Why do my flying geese look so bad?
#11
I know it's after the fact...sorry...but I've been using a program I bought at the LQS called "Triangulations", by Brenda Henning. It's like paper piecing them. There are different sizes of geese and HST's. It has helped me a lot. I'm working on a BOM project that has 92 geese in it, and there's very little fabric waste. You use triangles cut to the right size and because it's paper piecing, you don't have to worry about the bias edges. You might look into it if you plan on another project with flying geese.
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Just this past weekend I gave in and tried the Deb Tucker Wing Clipper ruler and made some of the best flying geese units I have ever made - seriously - plan to go buy my own ruler this week. Makes four at a time a little oversized then you trim them down to the right size. Worked really well!
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#14
When I do the folded corner method I sew on the right side of the line instead of right on the line. Then when I trim I only trim out the center triangle. That way the rectangle I cut is still the perfect size and if the folded corners are just a little off it doesn't matter.
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Just this past weekend I gave in and tried the Deb Tucker Wing Clipper ruler and made some of the best flying geese units I have ever made - seriously - plan to go buy my own ruler this week. Makes four at a time a little oversized then you trim them down to the right size. Worked really well!
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Try paper piecing them. Takes the frustration out it. Here is a link of different sizes you can try.
http://www.quilterscache.com/B/Blank...latesPage.html
http://www.quilterscache.com/B/Blank...latesPage.html
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Just this past weekend I gave in and tried the Deb Tucker Wing Clipper ruler and made some of the best flying geese units I have ever made - seriously - plan to go buy my own ruler this week. Makes four at a time a little oversized then you trim them down to the right size. Worked really well!
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