Double Flying Geese Quilt

Hello friends, welcome back! It’s time for another free quilt pattern! This one is fun, and I’m convinced you are going to love it!

The fabric requirements below the blocks if you chose to make double flying geese starting with flying geese, or the Flip-and-Stitch method. I will being making flying geese using the Elenor Burn’s method in this tutorial. For more information on that, you can find that tutorial here.

Fabric Requirements

2/3 yd Pattern fabric (Center Point)
1/2 yd Pattern fabric (Star Legs)
1/2 yd Pattern fabric (Center of Block)
- If you want to do the optional border, you will need 9″ more
1/4 yd Solid fabric (Small Stars)
2 yds background
- If you want to do the optional border, you will need 1/8 yd more
1/2 yd Pattern fabric for Binding

Cut List

From Center Point:
- Cut 3 – 7 1/2″ x wof
  - Subcut into 12 – 7 1/2″ x 7 1/2″ squares (A)
From Star Legs:
- Cut 4 – 3 1/2″ x wof
  - Subcut into 48 – 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ squares (B)
From Center Block:
- Cut 2 – 6 1/2″ x wof
  - Subcut into 12 – 6 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ squares (C)
From Solid:
- Cut 2 – 1 3/4″ x wof
  - Subcut into 48 – 1 3/4” x 1 3/4” squares (D)
- Cut 1- 2 1/2″ x wof
  - Subcut into 6 – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ squares (E)

Background Cut List:

Cut 3 – 9″ x wof
- Subcut into 12 – 9″ x 9″ squares (F)
Cut 4 – 3 1/2″ x wof
- Subcut into 48 – 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ squares (G)
Cut 1 – 12 1/2″ x wof
- Subcut into 17 – 2 1/2″ x 12 1/2″ (H)
Cut 6 – 2″ x wof
- Set aside for border (I)

Optional Cut List: (Extra borders)

From Center Block:
- Cut 6 – 1 1/2″ x wof (J)
  - Set aside for border
From Background:
- Cut 6 – 2″ x wof (K)
  - Set aside for border

Double Flying Geese – Using Elenor Burn’s Flying Geese

Start by placing A, wrong size up, centered over F. Pin in place.

Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the fabric.

Sew 1/4” down each side of the line. Note: you only need to sew down the length of the smaller square.

Cut on the diagonal line so you have 2 pieces. Press open toward A. It should look like a wonky HST.

Place one A/B square like a diamond on your table, fabric facing up. Place the other A/B square on top, right sides together, opposite of the way you placed the first A/B square.

So if A is facing up, place B piece facing up on top of it.

Pin together.

Draw a diagonal line, corner to corner, perpendicular to the seam line.

Sew 1/4” down each side of the line.

Cut on line.

Iron open. You should have 2 pieces that look like this.

Now it’s time to trim these up. We want these to measure 6 1/2” x 3 1/2”.

Place your ruler so that the diagonal line in the ruler, lines up with the diagonal line of your flying geese and the edge of the ruler 1/4” down from the point of the flying geese. Cut along edge of ruler.

Do this with both pieces, until you have 4 flying geese. Trim the flying geese to 3 1/2” x 6 1/2”.

Draw a diagonal line on B from one corner to the opposite corner.

Lay one colored square, right side down, on the FG as shown. Line it up with the edge of the FG. The line should go from a corner to the middle.

Stitch right along the line you drew.

Fold the colored square right at the stitched line so that it lines up perfectly with the corner of the FG. Finger press, then press with an iron.

Open colored fabric up and trim the FG and other half of the colored fabric 1/4″ from the stitched line. Fold colored fabric back over so it’s once again rectangle shaped.

Lay the second colored piece, right side down, on the FG as shown. The line should be going in the opposite direction of the first one, going from the bottom corner, to the top middle.

Stitch right along the line.

Fold the colored square right at the stitched line so that it lines up perfectly with the FG corner. Finger press, then press with an iron.

Open colored fabric up and trim the FG and other half of the colored fabric 1/4″ from the stitched line.

Fold colored fabric back over so it’s once again rectangle shaped.

Measure and Trim

Now we trim them to the 6 1/2” x 3 1/2”.

Line up the center point of the flying geese at 3 1/4” and the bottom edge at 3 1/2”. (If you have a diagonal line on your ruler, try to line one up along the diagonal of the flying geese, see image above.) Trim the side and top.

Rotate around 180 degrees and line up bottom edge on the 3 1/2” and the left edge to 6 1/2”. Trim the last/right side.

Do that to the other pieces and you will have 4- 6 1/2”x 3 1/2” flying geese.

Double Flying Geese Block

The quilt block will be layed out with 9 pieces, creating a 3 x 3 layout.

G, Double Flying Geese, G
Double Flying Geese, C, Double Flying Geese
G, Double Flying Geese, G

Sew each row together pressing towards the Corner and Center and sew the rows together. Press.

Make 12 blocks.

Sashing

I put some fun sashing between these blocks so that it looks like a star between them. I chose a solid color which accented the other fabric I used.

Take H, and using the flip and stitch method, sew D onto one corner. Press open and trim off the back layers.

Take a second D and put it on the opposite corner. Sew, press and trim. This will make the star legs at the end of the sashing.

You will need to make 10 with the star legs on just one end and 7 with the star legs on both ends.

It’s time to lay the rows out!

Lay the quilt blocks out so that they are in a 3 x 4 layout, leaving room between each one for the sashing.

Around the edges of the quilt, put the sashing pieces with just the one side of star legs. The two-sided star legs will go between each block. See below.

Sew the rows together, pressing each row in the opposite directions. Sew the rows together.

Finish the quilt with a final border of I. Sew 2 pieces together and sew on each side of the quilt. Press towards I. Sew final I pieces to the top and bottom of the quilt.

Optional Borders

I had some left over fabric, so I decided to sew two additional borders on the quilt, which are totally options.

First take J, and sew borders to side and then top and bottom. Pressing towards J.

Then take K, sew borders to the sides and then top and bottom. Pressing towards K.

Finishing Your Quilt

Pick out your quilt back and batting and either quilt on your home machine or send it to the long-arm quilter.

Bind your quilt and the snuggle underneath it!

Questions

If you have any questions, please go watch the YouTube video (above). I go into much more detail in the video, and you can watch it and follow along.

If you have questions after that, drop them in my comment section below, or on the comment section of the video and I will come and answer them.Tag me!

I would love to see your progress. Just tag me at #theashleytomlinson or #ashley_sunnymade and I’ll be able to see you on social media.

I want to see how they turn out!

Happy sewing!