Week 3
Good morning! Today you will make 24 flying geese from A and D that will have an unfinished size of 2-1/2” by 4-1/2”. I use the flip and sew method. (If you use a geese ruler your strips may differ in width.)
From the A fabric, cut 24 pieces measuring 2-1/2” by 4-1/2”. (Don't be wasteful of A) From the D fabric, cut 48 pieces measuring 2-1/2” square. Mark a line from corner to corner on the back of the D fabric. My new favorite marking tool is the Frixion. Goes away with heat when you press. (There is also one you need to erase the line.) Placing a 2-1/2” square right sides together on one side of a rectangle, sew just a thread’s width away from the line, on the inner side of the line. Photo shows direction of the sewing. You will give yourself a tiny fraction of an inch to allow you to pull the D corner to the A corner of the rectangle without it stretching. . Hold the corners in place and gently press. Trim away the underside fabrics. Repeat with the other 23 A rectangles. Then, place a 2-1/2” square on the other corner of the D rectangle and repeat as before. Finish the same way as the other side.
From Fabrics B, C and D, cut 12 squares from each fabric, all measuring 2-1/2”. You will use these 24squares next week.
Yes, I know, you have fabric left over. You will use it next week. I know you have guesses as to where all this stuff, these little pieces, is going to end up. Hee hee. If I were a game show host, I’d call out “Show me what’s behind curtain number 4!” Well curtain 4 opens next week! It will all come together, I promise!