Hello ladies,
I get it, I get it!
Month#2 was hard!
Well, it's good for your brain to be challenged!
Some months will be easier than others, but just take it one piece at a time.
And, Month#3 is truly not that bad.
Speaking of... here are my tips and words of wisdom for Month #3:
To make Border Template "2A" and "2B" you can either cut using the templates (if you're really bored and want to kill a lot of time) OR... do what I did, which is to rotary cut squares and then crosscut diagonally ONCE to get your triangles.
Here's how I did it:
For Template border "2A"
• Cut (2) 2.25"x 45" strips
• Cut these into 2.25" squares, making sure that you get at LEAST (30) squares
• Crosscut each of these squares once diagonally to make at LEAST (60) triangles.
• Check these triangles against the template border "2A" shape in the book for accuracy.
*A little note: in the book, it says that you'll only need 56 of these shapes, but I found that I needed a total of 60. Put another way, each side of your block will need a total of (14) finished "Flying Geese" units, but I found that I consistently needed (15) units per side. When we did this in class, some of the gals only needed 14 units and some needed 15 and some needed a mix of both. I recommend piecing the 14 units together and checking to see if you need the 15th or not. Why does this happen? It's a testament to how different everyone's .25" seams are!
For template border "2B"
• Cut (3) 1 7/8 x 45" strips (I know that's a finicky measurement, and you may be tempted to cut a 2" strip, but trust me, that 1/8" makes a HUGE difference!)
• Cut these strips into 1 7/8" squares for a total of at LEAST (58) squares
• Crosscut each square ONCE diagonally for a total of at LEAST (116) triangles
• Check these against the template border "2B" in the book for accuracy.
Piecing the Flying Geese Units:
• Finished units should measure approximately 1 3/8" x 2 1/4".
• Make sure that your Geese are flying all in the same direction (either clockwise or counter- clockwise around the center of your quilt)
Template C (the corner posts):
• One little note about this: in my block, you will see that I pieced the Template "C's" into the corners according to how they did it in the book. I am kind of regretting this and wishing that I had done my own thing and experimented with something a little more "symmetrical," as in the corner posts from last month. I encourage you to play around with the composition of the corner posts a little bit and see what you come up with.
And... I think that's it!
Have FUN piecing your quilt: It's getting bigger and bigger, isn't it?
See you again soon!
XOXO
Rhea
