I dislike wasting fabric. I'm one of those who will sew back together the little triangles you cut off if you do the 'Connector Corner' method for making flying geese, and the triangles you trim when joining binding. Hey, don't laugh; I made a cute mug rug last winter with binding ends:
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| Well okay and a teeny-tiny cow head in a 4-patch |
So could I use this method to yield four sets of identical 2-colour wings flying geese? I believe I could.
With a little thinking, (quilting is so good for a menopausal brain!) I figured if I cut the squares on the diagonal first, and placed them opposite each other back in square alignment, I just might get this to work. I pinned each HST carefully in place, and sewed very carefully 1/4" from the cut edge.
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| The quilt inspector Bella kept a very close eye on this experiment. |
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| Yep, with the little Steamfast iron, cannot sing its praises enough, as you know! (affiliate link there) |
If you are here to check this out for making Block 123, then you need to cut your background square at 4 1/4" and two of each red at 2 3/8".
Here are this week's blocks, perched on my beloved new granite countertop 😃:
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| 121 - Elizabeth McRae: Canada's first woman neurosurgeon in 1982 (!) practised at Calgary Foothills Medical Centre; 122 - Eleanor Hill Venning: PhD in experimental medicine from McGill U; made pioneering research contributions in the endocrinology field of pregnancy; 123 - Nellie J. Cournoyea: Inuvialuit who cofounded COPE, Committee for Original Peoples' Entitlement, had major leadership roles in land claims work; elected to NWT legislature, then became Canada's first Indigenous woman to lead a provincial or territorial government, yeah! |
Affiliate links ahead: Thanks again so very much for buying stuff through my links last weekend for the pretty amazing Craftsy sale. There is a pretty sweet sale on hundreds of classes starting tomorrow, and lasting through the weekend.
I feel it is my duty (I do!) to let you know Connecting Threads also has a pretty terrific sale on right now too: 20% off orders $60 and over. Their 104" wide backing fabric is still on sale at 25% off as well, and tools are up to 50% off...all in all, some tempting treats out there for sure!
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I love this! I have to admit to seeing your first post on IG and wondering what you were up to this morning but this is brilliant. Thanks for sharing and linking up, too!
ReplyDeleteI've used that no-waste method, but never with two different colours. Interesting.... Your blocks look great.
ReplyDeleteLove your no waste method for make dual colored flying geese. That's pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteThat's such a creative idea. Those dual-colored flying geese look beautiful! Andrea
ReplyDeleteI love your multi-color flying geese - what a great idea for the leftover HSTs! Now I'm going to have to try that!
ReplyDeleteLove your little two colour winged geese! I admit too also sewing up those cut off corners.
ReplyDeleteYou are a thinker you are! I don't throw away my cut off corners either, some day I will use more of them up! I did use up a few of the red/white ones on a winter wall hanging or two last year, hehe.
ReplyDeleteWaste not want not. Love that you shared this, would have never thought of it. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteAh, this makes me want to squirrel! I love your two-color geese! Thanks so much for the tute. I'm also intrigued by your tiny iron--I didn't realize it was so small until I looked up the link. Do you use yours with steam or dry? I've been looking at travel irons at antique stores, but I'm always worried about whether the cord is safe. This would be a good solution.
ReplyDeleteGenius! I never would have thought about cutting the squares apart, but these work beautifully. Thanks for being brave enough to try it! (Your blocks look great, too!)
ReplyDeleteI must try this method!!!
ReplyDeleteBella cracked me up.
ReplyDeleteNice little tutorial! It's reminding me how long it's been since I stitched up any geese. Right now I'm hip deep in 60 degree triangles, making a quilt for my Mom. She's an avid reader of my blog, so I'm keeping it all on the down-low :)
ReplyDeleteGood days work . I always kept my off cuts too and played with them . I reluctantly got rid of many of the behemoth triangles , I felt I was drowning in them . And of course now I am sorry
ReplyDeleteI didn't think I liked your two colour wings, until I clicked through and saw them in action, clever, I must remember that. Yes, I've been saving tiny cut off HST too, nearly burnt my fingers trying to press them!
ReplyDelete<3 Bella
ReplyDeleteAs always your work is amazing! Thanks for sharing and making my head spin with ideas (in a good way).
ReplyDeleteThank you! Tried your two color method today and love how they turned out!
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