- - These Geese Won't Fly!
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misoop
01-20-2014 05:17 PM
Find SOMEWHERE to buy Deb Tucker's Wing Clipper tool!! It will save your sanity and your flying geese!!!
solstice3
01-20-2014 06:16 PM
I have had the best luck with Eleanor Burns method
Judi in Ohio
01-21-2014 06:34 AM
Originally Posted by nuevaquilter
(Post 6517576)
Help! I've made hundreds of flying geese and they rarely come out right. Used several different methods/rulers (haven't tried the Ricky Timms method because I'm using strip scraps, squares not really an option). My geese always come out wonky with one side drooping so they won't square up right. The second wing seems to be OK, so I must be doing something to the first one when I sew/press the second one.
Yesterday I had to re-make 10 units because some were so bad. (Well, I should have re-made 100, but forget that!!) I measured and cut carefully (using Easy Angle and Companion Angle rulers), was careful about not stretching the bias edges, double-checked my seam allowances, pressed carefully. Still wonky, though not quite as bad.
Obviously I'm pulling or stretching somehow? Experienced quilters, can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks for your help!
I have short wings also, but what I do is lineup my block on the outside line, not the inside, so it make no dfference if my wing is too short, it still fits. Occasionally, my wing is too short (my seam too small) and it gets tossed. I'm going to try paper piecing for my next ones, or Deb Tuckers method.
Rose Marie
01-21-2014 06:51 AM
El Burns always comes up the easiest methods. It is the only way I will do my geese and you get 4 at a time.
You do have to buy the rulers in different sizes but they are worth it and you get two different sizes on each ruler.
