Wednesday, June 24, 2015

WIP: Flying Geese

I've been making flying geese. Lots of them. These are all batches of four.

My project requires 390 of them, 270 with light sky and 120 with dark sky.
 
 
Now I have them all made, plus a few extras for good measure, and I can start laying them out.
 
I've been using the Four-at-a-Time no waste method for making them. I discovered a few new-to-me things about using this method with directional fabrics, so I wrote up a tutorial of my findings. You can see it in the post below or click on the link. This method may not be suitable for all patterns because you'll always end up with your prints going in four directions. But you can make two one-way prints match direction in the same individual FG unit.
 
 
This method would be excellent for star points.
 
 
Have you played with Flying Geese lately?
 
Linking up with Let's Bee Social at Sew Fresh Quilts and WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced.

11 comments:

  1. That is gorgeous! I love the use of the warm colors against the neutral backgrounds. It has so much possibility with the gradation of backgrounds. I have a flying geese quilt in process now, but this inspires me to consider a second, completely different one.

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  2. Lots of work in your geese. This should be fun to see put together...once you decide.

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  3. I am actually working with flying geese for the first time in a long while myself right now. But my project is large and graphic and did not require 390... just 4 flying geese and 4 more elongated flying geese! :)

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  4. Those black and whites really make those Kaffe prints shine!

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  5. Flying geese is one of my favourites and yours are striking. You have a lot of work to do, but this looks like a pretty good start.

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  6. This looks like a fun project! I haven't made geese lately, but have something in the works (by that I mean my head)! I think they are so fun and make for very interesting designs!

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  7. That's a lotta geese! I checked back at your tutorial. Thanks so much for the thorough instructions and pictures . They will definitely be helpful as there are so many directional fabrics out there.

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  8. I can not wait to see this one finished! Flying geese are so interesting to me, have not made one and want to try, do not know why i am so nervous about making them. headed off to see your other tutorial about the directional fabric.
    Stopping in from Sew Fresh Quilts.

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  9. Those are quite a gaggle of geese! A lot of work! And they look fantastic.

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  10. Very nice. I haven't played w/them since I did your broken chevron. It may be time to make some more!

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  11. It has been so fun watching this one come together! Love flying geese. . . not exactly a fan of making them ;) Your combo of KF and batiks is awesome!

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