Wild Goose Chase Quilt Block

You will end up with four 4 triangles per square.

Wild goose chase quilt block.

This quilt block can be turned into a quilt using the wild goose chase classic vintage downloadable pdf quilt pattern. Then draw a diagonal line on the back of the squares corner to corner one 1 time. Wild goose chase quilt block. This wild goose chase quilt pattern got its name from the many families going westward in search of fortune.

Cut thirty two 32 2 squares. But they have a you tube video to help. Blocks can be set straight or on the diagonal. Cut two 2 4 1 4 squares.

It s friday and we re going to send you off on a wild goose chase but you ll wind up with a beautiful quilt. This vintage block is one of our absolute favorites but those flying geese units can be tricky to line up for even blocks. It has also has the name flying geese and oddfellows cross. Then cut the squares diagonally corner to corner two 2 times.

Although the triangle shape is used in hundreds of other quilt designs in this quilt block triangles represent the geese. Cutting requirements for 12 finished block scant 1 4 seam allowance. The finished block is 12 inches square. Cut two 2 3 1 2 squares.

Wild goose chase quilt block. Pioneer women expressed their artistic abilities and creativity in the way they arranged the triangles or geese and in the colors they used. That may be one reason why the wild goose chase pattern has at least 14 variations. 17 5 x 17 5 fat quarter shop has a large selection of free pdf patterns.

Printable pattern for this vintage quilt. Add seam allowance before cutting fabric for quilt. I had never tried the flying geese style of the triangles on a roll. It s part of their classic and vintage block series.

This one was fun to make and features their flying geese paper by triangles on a roll. I love these blocks. These will be flanked by the results of the white 2 3 8 squares which will. Get the free pattern in the description below.

Cut one 1 6 1 2 square. Wild goose chase quilt block template to print. My first go at it was a little tricky. In this episode of our classic and vintage series kimberly shows us how to make the wild goose chase block.