questions about the Eleanor Burns video and method of making flying geese

I assume you are making 8"x4" geese. Put one of your geese on your cutting mat with the point toward you. Put the 4-1/2" line on the ruler along the side closest to you so that the 45-degree line follows the geese seam line. Trim along the right side and top edge of the ruler. Turn the piece so that the point is away from you. Trim the piece to an even 4-1/2" x 8-1/2". Does that help?

For other sides, cut the geese square 1-1/2" larger than the finished length of the longer side of the geese. Cut the sky square 1-1/2" bigger than the geese square.

Julia > First off, I got all the way to cutting the pieces in half the second

Exactly what I needed.

Thanks so much!

Martha

Here is a link to the "no waste flying geese" method. It makes it easy to make geese any size you like.

This is the system I use. I like it so much that sometimes I just make random geese that I am putting in a big ziplock bag for unspecified future use. I have a bag with 2"x4" geese and one with 1 1/2" x 3" geese.

I do have Eleanor Burns' special flying geese rulers that she recommends for use with her system. This would solve Martha's problem of trimming out the geese. However, the Burns system just ends up in too much waste for me, and the bigger the "goose" the bigger the waste. I have found these rulers useful, however, to use with the "no waste" system. I use them to square up the geese I've made, since I cut my squares a tiny bit generous to avoid skimpy geese.

Iris

I'll go look, thanks!

Martha

I'll go look, thanks! Martha