AngelinaMaria

I am trying to make flying geese using the "no waste" method (it is also helpful because I need 4 matching geese for each block).

I have seen various instructions that say the following:

Cut one square 1 1/4 inch wider than your finished geese unit
Cut four squares 7/8 inch taller than your finished geese unit

I am making geese that should trim up to 2.5 by 4.5 and when finished equal 2x4 inches.

I attempted the geese using a 5.5 inch square and four 3 inch squares. This resulted in geese that were about 1/8 inch too small. Then, I tried a 5.75 inch square and four 3.5 inch squares and these were so oversized that some of my "sky" fabric was folder over on itself up by the tip so that doesn't work either.

I want my geese about 1/8 to 1/4 inch too big so I can cut them down to perfect size (2.5 by 4.5). Please, what in the heck size should I be cutting my fabric to meet this goal??