Drafting curved flying geese

It's quite easy Steve. Draw your two curves however you want. They can be equally spaced or diminish to a horizon. Then draw your segments. Again you can make them as close together or far apart as you want. Place a point on each segment line and draw a line to each corner of the next segment. Start paper piecing at one end....I start with the center piece, then do the sides. Be sure to leave at least 1/4" on the edges of the curve for your seam allowance. Here is one I designed and sewed.

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I guess that I never thought of it being that straight forward to do. What fun this could be.

Steven Alaska

"KJ" wrote in message news:I5hzl.630716$yE1.59329@attbi_s21... It's quite easy Steve. Draw your two curves however you want. They can be equally spaced or diminish to a horizon. Then draw your segments. Again you can make them as close together or far apart as you want. Place a point on each segment line and draw a line to each corner of the next segment. Start paper piecing at one end....I start with the center piece, then do the sides. Be sure to leave at least 1/4" on the edges of the curve for your seam allowance. Here is one I designed and sewed.

Wow kathy, that is just amazing. Definitely a photo of the finished project would be fun. I just never stop being amazed at the talent on this group.

Sunny

Further to what Kathyl said: if you draw your 'inner' curve with a known radius and centre point, then mark points along it at regular intervals, or however you want it, joining the centre point to each of those marks and extending your line to meet the outer curve will give you geese that are all at 'right angles' to the curves. You might want to do it completely randomly, though?

I was entranced the first time I saw one of these, and they have never lost their appeal. Gorgeous things! . In message , steve writes

Others have given you the basics, so I'll just add that if you want more detail on drafting curved flying geese (in addition to drafting stars) take a look at Gail Garber's book "Stellar Journeys -- Flying Geese and Star Quilts". The book is mostly a technique book -- how to draft and sew your own designs.

Julia > Hello all

The piece that I made was after a class by Gail Garber. I forgot to mention that!

Oh my, KJ, that quilt is fabulous! It will be a long time before I'm prepared to try something like that, but I'm so glad Steve asked the question. Your quilt is very inspiring.

Thanks for including the breyerpatch link too. I've bookmarked it for future reference.

Best regards, Michelle in NV

Another good resource for curved flying geese is Judy Mathieson's book, Mariner's Compass Quilts (I think there's a newer version than mine with a slightly different title). She has a very good method, which is what I used in my quilt here: .

I love it when you post something that takes me to your quilt albums. You have made some AWESOME quilts! It's always nice to look through them again.

Thanks everyone. I've copied all of your help to a Word file and printed it out for later. So many things to think about and lovely pictures to look at.

Steven Alaska

As if I don't have enough UFO's and other things to keep me busy, my mind is planning other ideas. Part of it is that I did some more paper piecing over spring break, fairly successful, and that brought to mind some of this curved flying geese that I have seen. I have googled until my eyes are crossed and apparently I am not using the right words. So...

Does anyone know of a link that has the how-to's to draft these lovely creations? I would like to see what is involved and if I want to try my hand at it some day.

Yes, I am working on getting some pictures organized and will really try to post this weekend so you can all see. This weekend is hopefully time to get lots of little things done and off the list but it will have to all happen on Saturday as on Sunday the boys will be coming over for dinner and to do their taxes on my computer. It will be good to see them though.

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Steven Alaska

Gosh, thanks, Kathyl! You're so sweet to say that! :)

Oh yes, another lovely example, Sandy. Thanks for the reference!

Michelle in NV