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3/31/19
I am making a piano key border to finish my Squished Pineapple quilt.
This is the last project that was started/worked on during my time in Big Spring. This was not a happy time of my life and it feels quite liberating to be able to completely close this chapter.
Colleen was doing an absolutely gorgeous red and black quilt at retreat a couple of years ago. I really really liked it and wanted to do something similar. I couldn't do red/black because those are Texas Tech colors. Given that I was living in Lubbock at the time, anything that is red/black immediately becomes a Tech item. So I decided to make it blue and black. I think this color combo is quite striking.
I had never made a pineapple quilt, but in looking at it I figured it was just a version of a string quilt so how hard could it be, right? I also had the thought that the price of a pineapple ruler was not justified. (Spoiler: It is) Well, I don't know how hard it could be, but since I'm a math/geometry moron, my version is somewhat different than the traditional pineapple quilt. I embraced my half ass techniques and soldiered on even when it was painfully obvious that I probably should have looked up a tutorial or something.
I really don't like wasting hours of work so I figure non quilting people won't know that it really isn't supposed to look like that. I'm going with the story that my pineapples fell off the truck....slightly flattened, a little bruised, some badly mangled, but still fun.
What is not fun is a piano key border made of 1.5" strips. I'll post a picture after I get all 573843 border strips put together.
3/31/19
I think I'm feeling the heat from this quilt already.
That quilt is going to look awesome Judy. And quite Hot.
3/31/19
Doing a pineapple quilt is on my wish list, but it keeps moving down the list as easier projects pop up. I look forward to seeing your quilt Mishii.
3/31/19
Here’s one that I recently made. Just needs its label and then into the case for when I go to New Zealand in May for the foster kiddies.
3/31/19
Mishii, you are a big tease!! I was expecting a photo of a smushed pineapple NOW, not later after you get all 573843 border strips put together. I could die of old age by then .....
3/31/19
Mishii said:I really don't like wasting hours of work so I figure non quilting people won't know that it really isn't supposed to look like that. I'm going with the story that my pineapples fell off the truck....slightly flattened, a little bruised, some badly mangled, but still fun.
Geez, you're hysterical. :-) Since I am MUCH YOUNGER than Judy in Ohio, I can afford to wait ever-so-patiently for the promised photo. :-)
Every time I look at a pineapple quilt, my eyeballs go bonkers. The pattern just seems to jangle my nerves no matter if it's a planned color scheme or scrappy, so it is nowhere on my list of quilts to make. Lordy knows I have enough on that list already. The lack of a pineapple quilt isn't going to be a big hole.
3/31/19
I was sitting next to Colene at that retreat and just loved that quilt. She did have a special ruler and it looked like it really made those blocks easy to do.
3/31/19
Thanks Ami. It did take me a while to get my head around the cutting, sewing, re-cutting, re-sewing and then cutting again and then sewing it together to make sub-units. The instructions threw me a bit but did finally get the hang of it. Quite a few mistakes in there, but as it is so busy, it’s not really noticeable.