I’m happy to share with you my latest project, Spring Morn. This was the class I taught last month as part of the Monday Mini sessions for March and National Quilting Day. This takes one of the blocks which I have found the most challenging - the Flying Goose block, and simplifies it down to just one seam for each goose. I’ve played with this technique a LOT, and it’s the method I used to make Recalculating, which is the pattern available as a free download for signing up on my mailing list. You can do that by signing up for Cornerstones in the right hand menu bar here.

This technique isn’t one I invented…I want to make that clear. I first saw it on a you tube video that Ricky Timms of The Quilt Show had on a free snippet available before you hit the paywall. It’s called the one seam dimensional Flying goose mehod. It’s an accurate description, even if it is a mouthful.

When I created Recalculating, I used this construction method for the geese, but I elongated the sky blocks on each side of the goose to give more negative space to the block.

I took that same method in an entirely different direction for Spring Morn, by alternating the widths of the sky blocks so the geese appear to float across the surface of the runner. Once you get the piecing sequence down, you can play to your hearts content - whether you are using yardage for a coordinated look, solids for a more modern vibe, or scraps from my jelly strip bin for a softer, more vintage loook. In the sample, I used a contrasting color for one of the geese, and then highlighted the ‘spotlight’ with a different quilting design in the goose.

One of t he things that I love about this is you can truly take the idea and play with it in any number of variations. Because of the single seam construction, you can roll the bias edges on each goose to give a softer, more romantic look if you’d like. And it’s a small enough runner (as the pattern is written) that you can easily quilt it as you wish. I played with a one inch grid line for some of mine, and used free motion quilting as an accent.

Now, here’s the exciting news… Spring Morn is going live as a pdf download pattern in my webstore on Friday, April 2, so you can order it for yourself the next time you’re looking for inspiration. And at the same time, I’m posting this as an available class for guilds (and Just for You) on my Lectures and Workshops page. I’ve already sold two bookings for this class this week.

I’d love for you to try this, and send me pictures of your creations.

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