I didn’t have to search too far to find some of my past quilt blocks that include flying geese. I love making flying geese by oversizing them first and trimming to exact size using any of the methods shown here. That’s a bunch of information about flying geese and I hope it was helpful. You would then place the 2 1/4″ line of the ruler on the center seam allowance (point) of the flying geese unit. For example, to find the center of a 2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ unit you would divide 4 1/2″ by 2 which equals 2 1/4″. To make this work for any size flying geese unit, you need to know the center measurement of the long side of the unit you’re making. Note: in this example, I’m trimming to 2″ x 3 1/2″. The previously cut edges will line up with the 2″ and 3 1/2″ lines of the ruler. Turn the unit and place the diagonal line of the ruler on the seam.The 2″ and 3 1/2″ lines of the ruler should fall on the bottom diagonal seams. The 1/4″ line of the ruler and the 1 3/4″ line should be on the center seam. Place the flying geese unit so that the “V” or valley is facing up. Example shown is being trimmed to 2″ x 3 1/2″. Trimming instructions using a square ruler. If you trim this way often enough though, you’ll get used to it. The drawback is that you have to put your thinking cap on (a little). I use a Creative Grids 6 1/2″ square ruler most often. It’s also versatile and can trim many different sizes for flying geese units (assuming it’s large enough). What I like about this method is that it doesn’t cost a penny because you probably have a square ruler already. Trimming flying geese using a square ruler
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