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Old 01-17-2014, 10:12 AM
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DogHouseMom
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I prefer to paper piece flying geese and square in a square blocks.

You can make the PP pattern easy with Microsoft Word!!!

Open a new Word document
Select "View" and click the "Gridlines" box
Click on "Insert" Tab
Select "Shapes" drop down menu
Select the rectangle shape
In the grid of the document, trace out the size of the rectangle you want (this would be the size of the goose with the 1/4" border)
You will now have a rectangle shape in your document
Click shapes dropdown again and select a rectangle again. Now draw a rectangle inside the other rectangle starting 1/4" from one of the corners, and drag your mouse to 1/4" of the opposite corner. Now you have your rectangle for the goose with a 1/4" seam allowance around it
Click shapes dropdown box again and select a triangle
Inside the rectangle you just created - draw the triangle. Start at the bottom corner and drag your mouse up the top center (the center top is marked with a dot so you can see it easy)
Now you have your finished goose!
Now ... hold down your "cntl" key and select each of the elements (outside rectangle, inside rectangle, and triangle) then right click your mouse and select "grouping" then "group". Now all three elements are "stuck" together. You can right click, copy and paste as many as you want on the page.
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