Making Flying Geese Faster With Diagonal Seam Tape

Here’s a quick tip I just learned.

One way I was taught to make flying geese quilt blocks is like in this picture which I found on this blog post from the Weekend Quilter at Brother. You draw a diagonal line on a square, place it on the base rectangle, and sew along that diagonal line. Then you trim and press.

That works well enough but I am working on a new quilt where I have to make 60 of these blocks (so that’s 120 squares to mark) and I wanted to try something less time consuming.

I just learned about this Seam Tape. I taped it onto my sewing machine table in front of my needle. It keeps a straight line in front of the needle and also a 1/4" seam on either side so I can see the centerline of the square without having to mark it on the fabric. You don't even need to buy this tape, of course -- you could mark the lines with painter's tape or anything else that you have on hand. The center line is really all that you need for this particular use case.

Below is a video showing it in action! Excited to fly through this quilt now.