Originally Posted by Grinster
Why don't the patterns tell you the finished size of the parts of a block. I am working on a quilt that has 80 flying geese and for some reason I can't get them to come out! The main piece is 3.5x 2 inches high and the other pieces are 2" square. Is there a formula to figure this out? They are part of a 6.5" block.
Your unfinished Flying Geese will be 3½x2 and the finished Geese will be 3x1½ (standard Geese are always twice as wide as they are high). The unfinished block will be 6½x6½ and the finished block will be 6x6. Four stacked Geese in two columns (8 Geese total) will make up one block. Does that help?