At the beginning of February I set my goal to stitch 288 small flying geese and 72 large flying geese together into blocks!
It seemed like a huge task, bearing in mind that I had to decide upon a layout first!
My kitchen/dining room floor was just about big enough:
That is not all of it!
Once I’d decided on a layout I gave up on the idea of just stitching them in to blocks and stitched them straight in to columns:
I struggled with the quilt top looking symmetrical, so changed the direction of some of the geese, it resulted in a heart or too:
So at the end of the month I have a completed quilt top, not the blocks I was aiming for but I’m quite happy to have surpassed my expectations!
Now I have a plan for the back…
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I like it all mixed up like that!
It looks fab and love the added hearts
This is so amazing! All those flying geese must have taken forever, but they paid off. 😀
Mary that is stunning!! I like the first layout but the symmetry bugged me too 😉 It looks awesome and looking forward to seeing the back.
Wow! That is so impressive 🙂
it looks amazing Mary. So much work – but so impressive 🙂
It is a very cool quilt and I love the palette you used.
Phew, just in under the wire 🙂 Looks great!
What a gorgeous quilt!!!
Love it! And those hearts are so apt for the recipients :0)
That turned out really cute. I like how you turned some of the blocks. It looks more interesting. Congrats on making your goal.