Search Results

Home/Tag: flying-geese

Chris Porter and Mary Gamester join Valerie in the studio.

We had a great day as always and some great workshops were filmed;  Chris shared with us her love of Flying Geese and Dresden Plates, for which she has designed her own templates, as well as showing us how to put a sleeve on the back of a quilt, which she personalises with text and lovely pics too. Valerie gets ready to sew some Yo-Yo's   and Mary reminded us how great she is at transfer printing with woven strips, printing blocks and lace (all of which are in her book - Transfer Painting)   so keep watching!

2015-02-23T00:00:00+00:00February 23rd, 2015|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Chris Porter and Mary Gamester join Valerie in the studio.

What size do you need to cut with the rotary cutter?

The rotary cutter means that you dont have to use templates and here are some simple rules that you can apply throughout your patchwork: On the Flying geese fast no-waste method you just need to add 1 1/4" to the finished size you need for the larger square so for 4" you need 5 1/4" and then 7/8 to the size of the smaller square - so again you are right at 2 7/8 and if you want to enjoy the video on this click here: The other magic numbers for rotary cutting are as follows:
For a plain square you add 1/2" so 4" finished becomes 4 1/2" For a half-square triangle we now add 1" - so cut 5", - and once sewn trim back to be an accurate 4 1/2" before sewing
and for quarter-square triangles we add 1 1/4" (as per the flying geese) and pay attention to the seam allowance we sew!

2014-07-28T00:00:00+00:00July 28th, 2014|Categories: Community, Q & A|Tags: , |Comments Off on What size do you need to cut with the rotary cutter?

How to do Flying Geese Patchwork

A really quick and easy way of making flying geese patchwork units and you can make 4 at a time. This video guides you through the steps and gives you some interesting setting ideas.www.justhands-on.tv/videos/category/9/

2009-11-23T00:00:00+00:00November 23rd, 2009|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: |Comments Off on How to do Flying Geese Patchwork
Go to Top