No Waste Flying Geese and a Huge Discount

Fragile (link zu letztem Post), a fabric line for modern quilts, ha

s hit stores these

days and I want to celebrate with you the new line. I though

t of a huge

discount I will offer for Zen Chic patterns, so you can grab your favo

rite ones

and start sewing with these modern prints. More about the discount beFragile (link zu letztem Post), a fabric line for modern quilts, haFragile (link zu letztem Post), a fabric line for modern quilts, haFragile (link zu letztem Post), a fabric line for modern quilts, has hit stores these days and I want to celebrate with you the new line. I thought of a huge discount I will offer for Zen Chic patterns, so you can grab your favorite ones and start sewing with these modern prints. More about the discount below.Fragile (link zu letztem Post), a fabric line for modern quilts, has hit stores these days and I want to celebrate with you the new line. I thought of a huge discount I will offer for Zen Chic patterns, so you can grab your favorite ones and start sewing with these modern prints. More about the discount below. zu letztem Post), a fabric line for modern quilts, has hit stores these days and I want to celebrate with you the new line. I thought of a huge discount I will offer for Zen Chic patterns, so you can grab your favorite ones and start sewing with these modern prints. More about the discount below.

Fragile, a fabric line for modern quilts, has hit stores these days and I want to celebrate with you the new line. I thought of a huge discount I will offer for Zen Chic patterns, so you can grab your favorite ones and start sewing with these modern prints. More about the discount below.

TWISTED GEESE 

turned out to be one of the bestselling patterns created for Fragile.

It takes the classic Flying Geese block, plays with directions and random amounts of geese and adds texture with some low volumes. These are btw from my line Modern Backgrounds Paper.

I like to use precuts in my patterns, and for this one I thought of using a Layer Cake for the Fragile prints. To make the most efficient use of fabric for such large Flying Geese blocks, I used the

NO WASTE FLYING GEESE TECHNIQUE

I will show you this technique in a quick overview. It’s totally easy to do and you will not have any wasted left over triangles as in other techniques.

You start with 5 patches and will end up with 4 Flying Geese units. One square from the FRAGILE Layer Cake is the base for the geese, four smaller squares from PAPER make for the sky.

Align the smaller PAPER squares in opposite corners of the FRAGILE square, mark the diagonal and sew ¼” away from each side of the drawn line.

Cut on the drawn line and press the sections open. You get a kind of L-shape. 

Place another PAPER patch in the background corner of one L-shape, draw a marking line and sew like described above.

Cut on the drawn line, press open to get two Flying Geese units. Do the same with the remaining L-shape and you will have four Flying Geese units in total.

All you have to do now is to trim it to the desired size and they turn out perfectly shaped.*

*Find detailed steps and measurements for the Twisted Geese quilt in the quilt pattern.

    

This quilt was such a fun to make and with all the textures it looks very cozy.

And I have more fun patterns for you:

PLUS IT’S SIMPLE

Uses all the saffrons in the group and adds some interest with chalk and graphite. The pluses are of an irresistible modern style and they are easy to sew.

WHITE AND LIGHT

Is an easy to sew quilt, so perfect for any beginner too. It also makes use of precuts, I started with 5 Minicharm Packs, so this saved me a lot of cutting time. For the background you can go with a clean white or as I did, with a bit of texture. I used again the PAPER line. The lap quilt is fresh like a summer breeze.

CONTRASTING

Is a more dramatic wall hanger. It tells the story of duality, black and white, night and day. The randomly thrown triangles in the middle part could be a horizon or silhouette of a town by night. I used one single Charm Pack, added solid accents in orange and turquoise and for the background I used the print “Almost Plus” from FRAGILE

Now to the special deal I have for you: You will receive our newsletter on Friday offering 

HUGE DISCOUNTS ON ALL ZEN CHIC PATTERNS

Up to 35%. So if you are planning to buy more than one pattern, sign up for our newsletter to get this deal

You will always find more Zen Chic Patterns on my website.

Have fun to explore what else you might like.



Happy quilting

Brigitte

s hit stores these

days and I want to celebrate with you the new line. I though

t of a huge

discount I will offer for Zen Chic patterns, so you can grab your favo

rite ones

and start sewing with these modern prints. More about the discount be

low.s hit stores these

days and I want to celebrate with you the new line. I though

t of a huge

discount I will offer for Zen Chic patterns, so you can grab your favo

rite ones

and start sewing with these modern prints. More about the discount be

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