HHQG Workshop, paper piecing with two finished quilts

I've been busy this past week with getting settled back into work and decided that I needed to finish some stuff here in my studio.  A while back, I got some lights added in the ceiling and I finally got around to patching the holes that were needed to run the wiring.  Just waiting now for my sister to come and paint the ceilings.  There's a fresh coat of paint on the walls after further repairs there and the baseboards are now all in.  It's taking me a bit, as I have to go easy on it.  So over the next week, I hope to have the baseboards painted and my sewing table and accessories put back in place.

As I've been busy with this, I haven't had any time to do any quilting, so I am pulling out some pictures from the achieves.  Below are the ladies that attended the HHQG Workshop of May 13/2023.  I taught the class for paper piece and the pattern was a pineapple block.  

What a happy bunch of ladies.  They made the class so enjoyable.  Most of them were able to finish at least one block.  They had an extra paper piece pattern to take home, in case they wanted to photocopy some more, to make a quilt or some other project.  Below is of the ladies hard at work....  Though it looks all serious with heads down and concentrating on their work, there was a lot of laughs and chats about this that and the other...  

Shortly after the workshop, I received this picture of a quilt finish.  This quilt was on it's way to Australia, for a young boy.  You can't go wrong with blue pineapples, and this one with it's orange center and border, really sets it off nicely.

Then more recently, on Dec 14/2024, I took a picture of this finished top.  This quilt was being made for the maker's husband and I think it was him who wanted a red and black quilt, but don't quote me on that.  This maker customized the perimeter blocks to create a border affect of colours that frame the centre and almost look like a scalloped edge.  It's still part of the pineapple block itself, but she changed the position of the neutrals from centre to outer edge and used the red and black to finish off the outside edge.  I love it!!!

Same block with two completely different appearances.  These make me curious....I wonder if any of the other ladies finished their projects?  I'll have to ask around when I see them.  I would love to be able to share them all with everyone as well.

Take care everyone.