![]() I have since seen this Flying Geese Specialty Ruler from Creative Grids that is useful for squaring up multiple sizes of Flying Geese blocks.) (Post Edit: sadly, I think that specific Pineapple ruler is out of production. Then square up the rest of the block to the appropriate unfinished size. ![]() This will give you a nice clean, straight edge with a perfect ¼″ seam allowance. Place that guide right on top your point to square-off the excess. I really like to use a ruler like this Pineapple Ruler (or this Flying Geese Ruler) that has a 90 degree angle on point with a ¼″ above for squaring-up the goose “point”. ![]() (Also, with the measurements I’ve given you in the printable guide, you have a little extra fabric built in so you can have excess to give you a nice square edge.) Because of sewing and cutting on diagonal/bias edges, they can be a little mis-shapen. You will now have four Flying Geese units. Cut on the line and press seams toward the smaller triangles. Place another “sky” square in the corner of each “goose” unit and sew scant ¼″ seams again on both sides of the drawn line. You will have two units that look like this. Press the seam allowance toward the smaller triangles. Pin the squares to hold them in place and sew a scant ¼″ seam on both sides of the drawn diagonal line.Ĭut this unit in half right on the drawn diagonal line. The two squares will overlap corners in the middle. With the large “goose” square (or background square) right sides up, place two “sky” squares (or points squares) face down (remember, right sides together) in opposite corners, lining up the diagonal lines. Next, draw a diagonal line on the back of the four “sky” or “point” squares. Just keep track of which pieces are what. I put each set in a pile and take them all to my machine at once. Then I can play with the variety of colors and combinations while all the fabric is out. I like to do all the cutting at once for multiple blocks. The first step is to cut out all of the coordinating pieces for your block. I have two free printable charts for you to use to make these blocks (both Flying Geese and Sawtooth Stars) in 9-10 different sizes below. Don’t worry about the measurements at this point. Let’s walk through the steps to get from the 1 large + 4 smaller squares to the four finished Flying Geese blocks. 2″ wide and 1″ tall, or 5″ wide and 2 ½″ tall.) Are you with me still?įINISHED Flying Geese blocks are always twice as wide as they are tall. Or, when making these blocks to use as star points, the “sky” triangles become the points of the star. Here’s the basics of the Flying Geese units: you will need one large square that will always be your “goose” (middle triangle) and four smaller squares that will always be your “sky”. I also love this method because there is a GREAT no-waste method for creating four flying geese units at the same time – perfect for the Sawtooth Star block. But I personally prefer to use Flying Geese units for the points as it eliminates an unnecessary seam (between the points), reducing extra bulk and leaving larger pieces of fabric design intact. This sawtooth star quilt block can be constructed using half-square triangles for the points. So obviously this block gives you a lot of variations. If you look at the mini version at the top of the post, you can see where I used different fabric for the star centers. ![]() I still love it (which I can’t say about every quilt I made that long ago.)Īs you can see in this sawtooth star quilt block version, I made the stars “solid” using the same fabric for all of the pieces of the star. I made it 16 years ago – I even hand quilted it! – and it has hung above my bedroom dresser ever since. This quilt using these sawtooth star quilt blocks is one of the first quilts I ever made. Plus, depending on the variety of fabric and color choices, it can be so versatile! I think the reason it has so much staying power is that it always looks sharp. This classic 8-pointed star is probably one of the most traditional quilt motifs there is. It’s been something I’ve wanted to write a tutorial about for years and I figured now was the time. I had multiple people ask for instructions for making these stars. You may remember the little star mini-quilt I shared last week. Today I’m sharing a tutorial for one of my all-time favorite quilt blocks – the classic Eight-pointed star – sometimes called the Sawtooth Star quilt block (and probably many other names.) ![]()
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