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Description:
This a terrific two fabric block!
Try a variation with a third color down the middle of the
geese or a range of hand dyed fabrics in a color run down
the middle. Another excuse to buy more fabric or maybe use
that wonderful set of hand dyed fat quarters!
Finished Size: 8"
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Fabric Reqs For Block: (Example fabrics in parentheses)
- 3" x 42" Dark
- 9" x 18" Light
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Cutting Instructions
| A
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4
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Dark
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Cut two 2 1/8" x 2 1/8" squares.
Cut in half diagonally.
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| B
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16
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Light
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Cut eight 2 1/8" x 2 1/8" squares.
Cut in half diagonally.
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| C
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4
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Light
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Cut one 6 ½" x 6 ½" square. Cut in
half diagonally twice.
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| D
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32
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Dark
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Cut eight 2 ½" x 2 ½" squares. Cut
in half diagonally twice.
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| E
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1
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Dark
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Cut one 2 3/8" x 2 3/8" square.
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Assembly (1/4" seam allowance throughout):
| Step 1: Sew a triangle D to
either side of a triangle B making a Flying Geese unit. Press
seams open or toward dark.
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| Step 2: Sew four flying geese
units together. Press seams open or away from the point of
each flying geese unit.
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| Step 3: Sew a triangle A to
the end of each flying geese unit next to the long side of a
B triangle. Press seams open or toward the dark.
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| Step 4: Sew a triangle C on
either side of two of the flying geese units. Press seams
open or toward the light.
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| Step 5: Sew the point end of
2 flying geese units to opposite sides of square E. Press
seams open or toward the center square E.
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| Step 6: Sew Section 1 and 2 to
either side of Section 3. Press seams open or toward the triangle C's.
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Color Options
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Settings
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| Some Pictures Created in EQ5 |
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