HOW TO: Curved Geese

 making your own curvy flying geese....

I used the Sunday times and a SHARPIE to make my curve... cut the shape you want out of the paper... mark off the angle of lines around your curve... then go back and make triangles to the centers of each curved line. they beauty of the SHARPIE is that it bleeds through the newspaper. 

Start by laying your first fabric (PINK) over the shape of the triangle of the first section... you fabric does not need to be exactly cut, as once you sew it down you can trim the excess.... your seams will still be straight, as you are sewing over the lines you drew.

lay you second piece( Lt.BLUE) right sides together also cover your sharpie line of the top angle of the triangle.... I put a pin in it here, so I can then FLIP the whole thing over,(FABRIC AND PAPER) and you will be sewing over the LINE that bled through the newsprint,and through the paper.
Let me repeat that part...You are sewing OVER the paper, following the LINES made by your sharpie that bled through..... use a small stich length, and the paper tears away easily....  
if you leave a long stitch you will tear open your seams when you tear the paper away...
(on the BACK SIDE)... cut threads, and flip it back over in front of you....(above last picture)

Below first picture:  you can now flip up your lt. Blue piece.. you can trim you seam allowance also.  you can see in the second pic that you can just see your line through the pink... you will now lay you other light blue piece 1/4 inch over that line as well. pin if you need, then FLIP it over, and again, sew the line, making sure to catch you already stitched line at the top of the point....

 You can see because you used irregular shapes of fabric, you always trim you seams afterwards... 

 You just made one flying "goose"and flip open.... press each time as well, to keep them laying nice and flat as you build.

Again, each time, overlap you next fabric 1/4 over the line... it takes a bit of practice, making sure your fabric lines up over the seam...  But once you get the hang of it, you can whip through these fairly quickly....

Try just paper piecing one little "goose" at a time if you've never done this....  

It works really well, and you will be surprised at how many things you can piece more accurately

by knowing how to do this...

I'm by far, not a pro at this, and I am sure there are better ways to explain this... 

Just thought I'd show you how I made mine... I learned this by pure PLAY.

Experiment... try a new thing... see where it leads you...

hmmm. Now what shall I do with this string of geese??

Hope this helps some of  you who asked how I did this....

Easier to show in person than write this stuff out....

(let's see how many comments I get about my chipped off dark nail polish....hehehe!)

Happy playing!