Wild Goose Chase Quilt Block

The finished block is 12 inches square.

Wild goose chase quilt block.

May 21 1933 the wild goose chase block originated in the new england states in early colonial days according to nancy cabot when she wrote about this block eighty years ago in the chicago tribune she mentions again that triangles are the popular symbol of bird designs any one who has noticed the flight of wild geese will recognize instantly the inspiration back of this design she wrote. Printable pattern for this vintage quilt. It s part of their classic and vintage block series. Wild goose chase quilt block template to print.

Cutting requirements for 12 finished block scant 1 4 seam allowance. Although the triangle shape is used in hundreds of other quilt designs in this quilt block triangles represent the geese. Cut thirty two 32 2 squares. Cutting requirements for 12 finished block precise 1 4 seam allowance.

Then cut the squares diagonally corner to corner two 2 times. That may be one reason why the wild goose chase pattern has at least 14 variations. Then draw a diagonal line on the back of the squares corner to corner one 1 time. It has also has the name flying geese and oddfellows cross.

Blocks can be set straight or on the diagonal. Cut one 1 6 1 2 square. Wild goose chase quilt block. Get the free pattern in the description below.

Cut two 2 3 1 2 squares. Cut two 2 4 1 4 squares. My first go at it was a little tricky. But they have a you tube video to help.

I had never tried the flying geese style of the triangles on a roll. 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. 17 5 x 17 5 fat quarter shop has a large selection of free pdf patterns. In this episode of our classic and vintage series kimberly shows us how to make the wild goose chase block.

This wild goose chase quilt pattern got its name from the many families going westward in search of fortune. The next classic vintage block in our youtube series is the wild goose chase quilt block. You will end up with four 4 triangles per square. This quilt block can be turned into a quilt using the wild goose chase classic vintage downloadable pdf quilt pattern.

Add seam allowance before cutting fabric for quilt. I love these blocks. This one was fun to make and features their flying geese paper by triangles on a roll. This vintage block is one of our absolute favorites but those flying geese units can be tricky to line up for even blocks.