Friday, December 14, 2012

Easy Street Part 4

When I went to get my EZ Angle ruler out I found a Quilt in a Day Flying Geese ruler that I have never used and forgot that I had.   Since I had done such a poor job on my previous flying geese I decided to give it a try.  I think my results were good, but it was more labor intensive. 

Probably about half done here.   I think if we make more I'll go back to the EZ angle and just try to do a better job. 

They are cute little things.  I was thinking while I was trimming that my father always said he'd been "where the wild goose goes" when he'd go off in the afternoon.  I don't think any of us ever found out where that was, maybe not even my mother, lol, but I think that if the geese show up well in the quilt mine won't be "Easy Street", it'll be "Where the Wild Goose Goes" for my father.   It's a shame that it's such girly colors, but I don't know that I enjoy making them enough to make another quilt with a lot of geese.

The browns look nice by themselves, hopefully they'll play nice with the yellows, pinks and blues.

They stacked up nicely. 
All my parts so far.  I don't even try to imagine how it will go together as I don't doubt but what I'd be wrong.  I imagine from previous mysteries that some of this could go in the borders.  Hmmm, guess we'll know in a couple of weeks or so.
If you can't wait for step 5 and love seeing people's Easy Street progress, you'll want to go here and check out all the blog entries at Bonnie's Quiltville link-up.  

8 comments:

Ann Marie @ 16 Muddy Feet said...

Have you ever tried the no waste flying geese way. It is much easy and faster than the other ways. Give it a try and let me know how you like it. It is the only way I make geese anymore, They are enjoyable to make now with this method.

Amanda said...

I often think that rulers that are devised to make a particular quilting technique easier are often more fiddly. Tried and tested methods usually work better and there are so many different ways of making flying geese that I'm sure you could find a way that suits you. Quilters Cache have three different methods. If I'm making a lot I like the 'making four at a time' method, which I think is the no waste method that Ann Marie is talking about.

Art by Rhoda Forbes said...

It is coming along beautifully and I'm sure the browns will play nice.

Teri K said...

I love all the fabrics you're using! The variety will make your quilt really fun. I'm looking forward to seeing the browns get added - I like brown a lot, myself.

Julierose said...

Hello--I am a "Slow Bee" quilter on "Easy Street" so I am not linked up--but I have to tell you that I LOVE your coloor choices--so fresh and pretty!! I am still making the 4-sies on Part One!! I am totally freaked out about the Geese--I've never made them--so we'll see...enjoy your blog Julierose

Kevin the Quilter said...

Your color scheme is so interesting! I can't wait to see how it turns out! I think it's going to be amazing! Best wishes!

Anonymous said...

Your colours are fantastic together. The stacked geese look great.

Nina said...

I love your colors and fabrics! These might be my favorite yet. It's going to look great!