I am the person who asked for people to post their "Flying Home" quilts, so I thank you so much for doing this.
I was reading the directions in the book yesterday and thought how far we have come in the quilting world. I didn't look at the publish date, but this must have been published in the 70's or 80's. It's amazing how differently we do blocks now. It will be fine to re-plan the pattern so make things the "new" way.
One question, though...do you thing these geese could be done using the paper piecing method?