![]() ![]() I hope you've enjoyed this Chicago Geese quilt block tutorial. If you liked this post and want to see more quilting tutorials like this, simply click here to sign up for my newsletter and also receive a free PDF. I think it would be a lovely block to make out of left over 2.5" strips and scraps and one dark fabric for the Flying Geese shapes. The Chicago Geese block was fun and quick to sew together! I love the different designs you can get with this block. Here's the traditional coloring of a background and two colors and rotated around a bit.Īnd a bit more fun just rotating the blocks around. Here's just a normal 4 x 4 layout using similar colors to what I sewed up. Here's a picture of the back of the final block. Repeat Steps 3 through 11 again but substitute the Medium Aqua rectangles for the Light Gold ones. Repeat Steps 3 through 11 again only using the Light Yellow rectangles.Īnd press the seam allowances outward just as before. Here's a shot of the back showing the directions of the seam allowances. Repeat Steps 3 through 11 substituting the Light Aqua rectangles for the Light Gold rectangles. Patches on one side of the block are lighter than the other, creating a diagonal division in the finished block. Notice that all of them go away from the Half Square Triangle unit. Instructions Plan Your Design This traditional log cabin design is sewn by adding patches in a clockwise direction around a center square. Here's a picture showing the direction of the seam allowances. Refold the Dark Aqua to complete this first Flying Geese corner. Match up the corners of Dark Aqua square and press as shown in the picture below. Lay out one of the Dark Aqua 4.5" squares as shown and sew a thread or two away from the marked line in what will be the seam allowance (this allows space for the fabric to fold in the next step). Press the seam allowance toward the Light Gold fabric as shown below. Sew the Light Gold 2.5" x 6.5" rectangle to the Step 4 unit as shown. Press the seam allowance toward the rectangle as shown in the picture below. Match up the Light Gold 2.5" x 4.5" rectangle with the Half Square Triangle as shown below and sew together. You can find a tutorial for making a basic Half Square Triangle block at Using the White 5" square and the Pink 5" square, make a Half Square Triangle (HST) unit. Mark a diagonal line from corner to corner on the back of the Light/White 5" square and the four Dark Aqua 4.5" squares as shown in the picture below. 1/4 yard of each color will make approximately four blocks.Traditionally, it's made with a background and two colors but.you know me, I had to add more fabrics to the mix! Let's get started!įabric Requirements for a 12" Finished Chicago Geese Quilt Block: It's sort of Log Cabin, sort of Flying Geese, and looks very similar to the Wild Goose Chase block. ![]() The Chicago Geese block is easy and quick to sew together. ![]()
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