out how to use them. I find this unit to be a bit of a challenge to get right, and this ruler helped me with getting it accurate. Some people like it, and others don't. It's all about finding what works best for you. I'm merely presenting one option. I hope that helps!
Can you show trimming with regular ruler?…the beak of the goose looks like a 45 degree What are the squares you begin with for smaller size geese?….Thanks for the tutorial.
I don't trim these with a standard ruler because they are persnickety and I find it too difficult to get them just right. I generally like using a ruler in the finished size I need because it's easy for me to make mistakes in trimming otherwise. Here's the instructions from the Eleanor Burns website on her method and sizing. www.quiltinaday.com/RulerInstructions/SmGeeseRulerWEB.pdf I hope that helps!
