My Geese are Upside Down!
 

I am making a Q-sized quilt for a GGS and it has flying geese all around as one of the borders and they are upside down. I didn't notice until today when I finished up FMQ the interior of the quilt. It is absolutely too late to remove them and correct. How stupid of me! Regardless, I will continue w/FMQ. My intention was to quilt five loops in the triangle and since this border is obviously toward the outside edge, I have to quilt upside down also. I wondered if I could FMQ upside down. I can and am amazed as how easy it is.

Perhaps my geese are from the Southern Hemisphere!! What do you think?

It is a seasonal path. They fly north (up side), hang around for the summer (top), fly south (down side), and stay there for the winter (bottom). The "circle of flight!" lol

You've just created a new pattern!! (and if you don't comment about it, everyone will think it was meant to come out like that!) Goo job FMQ'ing upsidown!

Could we see a picture?

Who is to say whether geese are flying north to south or south to north?? They might even fly west to east or east to west. Shoot, I've even seen them fly in zigzags and around in a circle! :D :D


Jan in VA

Is the quilt already bound and mailed?

We have a local flock of geese that live at the golf course. They fly every direction. If you don't point it out, nobody will notice.

once you decide they are supposed to be that way, they will no longer be upside down. :cool:

Don't tell and they probably will never notice

No one will know unless you tell them.

I don't think there is ANY specific directions that geese must be. If you're done with the quilt, can't you lay it upside down so that the geese are heading in the direction you want on the bed (make the bottom edge the top and visaversa) ??

I guess I don't get it. I thought geese on a quilt could go any direction.

Did someone, somewhere say that the geese had to be pointing a certain direction (doesn't make sense to me, BTW).

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you meant to do it that way. no one will notice but you

Have you ever seen birds that have gotten into the fermented fruit under a cherry tree? Hilarious! They fly all over in every direction! They really do look like drunks! Maybe your geese have been doing a little "bird partying? Lol! Don't sweat it. It was a design decision.....we will never tell.

Love them. Wouldn't have recognized they were upside down if you hadn't pointed it out.

You guys are too much! Many of your responses are just too funny. Thanks for making me laugh today. Blessings!!!

As my cake decorating teacher said, there is no wrong way just your way. as long as it is consistent and you are happy that is all that matters. A quilter once told me ass a hand piercer and quilter , never take out a stitch as you are working. If it still bothers you when you are finished then remover the bad stitch.

Let the geese fly where they want. They always get where they're going.

I can't imagine how they're upside down in the first place, though! You mean they're going left when you wanted them to go right? Or they're going up when you wanted them to go down? Like the rest said - don't tell and nobody will ever know!

Geese fly right over my house and stop in the nearby ponds when they're migrating. I love it. Never saw (or heard) that many geese when I lived in the city! I love their honking, but I'm glad they don't stop in MY yard. Geese are intimidating!

were you kown by another ame in another life?
 

ah fore it keyboard prbem