In October of 2025, I decided to make a Flying Geese quilt. I posted my plan
with a couple of tutorials + a cutting chart that you can see HERE.
It's been just over 6 months and my quilt is finally finished!
I made 336 blocks that finish at 3" x 6" each. Then I laid them out in 12 x 28 rows.
I mostly used a 4-at-a-time method to make the blocks and tried to make 1 set a day
until I was done. I used the Stitch-N-Flip method when I only had
small pieces of a particular fabric or on fabrics that had a directional print.
I believe all of the fabrics for the quilt top and back were from my stash.
I love the sweet background fabric by Amy Sinibaldi for Art Gallery Fabrics.
The aqua grid fabric was from my fabric line, Treasured Threads with Poppie Cotton.
The only fabric I bought for this quilt was the coral gingham fabric for the binding.
It's from the line, Storyteller Plaids by Maureen Cracknell for Art Gallery Fabrics.
It adds a happy, funky pop to the quilt, don't you think?
I hand-stitched the binding down (haven't done that in a while!)
Always feels nice to be able to slow down and finish that part by hand!
Jen Ostler in Highland, UT. quilted it for me with the Diamond Loops pantograph by
Jess Zeigler for the Longarm League. I like how it played off the points of
the Flying Geese blocks while adding in loops for some sweetness!
This was kind of a unique color palette for me. Not sure how I landed on
these colors but I think the pinks, teals, aquas, warm browns and chartruse
created a funky yet sweet vibe.
There are many different ways to arrange Flying Geese blocks, but this layout just spoke to me.
Maybe, because I don't see this layout as often? Usually, I see the Flying Geese alternating directions.
Also, you may have noticed in my quilt that there is no set number of "like" blocks together.
I wanted the layout to be very scrappy but also have some order, so I placed similar blocks
together in varying amounts. Mostly, they're in vertical groups, but sometimes
I placed them side-by-side for a little something unexpected. I just did what was pleasing
to my eye, while trying to spread out similar colors and prints.
I can't help but share these last two photos...
I took my quilt outside to get some photos at the base of our mountains.
It was a beautiful day! Self-timers and LIVE iPhone photos are so handy!
(It's amazing that you can go into a LIVE photo and choose which split second
of the photo you want to actually use!)
Well, I think that's it! Thanks for stopping by today!
Please let me know if you have any questions! And be sure
to check out my initial post about this project HERE, where I share a
Flying Geese cutting chart and a couple of tutorials.
Have a great day!