Step #3 was posted for the mystery scrap quilt over at Carole's. This was fun sewing as I haven't made a flying geese block using the "no waste" method in a long time. The "no waste" method does take more time in trimming, but it results in a perfect block every time! I typically use the "wasteful" method of sew and flip corners (because I like the "waste" which is the bonus HST block). Most people throw those corners in the garbage, but I hoard use them. I think my blocks look prettier in real life than they do in these photos!
This is a photo of the cutting board beside my sewing machine. It shows how I typically sew this kind of a project. I don't enjoy lengthy periods of repetitive tasks, so I mix it up by marking a few blocks, sewing a few, pressing a few, trimming a few, and repeat until the job is done. I also like that this method forces me to get up to the iron with frequent stretches. Is this how you sew? Or do you fully complete one step at a time? Looking forward to the release of step #4 next month! And speaking of the number 4, it's day #4 of the Be a Diamond blog hop:
I have done flying geese many ways and the way you show seems to produce some of my most accurate ones. I quite often keep the iron in the kitchen and get up to press - although I keep a small one in the sewing area for pressing small blocks
I like your flying geese method of sewing and I also like to get up and move around often….find that I get antsy if I just sit and sew and don't move a bit. Can't wait to see your next step in this quilt Kathy.
This is going to be so pretty! Yes, I sew like that, too. A little bit of sewing, then iron for a while, maybe clean up for a few minutes, etc. Especially when it is time to trim HSTs, I just can't do more than 10 minutes of that at time :)
I sew the same way and get up to use the big iron instead of keeping the travel iron next to me. I consider it exercise and the recommended break for your vision and muscles. I'll use the no waste method when I need multiples of the same fabric combo, but I mostly do scrappy, which means using flip and sew. They don't come out as even, but I make do. I'm caught up on Minuet this month after getting a late start in March on step 2. Pat
Your flying geese are looking good! I like to get up and move around. When you reach a certain, ahem, age your joints don't work like they used to work. It's always nice to get them moving again.
I too try to do small groups and then get up and press, trim, etc. It makes it more manageable and I need to see results.... and this provides that quicker! Love flying geese.... I think I might need a table runner of them sometime soon. Small projects might actually get completed!
Those are pretty flying geese. I usually go for the flipped corners, because who can't use more bonus triangles??? And there is less math involved. LOL CAN NOT sit and do a step until it is finished. I have to break it up and switch it around. I have the attention span of a gnat--probably why I mostly do mini quilts. And I don't keep an iron by my sewing machine, either. Gotta get up and move.
I also like to cut a little, stitch a little, press and trim a little! It is more satisfying to me to see progress accruing with piles of pretty little blocks.
I like the no waste method, it's my preferred way of making flying geese. I like to "group" my stitching too. Cut a bit, stitch a bit, press. It does mean you are up and down a lot more, but I get bored with assembly line stitching. Very pretty flying geese.
The "no waste" method does take more time in trimming, but it results in a perfect block every time!
Pretty flying geese😊. I'm also one that likes to get up and move myself to the iron.
ReplyDeleteI like to use the flip corners as well - the bonus HSTs are fun to play with.
ReplyDeleteI have done flying geese many ways and the way you show seems to produce some of my most accurate ones. I quite often keep the iron in the kitchen and get up to press - although I keep a small one in the sewing area for pressing small blocks
ReplyDeleteWoohoo, your geese are flying nicely!!
ReplyDeleteI like your flying geese method of sewing and I also like to get up and move around often….find that I get antsy if I just sit and sew and don't move a bit. Can't wait to see your next step in this quilt Kathy.
ReplyDeleteVery nice!!! Yes, I do not like to have to sit and work on complex blocks because one tends to sit longer at a time. Up and down is good!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be so pretty! Yes, I sew like that, too. A little bit of sewing, then iron for a while, maybe clean up for a few minutes, etc. Especially when it is time to trim HSTs, I just can't do more than 10 minutes of that at time :)
ReplyDeleteI sew the same way and get up to use the big iron instead of keeping the travel iron next to me. I consider it exercise and the recommended break for your vision and muscles. I'll use the no waste method when I need multiples of the same fabric combo, but I mostly do scrappy, which means using flip and sew. They don't come out as even, but I make do. I'm caught up on Minuet this month after getting a late start in March on step 2.
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Your flying geese are looking good! I like to get up and move around. When you reach a certain, ahem, age your joints don't work like they used to work. It's always nice to get them moving again.
ReplyDeleteI too try to do small groups and then get up and press, trim, etc. It makes it more manageable and I need to see results.... and this provides that quicker! Love flying geese.... I think I might need a table runner of them sometime soon. Small projects might actually get completed!
ReplyDeleteThose are pretty flying geese.
ReplyDeleteI usually go for the flipped corners, because who can't use more bonus triangles??? And there is less math involved. LOL
CAN NOT sit and do a step until it is finished. I have to break it up and switch it around. I have the attention span of a gnat--probably why I mostly do mini quilts.
And I don't keep an iron by my sewing machine, either. Gotta get up and move.
I have to move around on projects too. I just don't have the patience I used to have.
ReplyDeleteI need to get busy. I don’t have step 3 done yet. Yours look great though
ReplyDeleteI also like to cut a little, stitch a little, press and trim a little! It is more satisfying to me to see progress accruing with piles of pretty little blocks.
ReplyDeleteI tend to do each step at a time. Lots of 'no thinking' prepping and sewing while watching a movie.
ReplyDeleteI like the no waste method, it's my preferred way of making flying geese. I like to "group" my stitching too. Cut a bit, stitch a bit, press. It does mean you are up and down a lot more, but I get bored with assembly line stitching. Very pretty flying geese.
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