Individual Flying Geese FPP Templates

Use these Individual Flying Geese FPP templates to make beautiful and accurate quilt blocks!

Flying Geese quilt blocks are a real classic and they look great on their own, multiplied several times over or indeed joined with other shapes to create new block styles.

The challenge with Flying Geese blocks though is that there are some seams that run diagonally across the grain of the fabric. If not treated carefully these bias edges can stretch out of place a little and before you know it, you are wondering why you no longer have perfect points!

The other great thing about working with templates is that you can create really accurate blocks even on a small scale. Tiny piecing is a skill in itself but you can achieve the look by ‘cheating’ and using a foundation, rather than going it alone!

The individual Flying Geese FPP templates are a print at home pdf file. The download includes 17 different sizes of flying geese units. This gives you so many options for all sorts of projects.

All of the templates have a 1/4″ seam allowance included around the outside edges. This means that it is easy to join them with other elements as you would do normally when patchworking.

My best piece of advice though is to reduce the ‘inner’ seam allowance (when you are constructing the block) to 1/8″ on the smaller units sizes. This will make construction easier and will reduce the amount of bulk created by the excess fabric.

There’s a handy chart in the instructions that summarises the flying geese unit sizes, pages and number of units per page.

When working with Flying Geese FPP templates you can save time and fabric by working with pre-prepared pieces of fabric (rather than cutting as you go).

To save you from the ‘quilt math’ or having to work out exactly what you need to cut out, sign up to the newsletter and receive this handy cheat sheet. It tells you the size of squares you need to cut out (and then cut into triangles) depending on what size of Flying Geese you are working on.

If you love making quilt blocks using Foundation Paper Piecing, then check out some of the other FPP Quilt Block Templates that are available for immediate download for you to print at home.