Hive 4 January Tutorial: Perfect Pink Flying Geese for Debbie

Happy New Year!  I'm starting out our 2025 Bee with something pretty easy and straight forward and I hope you all have fun with it. 

2 finished 6.5x12.5 strips

For my block, I would like you to make 2 strips of 4 flying geese.  Each flying goose (geese?) will be 3.5x6.5 unfinished.  All 4 should match.  Each strip should be different fabrics but you can make both of them identical if you want to!  I prefer the geese all be flying in the same direction but we know sometimes they don't so an occasional strip with a different layout is fun.  Please do NOT sew the 2 strips together-this will give me more flexibility in the final placement.  Each strip should measure 6.5 x 12.5.

Fabric Choices

Below are photos of some great choices of fabrics for this block.  Pink.  Lots of pink.  Stick to any shade of pink, with occasional white, red or maroon.  I really want mostly pink.  Solid or print.  If you choose a print, stay within the warm family as much as possible.  Pink, red, a little yellow or orange.  Whites with colored prints should follow the same guidelines - the colors should be pink or red with limited yellow or orange.  Leaves and stems are green and that's fine but the overall colors should read pink or red or maroon.  In making these, I have found really busy prints don't work very well for the look I want.  

Construction

There are lots of ways to make flying geese.  For this particular block, the 4-at-a-time method works perfectly!  This is the tutorial I like to use.  She has done all the math!  There are many sizes listed - use the line for the unfinished block size 3.5 x 6.5.  You will see choices based on experience level.  This will determine the amount of extra fabric you'll trim off.  Use the one that works for you.  Just beware of the beginner level - there is a lot of overlap and there will be a couple blocks that show the raw edge and picking that out is a a pain.  Alternatively, you can go with a one-at-a-time method.  Just make sure at least 4 are identical.  And make sure the unfinished block is 3.5 x 6.5. Here is a good tutorial for the flip and stitch flying geese that finish at 3 x 6 (3.5 x 6.5 unfinished).

I love this Creative Grids ruler to accurately trim my Flying Geese.  I am always amazed how much I use it.  Make sure to leave the 1/4 inch allowance from the tip of the triangle to the top of the block so you don't lose your point in the seam.

Here is the layout I am working on - nothing is sewn together and some blocks are 

longer than 4.  This isn't the finished layout at all and I'll be making a lot of these 

to fill out the quilt. 

Flying geese are a pretty basic block used in a ton of quilting but, if you are new and this is overwhelming, message me on IG and I will get you thru it!  It's a good skill to have!  

Thank you for helping me make my Perfect Pink Flying Geese!  

Debbie