Heart Quilt Block for Valentines' Day
The Flying Geese pattern is quite versatile and really very simple to sew.
Quilters use these geese as a border, as strips between other blocks, as strips in an entire quilt, or as patches in a block.
In the video below showing how to sew this Heart Block together, I used 3 flying geese – two on the upper portion of the heart, and one large one for the point at the bottom.
The block is so easy to sew together, you could make one in about 12 minutes – including cutting the fabric.
Well, that’s if you don’t need to ponder over the fabric.
But, it should be pretty easy to choose – there are only 2 different fabrics in the block.
So, if you haven’t made your Valentine a gift yet, you could whip up a Heart block or two, add some wide borders and make a placemat to serve that fantastic dinner on.
On the other hand, you are probably better prepared for Valentine’s Day than that.
Maybe save the quilt pattern for next year.
Whether or not you are in the mood for making a heart quilt block, you might still appreciate knowing that there is another way to sew flying geese together that will increase your accuracy and may even speed things up.
Most quilters sew simple triangles together to make their flying geese, just as I did in the video. That’s the way I first learned to make them.
Then one day I discovered a method where I can cut 2 triangles and 1 rectangle and sew those together to get a flying goose.
The thing I like about that method is that by having the rectangle on the base, your triangles don’t need to be sewn on perfectly.
Even if the triangles are a little off, you can use the rectangle shape to sew the geese together, increasing your accuracy.
Like they say, though, pictures are better than words, and I’ve got pictures to take you step by step through the process.
Learn another way to sew flying geese together.
Wow! That’s a lot for Valentines’ Day.
So – have a fabulous Day!
Penny
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