More productivity happened at our Saturday sew day, when this person was working on her pineapple blocks. These really take a long time to do with all those individual pieces. She was also working on other stuff, so by the time she took this one out, she still managed to finish two blocks.
She has a bunch of them already made. This was a HHQG Workshop of May 13/2023, where we demonstrated paper piecing. I asked her if she would lay them out, so that I could take a picture of them for this blog. These are really looking great!!
This person opted to swap the position of the light and the dark strips for some of her blocks. Many people did the dark for the diagonal small pieces and light on the larger vertical and horizontal pieces, and others did the reverse. Each version took on a different look.
This person chose to do some of each. She also chose to do her background in the same bright white throughout all the blocks. Doing it this way makes it look so fresh and crisp. The blocks have a Spring vibe to them. I really like this lighter version. So pretty!
This maker said, she has a gazillion more blocks to make.....lol. The placement of the bottom border above, is just there so you can see the difference the border will make against the lighter blocks.
Another aspect of this quilt, are the corners of all of the blocks. Instead of taking her dark colour strips all the way to the edge of the block, this person decided to use the same blue or green fabric in the largest diagonal strips, just before the half square on the outer corner. That one is white instead of a colour. If you look at the picture above, you'll see what I mean. When the corners of the blocks meet, they will match each other to form a blue or a green square.
Above we have a sample of a light block. See all those pretty Spring colours? So cheerful!!
Below is a sample of the alternate position with the light on the diagonal small pieces and dark on the larger vertical and horizontal pieces. More cheerful Spring colours!! It didn't escape my notice that amongst all the "Spring" colours, there is a snowman!! Can you see it? Is it Olaf....lol?
So cute!! This is going to take a while to complete, which is to be expected with all the small pieces, but is it going to be well worth the effort. I can't wait to see this one complete.
Hope you all enjoyed that one. If you are looking for an attractive way to use up your scraps, a pineapple quilt like this would certainly help to make a dent in them.
Take care everyone.
