In the world of quilting, there are tons of quilts that have Flying Geese blocks. Actually, my quilt pattern, the Framed Folk quilt has a bunch of them so I figured I’d put this flying geese tutorial…
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Classic Quilt Blocks have been sewn for centuries, are easy to recognise and are every quilters favorite. Let's celebrate these gorgeous blocks and add them to our quilting projects! Welcome to my first tutorial for the gorgeous Spool block. This week we'll be sewing a basic block using the traditional nine patch arrangement. There are quicker ways to sew this block, but sharing this method will help if you want to adapt the block or make a scrappier block. I've also included a Cutting Chart at the end of the tutorial, so you can sew the Spool block in six different sizes - this will be helpful for future projects. I'm also going to give you some ideas for adapting this block in case you're looking for some inspiration. One quick thing to mention about this tutorial is my method for the HST's. I always cut my pieces larger than required and then trim the units after they are sewn. This helps with inconsistencies and as long as you trim carefully, you'll get perfect HST's every time. The following tutorial will yield a 6" (finished) block and seam allowances have been added and we're sewing with a 1/4" seam. Hopefully you had some time last week to plan some blocks using my free colouring page, so grab your fabrics and let's go sew! From the background fabric cut: 2 x 3" squares cut diagonally to yield 4 triangles (A) 2 x 2 1/2" squares (B) From the print fabric cut: 2 x 3" squares cut diagonally to yield 4 triangles (C) 3 x 2 1/2" squares (D) Sew a background (A) triangle to each of the four print (C) triangles, along the long sides and pressing seams towards the print fabrics. Carefully trim each HST unit to 2 1/2" square, ensuring you don't cut off any points or seam allowances. Arrange the HST's, the remaining background (B) squares and the remaining print (D) squares into three rows of three as shown in the photo above. Ensure correct orientation of the HST units prior to sewing. Sew the squares together into the three rows, pressing seams in alternate directions for nesting. Carefully matching all seams, sew the three rows together and press the long seams open to yield one Spool block which should measure 6 1/2" square. Tada! One gorgeous Spool block all ready for your next project! I hope you had fun sewing this little cutie. It's such a cute block and you can play around with lots of different colour combinations. I've put together a Cutting Chart for six different sizes so you can choose the right size for you. All the blocks go together in exactly the same way, just the cutting requirements are different. Simply click on the link to download the chart or right click on the photo below and save it to your computer: Regardless of the size, the blocks are sewn together in the same way, but the cutting requirements are different for each size. I've also included the trimming size of the HST units to make it easy for you, so have fun! Speaking of fun, how about a little visual inspiration for adapting this block? I thought I'd inspire you by including some cute pieced units in the Spool centres: There are so many ways to add your own personal stamp on the spool block and I hope these examples giving you some motivation. You can use some of the other Classic Quilt Blocks we've already looked at, or design something of your own - it's fun to play! Next week I have another step by step tutorial for you, and this Spool block is a little bit fancy: I love this version and next Friday I'll show you how to sew an 8" block of your own. I've provided a free colouring sheet so you can plan some blocks to sew along with me, so simply click on the link to download and print: Grab some colouring pencils, crayons and markers and get creative! And that's it for this week. I hope your enjoying my Spool Classic Quilt Blocks series so far. There's lots more to come as we celebrate this gorgeous block, and it's going to be fun! Happy sewing :)
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Classic Quilt Blocks have been sewn for centuries, are easy to recognise and are every quilters favorite. Let's celebrate these gorgeous blocks and add them to our quilting projects! Welcome to Week Three of my Flying Geese Classic Quilt Blocks series. I hope you enjoyed sewing last week's Dutchman's Puzzle block - it's such a fun and gorgeous way to showcase some simple Flying Geese! This week I want to show you some other examples of blocks with a flock of geese and share some of my favorite Flying Geese quilt patterns. Please note: the diagrams in this post are for inspiration purpose only, there are no patterns! Are you ready to be inspired? Let's go: Simple settings such as these two examples make such a pretty block. These formations are a great way to use Flying Geese and they are effortless and beautiful. Sew four in a vertical row and add sashings or sew two rows of four in a horizontal formation and alternate the orientation. Multiple rows add even more visual interest to a block, and you can inject lots of colour making them perfect for scrappy quilts. Alternating the orientations of the rows will create a different look like these two examples: Aren't these blocks fun? So simple but effective! Make the Flying Geese even smaller by adding more rows for a busy flock of geese! You can also set Flying Geese on the diagonal: So pretty and perfect to use as corner blocks for borders or alternate their orientation and create patterns in a full sized quilt. These are just a few examples or how to use Flying Geese in blocks. I hope they have you plotting and planning blocks of your own. To end this week's post, I wanted to share my top four favorite Flying Geese quilt patterns with you. These quilts are stunning and the best part - they are all free patterns/tutorials. Yay! {photo from Robert Kaufman} The Remixed Geese Quilt from Robert Kaufman is stunning! I love its scrappiness, the alternating directions of the geese and those colours are amazing. A simply beautiful quilt! You can download the free pattern HERE. {photo from V and Co.} The Dutch Ombre Baby Quilt is one of my absolute favorites! V and Co. have a comprehensive tutorial for this quilt and it's so clever and such a beautiful quilt! You can find the free tutorial HERE. {photo from Piece and Quilt} Another one of my favorites is Northbound from Piece and Quilt. I love the scrappiness of this quilt with all the prints and the low volume fabrics! The formation of the flying geese is very clever as well. You can find the free tutorial HERE. {photo from AGF Studio} And last but not least is the Flying Colours quilt from AGF Studio. This one is gorgeous and a very clever layout that reminds you of swirling flocks of geese overhead. Love it! You can download the free pattern HERE. And that's it for this week. Are you itching to sew your own Flying Geese quilt yet? I hope so! Next week is the final week of this months series and I'm sharing something fun! I have a modern mini quilt pattern for you, featuring some gorgeous Flying Geese - it's bright, it's colourful and it's fun! I can't wait to share it with you! Happy quilting :)
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While checking out one of the blogs I follow, Civil War Quilts, I follow this blog so I can draw the blocks in EQ 7. While there I saw a quilt with this wonderful Double Flying Geese border. Scroll to the bottom of that post. The quilter is Lois O and this is her link. Of course this border intrigued me. When I saw her drawing I thought I can draw this in EQ 7. I did but to be honest I had to draw it first on graph paper, and then it was easy! Shape Tool So here is a little tutorial to draw it in EQ 7. I made the block lay out, twice as long as it is wide. There are 6 geese, so I divided the length into 6 even segments. To make drawing easier I made my block 6" x 12". Each line I drew across the block I divided into thirds. To do this you need to use the shape tool, the second tool from the top on left is the tool you use to divide lines in half or thirds. This is on an Easy Draw block. This is a very handy tool for drawing complex blocks. Be sure to click on the little red square to open the menu. Menu and lines divided into thirds These dots for the thirds helped me line up the points for each goose. On the right is the menu for the shape tool, which allows lines to be divided. Here is a close up of the triangles for the geese. There are some extra lines that need to be removed to make the sky larger around the geese. The same area with the extra lines removed. To delete the lines, use the Pick tool, the top left hand side tool, click on the line, it will be bold, and use the delete key on your key board to remove the lines. Here is the completed and colored block, be sure to add your dimensions to the Notecard so you remember the correct size of your block. Remember EQ 7 default size for all blocks is 6'' x 6". You can draw this block in easy round numbers like I did and then change the size to print your paper piecing paper to fit your quilt. And here is the paper piecing pattern. Now wasn't that fun! I think I even know the quilt I might use this one. If it isn't too busy. Happy Stitching and Happy EQing!
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