Hello! I'm new with a question regarding geese
01-22-2020, 10:45 PM
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Hello! I'm new with a question regarding geese
Greetings! I just joined this forum. I've been quilting about 2 years.
When I make no-waste geese the seam points feel thicker than the seam points on geese make the traditional way (1 rectangle + 2 squares). Is this accurate? If so, does anyone have suggestion on how to reduce bulk on no-waste geese? Saves So much fabric.
Thank you for your help!!!
When I make no-waste geese the seam points feel thicker than the seam points on geese make the traditional way (1 rectangle + 2 squares). Is this accurate? If so, does anyone have suggestion on how to reduce bulk on no-waste geese? Saves So much fabric.
Thank you for your help!!!
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01-23-2020, 06:52 AM
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I pretty much always work in scraps and so have very few identical repeats and almost always make my Geese with the rectangle/two squares method. For small units, there is really very little waste and with bigger units you can make smaller HST for another project.
I've been doing the Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt this year and we had a lot of geese being made in a lot of different ways. I linked this thread over there to see if people can give them recent results, I know some of them tried multiple methods.
We also had this recently posted that you might be interested, it's making those bonus HST
Bonus HST's From Flying Geese
Edit: My solution to my style of cutting large and trimming down for Bonnie's project was to use her large triangle for the geese which she had us cut a specific way, and then I paired it with oversized triangles which could then be trimmed precisely. Still some waste but I'm willing to live with it to get accurate geese.
I've been doing the Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt this year and we had a lot of geese being made in a lot of different ways. I linked this thread over there to see if people can give them recent results, I know some of them tried multiple methods.
We also had this recently posted that you might be interested, it's making those bonus HST
Bonus HST's From Flying Geese
Edit: My solution to my style of cutting large and trimming down for Bonnie's project was to use her large triangle for the geese which she had us cut a specific way, and then I paired it with oversized triangles which could then be trimmed precisely. Still some waste but I'm willing to live with it to get accurate geese.
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01-23-2020, 08:04 AM
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I'm no expert on FG, but could it be a pressing issue? In my limited experience I found if I press one seam towards the goose and one to the wing it isn't as bulky.
By the way welcome to the QB
By the way welcome to the QB
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01-30-2020, 03:53 PM
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When making FG the no waste method, note that the small squares will overlap each other, and this is where the bulk comes from. I sometimes fold it all in half and trim the two corners off before sewing both sides of the central line.
Darn - tried to attach a pic, but it hasn't worked.
Darn - tried to attach a pic, but it hasn't worked.
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