Flying Geese Fun
January 05, 2016
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My New Year has been filled with visiting family and old friends, catching up on tales of past times and making new memories in the process. Today I am having Flying Geese Fun. Piles of Flying Geese look so productive and fun.
The tips I have learnt making these little bundles of gorgeousness are:
Cutting is important, make sure your pieces are cut correctly. Start off the way you mean to continue. Pin your background squares in place making sure the edges are together and not overlapping anywhere.
Stitch with a scant 1/4 inch seam, I place the right side of my presser foot ON the drawn line on the squares NOT next to it.
Finger press, do NOT iron until you have finished. When you do finally use the iron be careful not to distort the fabric. Press always with the straight of fabric grain only.
Press ! NOT iron.
Place your iron straight with the grain there is less movement with straight of grain, not as below with the bias, this will stretch your block out of whack.
Trim with a ruler that has a 45 degree line to ensure that you end up with square Flying Geese Units. I use the ruler as in the picture below. You can see the 45 degree line runs along the diagonal line of the triangle (Goose) See the White circle marking the white centre line placed at exactly 1/4 inch from the top of the unit. Trim off the dog ears.
Take a look at the tutorial for making Flying Geese Blocks.
These are tips that work for me, do you have any tips to add ? I would love to know your tips too........ Happy New Year Happy Stitching Sharon
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Leeanne
August 03, 2016
Play time at your house!! Can I come play too? :-)