How to make a dazzling Flying Geese cushion

Piece together one supersized patchwork block to make a cushion that will add instant style to your home! This cute patchwork cushion sewing pattern is a bonus project from the team behind Love Patchwork & Quilting magazine to accompany the Flight of Fancy quilt by Mariana Diaz in issue 99.

It’s the perfect way to ease into how to make half square trianges and Flying Geese piecing or indulge in some weekend sewing! If you’re new to quilting, check out our quilting for beginners guide and tutorial on how to bind a quilt for all you need to know.

Scroll down to find Mariana’s step-by-step guide to how to make this one-block patchwork cushion cover below. Pretty in ombré pinks, why not switch it up and choose any of the other dazzling colourways from the quilt pattern in issue 99 to match your own home décor?

Check out issue 99 of Love Patchwork & Quilting for Mariana’s full quilt and plenty more patchwork inspiration! You can see more of Mariana’s work at sewmariana.com or follow her on Instagram @sewmariana!

You will need:

• Purple fabric (includes binding): ¾ yd
• Dark pink fabric: 10 in square
• Pink fabric: 1 fat quarter
• White fabric: ½ yd
• Lining fabric: 22in square
• Zip: 20in long
• Batting: 20in square

Finished Size

18in square

Fabrics Used

Colour fabrics are PURE Solids by Art Gallery Fabrics. Background fabric is PURE Solids Snow PE-433 and backing and binding fabric is Decostitch in Orchidberry DSE-707. All by Art Gallery Fabrics.

Cutting out

From the purple fabric cut:

• Two (2) 10¾ in x 181/2in for backing.
• One (1) 5¼in square (A).
• Eight (8) 2¼in squares (B).
• Three (3) 2½ x WOF strips for binding.

From the dark pink fabric cut:

• Four (4) 2in squares (C)

From the pink fabric cut:

• Two (2) 4¼in squares (D).
• Two (2) 2in x 15½in vertical borders.
• Two (2) 2in x 18½in horizontal borders.

From the white fabric cut:

• One (1) 5¼in square (E).
• Seven (7) 3½in squares (F).
• Four (4) 3½in x 2in rectangles (G).
• Four (4) 2¼in 3¾in rectangles (I).
• Eight (8) 2 in squares (H).
• Two (2) 2in x 12½in vertical borders.
• Two (2) 2in x 15½in horizontal borders.

How to make a Flying Geese cushion

Mariana Diaz

Also known as Sew Mariana, Graphic designer Mariana’s love of colour, craft and photography inspires her to create fun and beginner-friendly quilt patterns. She’s a prolific quilt designer whose work has been featured in Love Patchwork & Quilting and Quilts & More magazines. Her modern quilt patterns really are a joy to behold, and she has her own pattern shop on her website http://www.sewmariana.com

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