FOLKSY FLOCK
Make a statement by layering up colourful Flying Geese of all different sizes into a quilt full of print and pattern
Jemima Flendt layers Flying Geese into quilt full of print and pattern
YOU WILL NEED
Background fabric (cream): 55/ 8yd Pink prints: 3/8yd each of four (4) different prints Blue prints: 3/8yd each of four (4) different prints Yellow prints: 1/8yd each of two (2) different prints Aqua prints: 1/8yd each of two (2) different prints Backing fabric: 4¾yds Batting: 78in x 86in Binding fabric: ¾yd
FINISHED SIZE
72in x 80in approx
NOTES
Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. FG = Flying Geese. WOF = width of fabric. WST = wrong sides together. This quilt was professionally long-arm quilted by Carol Brady of The Quilting Cottage (carolbradyquilting.blogspot.com)
FABRICS USED
Print fabrics are all from the Loominous Yarn Dyes I and II collections by Anna Maria Horner for FreeSpirit Fabrics in the following prints: Dotted Line in Coral, Cobalt and Eggplant. Plenty in Berry, Wave and Pine. Tribe in Bubblegum and Turquoise. Chemistry in Royal and Sharp. Checkered Past in Sky and Lantern. Criss Cross in Mountain. Backing fabric is Sateen Solid in Cream from the Designer Sateen Solids collection by FreeSpirit Fabrics.
CUTTING OUT
1From the background fabric cut: Eighteen (18) 3in x WOF strips. Subcut into two hundred and fifty-two (252) 3in squares. Twelve (12) 3in x WOF strips. Subcut into forty-six (46) 3in x 10½in rectangles. Twelve (12) 5½in x WOF strips. Subcut into eighty-one (81) 5½in squares. Two (2) 5½in x WOF strips. Subcut into seventeen (17) 5½in x 3in rectangles. Four (4) 5½in x WOF strips. Subcut into seventeen (17) 5½in x 8in rectangles.
2From each of the pink prints cut two (2) 5½in x WOF strips. Subcut each strip into twenty-three (23) 5½in x 3in rectangles to give a total of ninety-two (92) rectangles.
3From each of the blue prints cut two (2) 5½in x WOF strips. Subcut each strip into eight (8) 10½in x 5½in rectangles to give a total of thirty-two (32) rectangles.
4From each of the yellow prints cut one (1) 3in x WOF strip. Subcut each strip into nine (9) 5½in x 3in rectangles to give a total
USE TEXTURED FABRICS LIKE THIS LOOMINOUS COLLECTION FOR A TACTILE FINISHING TOUCH
of eighteen (18) rectangles. You need seventeen, so will have one left over.
5From each of the aqua prints cut one (1) 3in x WOF strip. Subcut each strip into nine (9) 5½in x 3in rectangles to give a total of eighteen (18) rectangles. You need seventeen, so will have one left over.
6From the binding fabric cut nine (9) 2½in x WOF strips.
PIECING BLOCK A
7Take one 5½in x 3in pink print rectangle and two 3in background squares.
8On the wrong side of each square mark a diagonal line from corner to corner. With right sides together, place a square on one corner of the rectangle, with the diagonal line running from the bottom corner to the top long edge (Fig 1).
9Stitch on the marked line and trim then ¼in beyond the stitched line. Flip the corner open and press the seam towards the background triangle (Fig 2). Repeat on the other corner to complete one pink FG unit, which should measure 5½in x 3in (Fig 3).
10Repeat steps 7–9 with the remaining pink print rectangles to make a total of ninety-two pink FG units.
11Take one FG unit of each prink print. Arrange them in a column with each unit pointing upwards. Join, pressing the seams towards the pink prints. Take two 3in x 10½in background rectangles and join one to each side of the FG column. Press the seams outwards to complete one Block A, which should measure 10½in square (Fig 4).
12Repeat step 11 to make a total of twenty-three of Block A.
PIECING BLOCK B
13Take one 10½in x 5½in blue print rectangle and two 5½in background squares. Repeat steps 8–9 to make one blue FG unit, which should measure 10½in x 5½in.
14Repeat step 13 with the remaining blue print rectangles to make a total of thirty-two blue print FG units.
15Take one FG unit of two different blue prints. Arrange in a column with each unit pointing upwards. Join, pressing the seam towards the blue print, to complete one Block B, which should measure 10½in square (Fig 5).
16Repeat step 15 to make a total of sixteen of Block B.
PIECING BLOCK C
17Take one 5½in x 3in yellow print rectangle and two 3in background squares. Repeat steps 8–9 to make one yellow print FG unit, which should measure 5½in x 3in.
18Repeat step 17 with the remaining yellow print rectangles to make a total of seventeen yellow print FG units.
19Take one 5½in x 3in aqua print rectangle and two 3in background squares. Repeat steps 8–9 to make one aqua print FG unit, which should measure 5½in x 3in.