Quilting with Feathered Friends: How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors

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How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors for our Birds of a Feather QAL. This release is for April 2023!

I am starting a series of blocks for 2023 that will end up being a sampler quilt at the end of the year! All the blocks are going to a version of a bird named quilt block, and the color will be themed from a different bird each month. My inspiration comes from the Fat Quarter Shop Solid of the Month Club. They are theming their club after the Birds of America for 2023 and this inspired me to find quilt blocks that have bird names!

How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors

April is our fourth month and the bird is Green Parakeet! Of course, you don’t need to use the solid of the month club for your blocks, you can use scraps or go and find your favorite Green Parakeet colors to build this block. The block is the Goose Tracks block, this block is similar to the last few months, with variations! It lends itself nicely to the colors of a Green Parakeet. You can find our other Birds of America Blocks below:

How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors

I have sashing around all the blocks with a triangle that points towards the block. The sashing in my quilt is a beige essex linen, and the triangles are going to be from that month’s fat quarters. So each block will have different color triangles in the sashing.

Before we get started, I have a pattern with all the cutting and construction instructions in my Free Pattern Resource Library. The pattern will get guide you through the cuts and how to put the pieces together to make this beautiful block. Click the link below to get the password if you haven’t already!

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    Step 1 – Cut B7 Pieces

    The rotary cutting instructions tell you how to cut all the pieces except for B7. Below is a guide to cutting the B7 pieces.

    Fold the B7 piece along the long edge. Use your ruler and line it up on the upper fold and the bottom diagonal corner. Cut along this line. Unfold to bet your triangles. Make 8.

    How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors
    Folded edge is on the left, cutting line is shown.
    How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors
    Discard the upper right triangles, folded edge is still on the left
    How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors
    Unfold to get triangle. Make 8.


    A skant 1/4″ is suggested since there will be biased edges that will be sewn together.

    Step 2 – Make Flying Geese Units

    The B7 triangle from Step 1 will be the base of the flying geese units. Add an F8 to the right of four B7 units, then add the D8’s to the left of the remaining B7 units. Crease the centers and line up these centers with right sides together. Iron towards the F8/D8 corners. Repeat for the F11/D11 pieces to complete the flying geese units.

    How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors
    Add F8 on the right of a B7 and D8 on the left of a B7. Make 4 of each.
    How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors
    Add F12 to the right and D12 to the left.
    How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors
    4 of each flying goose will be made.

    Step 3 – Corners

    Add H11 to G5 and iron towards H11. Add the other H11 to the unit you just made and iron towards H11.

    How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors
    How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors
    How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors
    make 4

    Add E7 to the unit completed above, iron towards E7

    How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors
    make 4, unfinished size – 3.5″ square

    Complete the corner by laying the pieces out as shown below. Note that the patch in the corners will be from four different fabrics (A1, A2, A6, A9). Sew together in rows, and iron in opposite directions. Make 4 corners.

    How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors
    How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors
    How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors
    make 1 of each with different color patch in the upper left corner. Four total corners.

    Step 4 – Make rows and complete block

    Make two of the following rows, iron towards C4:

    How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors

    Make 1 center row, iron towards C3:

    How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors

    Lay out the rows, iron towards the center row:

    How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors
    How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors
    unfinished size – 12.5″ square

    Congratulations! Your April Green Parakeet Block is Complete!

    Here is my completed block, share your completed block on Instagram with the #greenparakeetblocksamplercc. I would love to see what your block looks like and the fabrics you choose!

    How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors

    Check out my detailed video also to see how I cut the fabric and assemble the block.

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    2 Replies to “Quilting with Feathered Friends: How to Make a Goose Tracks Quilt Block in Green Parakeet Colors”

    1. I am sorry but I had no end of trouble getting the pattern for March and now I can not find April on the library. Why is it so difficult to just get the pattern?

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