Flying Geese & Square Quilt Blocks Coming Together
Coming Together
Having sewn a fair amount of squares and Flying Gees at this point, I decided I could begin to build bigger units. My strategy is to incorporate these two shapes evenly across the quilt top, as opposed to separating the squares from the triangles in different sections.
You will notice the bottom edge and right side of the example above are straight, but the other edges are uneven. I have rotary cut the bottom and right to ensure the next seam is straight. This should be done for all the sides of a unit as it is completed. An edge that is slightly off has a way of multiplying its inaccuracy and before you know it your squares will look really "off".
Oddly enough, I began this process by separating all my units into piles: the Squares vs. the Flying Geese. Then I started with one unit from each pile, trying to match up measurements, (to minimize fabric waste), while looking to create a block with interesting color combinations.
Now that the blocks have gotten bigger, I can add a strip of larger squares, or triangles, with the aim of building units with approximately the same dimensions so they come together easily. I have saved some of my inspiration fabric for random spots where I might need to make the unit larger in order to join it to another unit than might have a longer edge. (You can see a strip of that fabric on the right of the example above- ready to match with the next unit.)
Having sewn a fair amount of squares and Flying Gees at this point, I decided I could begin to build bigger units. My strategy is to incorporate these two shapes evenly across the quilt top, as opposed to separating the squares from the triangles in different sections.
You will notice the bottom edge and right side of the example above are straight, but the other edges are uneven. I have rotary cut the bottom and right to ensure the next seam is straight. This should be done for all the sides of a unit as it is completed. An edge that is slightly off has a way of multiplying its inaccuracy and before you know it your squares will look really "off".
Oddly enough, I began this process by separating all my units into piles: the Squares vs. the Flying Geese. Then I started with one unit from each pile, trying to match up measurements, (to minimize fabric waste), while looking to create a block with interesting color combinations.
Now that the blocks have gotten bigger, I can add a strip of larger squares, or triangles, with the aim of building units with approximately the same dimensions so they come together easily. I have saved some of my inspiration fabric for random spots where I might need to make the unit larger in order to join it to another unit than might have a longer edge. (You can see a strip of that fabric on the right of the example above- ready to match with the next unit.)
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