Mr. Shakespeare knows a thing or two about geese

Starlight Geese quilt block

The Starlight Geese quilt block uses my favourite patch - the flying geese unit. These "geese" are flying in the night sky around the star in the centre. The star makes a pinwheel shape, a favourite of many quilters. This quilt block is an easy one, once you get the hang of making flying geese patches -- which is quite a simple task.

Even though I have stayed with the "idea" of the geese flying in starlit sky with my colour choices, you can come up with many variations, just by switching up the colours.

Thoughts about geese

William Shakespeare

• "What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."
  ~ William Shakespeare


• "The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to get the most feathers with the least hissing."
  ~ Jean Baptist Colbert


• "If you feel the urge, don't be afraid to go on a wild goose chase. What do you think wild geese are for anyway?"
  ~ Will Rogers

_{'Starlight Geese' quilt image © W. Russell, patchworksquare.com
Shakespeare image courtesy of public domain} 

Circling Geese Quilt Block ~ and ~ a Gaggle of Geese Quotes

Circling Geese Quilt

I'm really liking this new blog thing. I get to show you a new project to get interested in and then throw out a few quotes to get you thinking or laughing in your day.

Today we are looking at Circling Geese -- a quilt block that I have assigned as an intermediate level, but only because there are quite a few pieces in each block -- mainly the famous flying geese patch. Keeping an eye on your precision of stitches is the only difficulty in making this quilt block.

And, speaking of geese:

Quotes for today

Will Rogers

• "It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans."
  ~ Van Wyck Brooks


• "If you feel the urge, don't be afraid to go on a wild goose chase. What do you think wild geese are for anyway?"
  ~ Will Rogers


• "What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."
  ~ William Shakespeare 

_{Circling Geese Quilt image © W. Russell
Will Rogers image - public domain}