Ohhhh...Nooo...lol Don't tell me this. I just bought two of these and have not even got them yet. Hoping they will help me do the flying geese better. I pieced a Christmas quilt last december and did a border of flying geese in it and then a 5 inch plain border around that. Well, it looks good but recently I got it out and laid it out on my table to measure it again. I was going to get the backing ready for this quilt and get it all laid out with the backing, batting and quilt top and get it pinned so I could quilt it....NOT. It will not lay flat! There is no way i think it can be quilted! I measured here and there to see why it is laying so wonky. My flying geese have it so out of wack that it won't lay flat. It is off almost two inches in one area. Well also the middle of the quilt is a piece of what we call cheater cloth. Looks quilted but not.....I thought it would be good practice for freemotion quilting on this. It was off a little on being entirely square when I cut it out. I cut it along the design on the fabric but it was off...and the fabric was not cheap but the design was sure off. So guess it will now be a table cloth...lol I was disapointed as this quilt was going to be my project for practicing free motion quilting before I worked on a quilt top that was more special. Anyway, I bought the Flying geese rulers by Eleanor Burns to help me learn to make "good geese"...lol

There is a couple of cute tutorials on the dresden plate ruler over at missouri star quilt company that I watched today. It showed how to use the charm packs for the ruler. I like the idea of using some of the ones I bought and haven't used of those up.

I have the Eleanor Burns flying geese rulers and love them.I haven't bought a ruler I don't use.

Flying geese ruler and pretty much anything Eleanor Burns. Met her in person she is a little silly.

I never use the 2 rulers that I have that are designed to fit over the edge of a table. My sewing table edge is 1" deep. Why did I purchase them? BEATS ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have the EB flying geese rulers and they are okay but I like the one by Lazy Girl better. Used my triangle on a tube quilt. It was the first time I have used it in about 6 years.

I have recently bought some rulers and not used them yet, but, I sure hope to, one day.

I have recently bought some rulers and not used them yet, but, I sure hope to, one day.

I use my 6 X 24" ruler every day.....I wouldn't know how to cut fabric WOF without it....get those little rough dots and put them in 3 places on both sides of the ruler and it won't slip while you are cutting with it....also, press down hard on the ruler, cut halfway up and then move your hand up the ruler and cut the rest of the way. I think the only ones I don't use are those triangle ones.

Corry,
Try laying it on a gridded ironing board and pin where each seam should be. Then use lots of steam and see if you can't get it to shrink down to the size it needs to be.