Welcome to Week 3 of our Happy Flower Garden Quilt Along! (Download Pattern) This week we will be making our Flying Geese.
I love using Flying Geese. You can make so many different designs using them. The benefit to using a Flying Geese instead of sewing 2 half square triangles together, is that you don’t have a seam down the middle of your pretty fabric! Less seams equals less sewing! Yay! Each time you make them they get easier and easier.
The Happy Flower Garden Pattern uses the 4 at 1 time no waste method and the 1 at a time method for construction. You can also download an additional PDF with your pattern that gives you the pieces you need to cut if you decide to make all your flying geese using the 1 at a time method or if you want to use half square triangles instead.
If you have never made the flying geese using the 4 at 1 time method or the 1 at a time method, you may want to try it out first on some scrap fabrics.
Tips for flying geese:
* Go slow when sewing for accurate seams.
* Make sure to read ALL the instructions and look at the diagrams closely
* Finger press your seams open before using your iron.
* Press seams without steam if possible (Dry iron)
* When Pressing, press down with out motion. Moving your iron around a lot can distort your flying geese
I will be filming a LIVE Video Tuesday May 15 th at 10:15 am PDT (West Coast USA) in the Facebook Group! I will be going over how to make your flying geese units and answering any questions you have. The video will be saved for later viewing.
Facebook Group!
Quilt Along Schedule:
May 1st – Week 1 – Cut your Fabric
May 8th – Week 2 – Make your Half Square Triangles
May 15th – Week 3 – Make your Flying Geese units
May 22nd – Week 4 – Make your Bottom Rectangle Blocks
May 29th – Week 5 – Make half of your Tulip Blocks
June 5th – Week 6 – Make the other half of your Tulip Blocks
June 12th – Week 7 – Make your Corner Tulip Blocks
June 19th – Week 8 – Make your Star Flower Blocks
June 26th – Week 9 – Add Sashing and Cornerstones (Finish Star Flower Blocks if needed)
July 3rd – Week 10 – Baste, Quilt and Bind
Make sure to share your progress photo’s on Instagram with the hashtag #HappyFlowerGardenQA
Or Post your photo’s in the Facebook Group!!
The pattern will be 15% OFF through the end of the Quilt Along. If you still need your pattern you can download it by clicking below:
Download Pattern
Happy Quilting!
Andrea 🙂
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[…] 1st – Week 1 – Cut your Fabric May 8th – Week 2 – Make your Half Square Triangles May 15th – Week 3 – Make your Flying Geese units May 22nd – Week 4 – Make your Bottom Rectangle Blocks May 29th – Week 5 – Make half of your […]
[…] 1st – Week 1 – Cut your Fabric May 8th – Week 2 – Make your Half Square Triangles May 15th – Week 3 – Make your Flying Geese units May 22nd – Week 4 – Make your Bottom Rectangle Blocks May 29th – Week 5 – Make half of your […]
[…] 1st – Week 1 – Cut your Fabric May 8th – Week 2 – Make your Half Square Triangles May 15th – Week 3 – Make your Flying Geese units May 22nd – Week 4 – Make your Bottom Rectangle Blocks May 29th – Week 5 – Make half of your […]
[…] 1st – Week 1 – Cut your Fabric May 8th – Week 2 – Make your Half Square Triangles May 15th – Week 3 – Make your Flying Geese units May 22nd – Week 4 – Make your Bottom Rectangle Blocks May 29th – Week 5 – Make half of your […]
[…] 1st – Week 1 – Cut your Fabric May 8th – Week 2 – Make your Half Square Triangles May 15th – Week 3 – Make your Flying Geese units May 22nd – Week 4 – Make your Bottom Rectangle Blocks May 29th – Week 5 – Make half of your […]
[…] 1st – Week 1 – Cut your Fabric May 8th – Week 2 – Make your Half Square Triangles May 15th – Week 3 – Make your Flying Geese units May 22nd – Week 4 – Make your Bottom Rectangle Blocks May 29th – Week 5 – Make half of your […]