flying geese units

I'm trying to make flying geese for the border of a quilt, but the directions with the quilt [the 2 squares plus rectangle method], leave the two tips along the broad side of the geese part going right out to the edge, so those tips will be cut off when I sew the long seams of the border.

I've looked at other methods, but they all seem to do that.

The flying geese tips aren't supposed to be cut off like that, are they?

Is there a method that doesn't do that?

Also, I'd like to cut bigger parts and then trim down.

TIA!

Martha

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Martha
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I think you need to take a leap of faith - or totally ignore me because I could be wrong. Won't the tips be "recovered" when you sew the broad edge of the units to each other? Taking that 1/4 inch off the broad edge should move the tip in by 1/4 inch - I think.

Rita

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Rita L. in MA

There are three tips in a flying geese unit. The single tip [tip opposite the longest side] will do exactly as you say, I think .

But the ones opposite the shorter sides won't.

Or at least they don't, when I try various methods [sigh!].

Martha

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Martha

Maybe I understand the question. The tip opposite the longest side must float ¼" from the cut edge. That means your 'squares' need to over pass at the center of the rectangle. Polly

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Polly Esther

Martha,

I understand that your problem is with the two tips (same kind of tip, in the corners of the rectangle)?

Those tips should meet the corner of the rectangle precisely. When you seam a lot of the geese together, in the usual fashion you "lose" a bit of the large single triangle (the goose) and then when you seam the strip of geese to something else, you lose a similar amount from the side of the rectangle. This effectively moves the corner of the rectangle in by 1/4 inch _in both directions_ so your point should still be right on the visible corner.

Clear as mud?

Hanne > >

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Hanne

aHA!

That's it; I just tried folding to simulate both seams.

thank you so much!

Martha

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Martha

Here's three ways to make flying geese plus PFP patterns.

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Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

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Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

I inherited a quilt with a flying geese border, and the geese go clockwise around the entire quilt, so there would never be geese "facing each other" or running into each other at the corners. However, with this quilt it can't happen anyway, because whoever made it put solid squares as keystones in each corner. I like it!

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Mary

I use Speed Piecing Method B always! they come out perfect and it's less fabric wasted. if you already have the triangles cut out, the Traditional method would work. I don't like sewing biase seems, so I don't use this way unless I have to.

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amy in SoCal

Try my website. below my signature there are directions for flying geese.

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Rita

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