Commentary about works in progress, design & creativity
This is what the awesome BAMQG Charity girls made from my disappointing Pineapple blocks. I was so thrilled to see this quilt made from the blocks that I thought were a hopeless loss. In addition to being happy that the blocks were usable, I also learned that a few mismatches wouldn’t detract from the overall … Continue reading “Pineapple Redux”
The Pineapple has been on my mind lately. I took TFQ’s visit as an opportunity to get a new perspective. I laid the blocks out in the living room and we looked at them and talked about them. One of the problems is that some of the blocks are too big. I couldn’t figure out … Continue reading “Pineapple Progress”
antique Originally uploaded by movinghands This is an antique Pineapple that Moving Hands shows. How did the maker get all those tiny strips to fit together? There wasn’t a picture that I could see of the entire quilt in Moving Hands group.
Last December Mom and I decided to take a Pineapple class on the spur of the moment. I paid for everything as part of her Christmas gift and we took the class together in January. You all know the progress I am making, but my mom has finished hers and it is above. She did … Continue reading “Mom’s Pineapple”
As promised, here are the two blocks that I sewed together. This is all I have done in terms of sewing and they don’t match up very well, but they also look GOOD! I think this means that they don’t look horrible! Hooray. Can’t stay away from dots. I saw this outfit and bought it … Continue reading “Pineapple Sew Test”
I am studiously ignoring the Pineapple problem and trying to soldier on. These are the nine blocks that now have corners on them and fit fairly well together. I am tempted to sew them together, because I think it would give me a boost. One thing I did, without thinking, when I started cutting corner … Continue reading “Pineapple Work Continues”
I didn’t get to spend the entire day on Friday on the Pineapples as I would have liked, but I got to spend some time on them and make some progress. First, I needed to figure out the corner problem. For Pineapple corners, you need to cut a square in half. The book assumes you … Continue reading “Pineapple Problem”
I did not make a Halloween costume this weekend as promised, but did work on the Pineapples. I tried to get back into the Pineapple groove by taking the baskets down. I had two Pineapples half finished from before the machine went to be serviced. I started by finishing those and make two new ones. … Continue reading “Pineapples Return”
I finished two side border blocks today. I had started them last week or the week before and finally took the time to finish them. I found, as I was working on them, that I really needed more background fabric. I was coming across too many duplicates in these blocks. I had used up a … Continue reading “Pineapples and Housecleaning”
I am not done with the Pineapple blocks yet, but I am within sight of the end. At this point, I find myself contemplating the finishing of the quilt: How will I put it together? How will I quilt it? What color binding? Will I enter it somewhere? And inevitably, my mind strays to the … Continue reading “Contemplating the Completion of the Pineapple”
The title was inspired, for no particular reason, except that it struck my fancy, by a poster at the Castro Theatre advertising Pretty in Pink, the 1980s movie. Molly Ringwold’s hair was precious. I finished two more Pineapple blocks for a total of 8 now. I feel like I should have more, but I don’t. … Continue reading “Pineapples are Pretty”
I have made some progress on the Pineapples. I am working on them in between everything else so I don’t feel guilty about starting a new project. Yeah, yeah, I know guilt is not productive. Above is the first bits of the second two blocks. I have made more progress on the second two blocks. … Continue reading “The Pineapples Progress”
I can’t help, but working on these little gems intermittently! I will need to add some fuschia.
Learning to do something new makes the first two blocks or parts of a project practice. For this project, and, yes, it is now on the project list, I am pretty pleased with these two blocks. The blocks are fairly flat, there is no paper to rip or muslin to quilt through. I spent some … Continue reading “First two Pineapple Blocks Finished”
The class was great. I had enough dots, but could have used more. The Pineapple Ruler is totally worth the money. The above photo shows how to place the ruler to cut the pieces. No foundation. Here are the blocks that I made: This is how my one block looked after a couple of rows.This … Continue reading “Pineapple Class Review”