About a month ago one of my coworkers asked me out of the blue if I had finished any quilts lately. I was offended. She knows better. She knows I only start quilts and then they live half-done forever in my basement.
I was also a bit concerned because actually I was applying myself diligently to finishing a quilt for her for her rapidly upcoming wedding.
Yes, I hope ya’ll are sitting down, I finished a quilt project!
I’ve always wanted to do a pineapple quilt block quilt but that’s a lot of work. I had only seen them paper pieced. I found a handy dandy ruler that made it a whole lot easier to do.
I made the whole thing mostly with scraps from my magical scrap bin. No matter how many times I dug in there I always found more jewel tones to work with, even if I was sure I had emptied it of useable stuff the time before. I only messed up once and used the same dark fabric in the same block.
I also decided in midstream to make this quilt as you go.
I sewed together each row of 4 blocks and then layered and quilted them. I used the fussiest way possible to join them together but you can’t tell I did anything unusual from the front. There is just a folded under edge of the backing where each row is joined together on the back.
I added borders the same way. I had a different plan for the borders but hated it once I started piecing it. I got the husband’s opinion. He got all nervous and told me that supported me in everything I do. I told him that I was hating what I was doing so critique away. I might have created a monster. He had unsolicited opinions about binding colors and fabric selection after the one day when I asked for his thoughts.
It is at its new home now. I finished with 2 days to spare. I didn’t know how to act with that much wiggle room.
Congratulations on your finish. It looks great. I, too, have a lot of unfinished projects. Thanks for linking up your finish with Thank Goodness It’s Finished Friday.
So finishing a Pineapple quilt is an endeavor worth cheering about! They are so much work, and you persevered! Great job! Thanks for linking to Finished or Not Friday!
Gorgeous! Sounds like your QAYG method is the same as mine.
Wow, it came out beautiful! I am always impressed when a scrappy quilt that is actually scraps comes out looking so good. And I love the border/binding treatment, it’s so dramatic while also being very plain to show off the piecing. I’ve always wanted to do a pineapple…but it’s so much work!
I had a piano key border planned because I saw a picture of one on a pineapple quilt that was lovely. When I tried to put that border next to my center it was complete chaos. I don’t know what the difference was. I showed the husband the picture and he agreed. “This one is nice. Yours, not so much…”