Little Penguin Quilts Through the Year

Little Penguin Quilts Through the Year

Sunday, June 5, 2016

Red, White, and Blue Geese - a Finish

Back in April, I shared that I had been playing around with making Flying Geese blocks out of some 30s reproduction fabric scraps that a friend had shared at my quilt group meeting.  I left off with this possible layout:



This week, I decided I wanted to finish this up as a summery mini for my table, and I just completed it this afternoon!  In spite of my faulty quilt math when making these geese, it went together pretty quickly and easily!


I quilted it with wacky, wavy, organic lines in a light blue thread, and used my favorite blue and white print for the backing and binding.  To make finishing it even faster, I machine stitched the binding both to the back and the front, and I like how it turned out!


I decided it would make a nice table topper for the outdoor door table on our deck, which is where we eat most of our meals throughout the summer.


It's always a good feeling to have a little finish to share - especially a WiP that was just a pile of blocks a few days ago!

Oh - and one more fun photo from my photographer husband - my little penguins!



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10 comments:

Unknown said...

Your pinquins and the mini are amazing. Thanks for sharing. I must try flying geese for the first time!!!

Gretchen Weaver said...

I thought I was the only one who was math challenged in piecing quilts! Very cute table topper. Enjoy your time outside, summer goes too fast as fast as I'm concerned. Blessings, Gretchen

gayle said...

If you hadn't confessed to faulty math, no one would ever know you hadn't designed the whole thing purposely. Very nifty finish!

Cynthia Brunz Designs said...

Another pretty little finish! It looks so cute with those flowers on your table. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!

Barb Neiwert said...

This little topper makes me smile, and I like the way you've quilted it! You'll enjoy this - great finish!

Christine B said...

What a pretty little table topper... perfect for the summer! Christine x

Sandra Walker said...

That looks terrific on your patio table! I plan to make a little tabletopper (shh don't tell) as one of my Lake fabric projects. And one project is going to have geese in it, duh, of course...might have to copy you?!

Susan said...

Great geese! Clever design, and it looks great on the table!

Karen's Korner said...

The perfect mat for your table. Love that snowflake fabric around those cute penguins.

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