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Flying Quilt Pattern

Flying quilt – The Ruby Star Society Speckled one

I have another flying geese quilt to share today! Flying is one of the latest Quilty Love patterns. You can find it in the pattern shop here.

I made quite a few of these Flying flying geese quilts! You can view all of my completed quilts here.

This flying geese quilt is made up using Ruby Star Society Speckled fabrics. Speckled is a Ruby Star basics and so good! Subtle prints that read like solids are my favorites to sew with so you know I love these.

I chose six of the warm colors from the Speckled line for this version of Flying.

Ruby Star Society Speckled fabrics used in this quilt

Colors used: Metallic Daisy, Metallic Cotton Candy Pink, Metallic Peony, Metallic Strawberry, Metallic Cactus and Metallic Peach

Flying quilt pattern – a simple flying geese quilt

Flying is a simple flying geese quilt pattern. It looks great in solids or prints. I’ve made a few of both 😉

All the quilt sizes

The pattern includes instructions for a crib size quilt, throw size quilt, twin size quilt and a queen size quilt.

Four at a time flying geese

The flying geese are made four at a time for super fast construction and no waste. I love making flying geese like this because you don’t have any corners to cut off and waste.

The flying geese size up and down with the different sizes so the layout stays the same.

The throw size flying quilt uses six half yards of fabric. Choose six half yards from your stash or find a fabric line and pick six of your favorite prints.

The colors in this flying geese quilt were so much fun to sew up. They are so bright and happy. I’m loving the pop of mustard or (cactus as it’s called) with the pinks and peaches.

Long arm quilting

I sent this flying geese quilt off to Knot and thread for quilting. Kait chose this fun swoopy quilting design which pairs perfectly with the geometric points of the flying geese.

Flying is finished off with a pink binding in the Ruby Star Society grid line up. This color is Strawberry.

Look at that quilting! Such a beautiful design!

You can see the subtle speckle print really well in this photo below. The background of this flying geese quilt is another grid from Ruby Star Society. I love using their grid fabrics as background. The background fabric used here is the color Cotton Candy.

I was back on the kitchen table for this one..haha. The one year old has been BUSY so when I have some serious sewing to do I usually haul everything out to the dining room.

Look how pretty those flying geese rows are all lined up like this.

This quilt is an expansion of a quilt I made years ago for Love Quilting Magazine. It was a surfboard quilt and the surfboards had a single row of flying geese with sashing on each side. I’ve been wanting to expand that into an full quilt for the longest time.

These Flying quilt photos were taken in my daughters room before we rearranged it. It had the perfect lighting scenario before we moved it around..haha. I might need to put it back like this some day and photograph a bunch of quilts.

Flying quilt pattern

Backing and Binding

Both the backing and the binding of this Flying throw size quilt are Grid in the color Strawberry by Ruby Star Society.

I tend to use the backing fabric as the binding in a lot of my quilts. It’s easy and a great way to use up all of that extra fabric you trim off. There is always more than enough for binding the quilt.

Materials used:

Flying quilt pattern
Flying geese: Ruby Star Society Speckled (colors listed individually in the post)
Background: Cotton Candy Grid by Ruby Star Society
Backing and Binding: Grid in Strawberry

Flying quilt – A flying geese quilt pattern

Today I’m sharing another Flying geese quilt! I didn’t realize I made so many of these quilts…lol. I still have one more to share. Flying is fast, easy and satisfying to make.

Flying is in the Quilty Love pattern shop.

Whatnot fabric by Ruby Star Society

This version of Flying is made up using this darling Whatnot fabric line by Rashida Coleman Hale for Ruby Star Society. Whatnot will be shipping to stores in October.

Whatnot is full of fun little motifs like toothbrushes, radios, butterflies and flowers. This line will be perfect for fussy cutting.

Choose six half yards

The throw size of this flying geese quilt needs just six half yard fabric cuts. So choose your six favorite prints in a single line like I did here or choose from the half yards already in your stash.

Flying geese quilt

Flying uses the four at a time flying geese method for fast construction and no waste! If you have never made flying geese like this, it’s super easy and really quite slick.

All the quilt sizes

Flying is a modern flying geese quilt pattern that includes instructions for all the quilt sizes! Make either a crib size, throw size, twin size or queen size quilt. The flying geese size up and down for each quilt so the layout stays the same.

Check out the cute little scrappy baby size flying quilt I made here.

Long arm quilting

This quilt was sent off to Knot and Thread for long arm quilting. I had Kait surprise me with the quilting and I love this design she chose! The swirls complement the sharp lines of the flying geese in this quilt so well!

Background and binding

I finished off this Flying geese quilt with a black binding in the Ruby Star Society grid fabric (color is panther). I love this grid fabric! It’s the perfect neutral. I used it as the background also in the color cloud. Cloud is a little harder to find these days.

Flying was pieced on my Janome MC6700p.

The colors in this Whatnot fabric line make for such a fun quilt. I love this one!

Here’s a close up of the background fabric. This Ruby Star Society grid in the color cloud is my recent favorite background choice. I want to use it on everything! It’s the perfect white replacement for quilts.

I actually took this quilt outside for some photos! The lilacs were in full bloom right around the time it was finished so they made for a pretty quilt backdrop.

Flying – a scrappy flying geese baby quilt

Today I’m sharing this scrappy flying geese baby quilt :). Flying is now available in the Quilty Love pattern shop.

Scrappy friendly quilt pattern

The latest Quilty Love pattern is scrappy friendly! You guys have been loving the scrap quilts lately and so have I. I couldn’t wait to make this flying geese quilt up using just scraps.

Flying works well with prints, solids and scraps. For this baby quilt I wanted to stick with greens, aquas and blues and repeated the columns in these colors. The background came from some leftover backing pieces in my stash. I love when you can use up those odds and ends fabric pieces like this.

Flying quilt pattern

Flying is a simple quick and easy flying geese quilt pattern.

The pattern includes instructions for a crib size, throw size, twin size and queen size. The layout stays the same and the flying geese get larger with each quilt size. The flying geese in the crib size are much smaller than the flying geese in the queen size.

Choose six different prints or colors for your quilt (seven for the twin size). This quilt pattern will work well with six of your favorite prints, solids or your scraps.

This baby quilt is a little more gender neutral with the greens, aquas and blues. Instead of using six different colors from my scrap bins, I used three and repeated each column.

The background fabric is an older Carolyn Friedlander print that is out of print. It was the remnants of a widleback from my stash.

Wavy stitch quilting

This baby sized Flying quilt is quilted using the wavy stitch on my Janome sewing machine. I use this quilting stitch more times than not lately but I still love it so much! It’s basically just quilting straight lines using a walking foot and the machine makes the waves.

The quilting lines on this flying geese quilt are spaced at 3/4in. I use a stitch length of 3 and a width of 7 to achieve this look.

Stash quilt

This quilt was made entirely from my stash and there is nothing more satisfying than that! The colors are from the scrap bins and the background and the backing are from my stash. The background is an older Carolyn Friedlander print and I believe the backing is from Ann Kelle.

Even the batting was pieced together from miscellaneous pieces I had left over from other quilts. Baby quilts are the perfect way to use up those odd shaped batting pieces you get left with.

Polka dot backing

Im pretty sure the polka dot backing on this baby quilt is an Anne Kelle print. It’s probably out of print because I’m not finding it online. I was pumped to find a big enough piece in my stash and love how clean and modern it keeps this baby quilt.

Aqua binding

The binding is an older Cotton and Steel basic in aqua.

Flying is available in the Quilty Love shop as a PDF instant download or a printed booklet.

Materials:
Various prints from my scrap stash
Background: Carolyn Friedlander
Backing: Ann Kelle
Binding: Cotton and Steel
Batting: Warm and White
Spray basted using 505
Pieced and quilted on a Janome MC6700P

Flying – A solids flying geese quilt

Flying is a brand new flying geese quilt pattern available in the Quilty Love pattern Shop.

Flying quilt pattern – a simple flying geese quilt

Flying is a simple flying geese quilt pattern that is quick and easy to make. My life has gotten a little busier these days chasing a very busy toddler and this newest quilt pattern definitely reflects that.

Quick and easy quilts are much more satisfying to make these days than longer tedious quilts with the limited sewing time.

All the quilt sizes

Flying includes instructions to make a crib size, throw size, twin size and queen size quilt. The layout of each quilt size stays the same and the flying geese get bigger with each size.

I’m excited to offer a twin size with this quilt pattern since those can be harder to find. This will make such a cute twin size quilt too. So many options to match bedroom styles.

Yardage quilt

Flying uses six different solids or prints (seven for the twin size) and a background fabric. Choose six of your favorite prints from your favorite fabric line or mix and match yardage from your stash.

I was able to pull all of the colors for this quilt from my solids fabric stash.

Solids used in this quilt

This solids Flying quilt is made up using Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton solids in the colors shown above:
Pacific, Mediterranean, Denim, Salmon, Mango and Champagne

Flying Geese Quilt pattern

Flying geese are one of the most common quilting shapes used and a good technique for quilters to learn. This flying geese quilt pattern uses the four at a time flying geese method making it super fast to make and a no waste method. No cutting off and tossing any corners on this quilt.

The pattern includes detailed instructions to walk you through the four at a time flying geese quilt technique.

The babes is not the easiest to photograph these days but she sure is fun 🙂 Her short attention span makes for some super quick photo shoots..haha.

Wavy stitch quilting

This throw size Flying quilt is quilted up using the wavy stitch on my Janome sewing machine. It’s basically straight line quilting using the wavy stitch. I use a stitch length of 3 and a width of 7.

Flying is available in the Quilty Love Pattern shop as a PDF instant download or a printed booklet.

Materials used

Kona Cotton colors:
Pacific
Mediterranean
Denim
Salmon
Mango
Champagne
Spray basted with 505
Pieced and Quilted on a Janome MC6700P