more pineapple...

Badly lit, un-sewn and poorly pressed here's a shot of the first 12 pineapple blocks. So far I like the effect of the uneven stripes and their off kilter movement. Was asked how I am making this quilt. I started off using a conventional ruler but it was time consuming and my cutting completely inaccurate. Someone suggested foundation piecing but while precise that's not the way I want to be sewing right now. In the middle of the night last week, I remembered buying Gyleen Fitzgerald's "Trash to Treasure" book and specialty ruler for making pineapple quilts. True to form, I purchased the set, put it away and promptly forgot about it. Basically you sew log cabin style around a central square trimming after every row with the ruler. Unlike other products I've seen, this tool is very simple to use with few registration lines. It has made the process of making these blocks mindless and enjoyable. One of my favorite bloggers described making a certain quilt block as being like potato chips as in you can't just have one. With this ruler the same can be said about these pineapple units. I'm having fun and just have to carve out more sewing time. You can find Gyleen's excellent book and ruler set here...