Bursts of jasmine, iris and pink pepper oppose the fresh pineapple, hyacinth and citrus juice notes. The nocturnal floral patch has been mitigated by a dark and plush musky undertone and an earthy vetiver embedding it in an ineffable mist.

Bonnie Hunter's quilt for her pineapple class

AccuQuilt Quilted Pineapple Table Runner is easy to make and beautiful when you use batiks. The die makes fast work of cutting the fabrics.

Pineapple Sunset . . . . . . . I typically don't open a blog post with a series of pictures but in this case, I personally feel a picture is worth more words than what I could string together to do this design any justice; "Pineapple Sunset"! The only credit I can take for this design is designing the fabric, Gem Stones, for Riley Blake Designs. The rest of the credit for this gorgeous "Pineapple Sunset" goes to this incredibly talented woman, Diane Merritt of Story of a Quilt (@storyofaquiltdesigns): Diane was email introduced to me by a mutual quilting friend during a time I was desperately looking for and needing some help sewing quilts for Market. Diane sewed her heart out and got me over the Market deadline finish line with speed and grace; a true lifesaver! After the craziness of all things Market settled down and I was slowly getting back into my routine, Diane reached out to me and said "hey, I'm really liking your Gem Stone fabrics, may I "play" with them? Absolutely!!! We email chatted a bit when I asked her if she had ever made a Pineapple Quilt using the Creative Grids Pineapple Trim Tool and her email response was filled with numerous pineapple quilts she had made in the past but never using the Creative Grids Pineapple Trim Tool but she was definitely interested and wanted to give a try! Diane literally Hit.It.Out.Of.The.Park!! She let the (30) prints in the Gem Stones collection do all the work by playing with the gradation of color that runs from selvage to selvage within each print. Click on the link here to see how some prints are more "tonal" in color while others are more "multi-colored" in nature all contributing to this beautiful masterpiece! The supply list for "Pineapple Sunset" is pretty straight forward: Pineapple Sunset: 70" x 70" Block Size: 10" x 10" (finished) Materials Riley Blake Confetti Cotton Riley Black: 2 yards (29) Gem Stone Fabrics: 1/3 yard EACH Maraschino Cherry Print: 1/2 yard Binding: 5/8 yard Backing: 4-1/2 yards Creative Grids Pineapple Trim Tool Diane simply followed the construction directions for a 10" block included in the Creative Grids Pineapple Trim Tool and went to town. Hence, there is no actual pattern for this design. For those of you interested in creating your own Pineapple Sunset, we have a kit here for you! Diane didn't stop there with her creativity in designing quilts using Gem Stones. She definitely has caught the Gem Stones bug and is on a designing whirlwind. I'll be sharing those designs in the immediate future but for now, I want to leave you with one more Pineapple Sunset! Gerri

quilt for Candy's quiltworks in Northridge, CA. Quilted by Jessica's quilting studio.

I’m back to working on Pineapple Crazy this week. I’m working on a couple UFOs all at the same time for a couple reasons: 1- Those pineapple blocks really are crazy and I get a little …

Make as Many as You Need for a Quilt of Any Size! One of the things we love about Jenny Doan from Missouri Star Quilt Co. is her enthusiasm about all things quilting. But we’ve never seen her as excited as she is about this method for making Pineapple blocks. Using her technique you can …

So I promised you some eye candy from the Mountain Quiltfest Show in Pigeon Forge, didn't I? Warning! This is a very picture-heavy post!!! There were some absolutely GORGEOUS quilts in this show. I'm sharing a few of my favorites. It was a smaller show compared to some of the AQS and International shows, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and hope to go again regularly :*) I posted about this quilt - my favorite - in an earlier post HERE. Circle of Curiosity by Anne B.G. Armour You can click on the link to see more closeups and details of this wonderful quilt. Here are the other photos I took, in no particular order. I was a very bad girl in that I neglected to get the names of the quilters for most of them. I hope you enjoy! Talk about pineapples!!! Wow!!! Interesting quilting motif here.... I loved the scrappiness of this row quilt! It was much brighter and very colorful :*) Closeup details..... Now this quilting took time! But it was very effective. I like how the quilter split some of the squares up diagonally. (Sorry, no pictures of the actual quilt - apparently I just loved the quilting LOL) Gorgeous quilting - and those birds in the corner are machine embroidered! Paula Nadelstern's Caribbean Blues. There was a special display of some of her quilts - YUM!!! One of my classes was with Paula and I'll be sharing more about her later :*) I have this one ear-marked to make one day from the AQS Magazine I just LOVE mandalas!!! My camera does not do this quilt justice!!! It was simply GORGEOUS!!!! The quilting on it was just as gorgeous! Can you see the shape of the edge? Just one more special touch :*D Lots of couching with metallic threads :*) Very visual impact - and this was in the Teen Quilt section! Can you see the musical symbols quilted into the black area? This looks like a fairly simple art quilt from a distance, but...... Move in a little closer and you begin to see all the details quilted into it! Can you see the hummingbirds? How about here? This was absolutely beautifully quilted! This quilt hung in the lobby of the Convention Center The details were amazing!!! All sorts of extra needlework details were lavished on this beauty!!! This one is for all of us strip lovers!!! It was ablaze with color... I loved it!!! Botanical Fantasy by Lorilynn King What can I say? Words can't begin to describe this masterpiece!!! These next ones are for my fellow cat lovers!!! (You may notice that I never got a photo of the complete quilt - just the kitties LOL!!!) And finally, I saw this lady standing in line next to me to have our scissors sharpened. Her necklace just fascinated me, so I asked if I could take a picture to share with you all. Isn't it FUN???? I hope you enjoyed the Show! I still have to share the classes I took, as well as a few fun things I encountered during my travels, so stay tuned =^..^= Hugs & Blessings! Teresa =^..^=

Hooray, it's feijoa season! Perfumed green fruits like no other, and the final harvest of our autumn. Here's a few tips for growing, harvesting and eating them, including our favourite recipes.

Thank you all SO MUCH for your kind words about my pineapple blocks. I've been working on them off and on for a few months and it's fun to finally share them with you! I LOVE my quilt so far...and just like I had hoped, it keeps getting better as I add to it! Here's a photo heavy tutorial for you so you can make a pineapple block (or 20!) of your very own. Cut a 2.5" square for the center. Cut another 2.5" square in a contrasting color. Cut the contrasting square in half on the diagonal once to make 2 half square triangles. Arrange the pieces as shown. Sew pieces together and press. Trim off dog ears and cut two more triangles to add to the center piece. These will need to be slightly larger than the first set of triangles. Sew second set of triangles to center piece and press. Trim up the piece to form a square. Cut two strips of light fabric. These strips are 1.25" wide. Varying the width of strips throughout the block is a good idea (I used strips between 1.25" to 1.75" wide throughout)....HOWEVER....I suggest adding the same width of strips on each round. So, all the lights added to this round should be 1.25" wide. Sew the strips to the block and press. Add two more light strips. The width of these strips should match the width of the strips in the previous step. (In this case, 1.25" wide.) The goal is to keep your block as square as possible. Sew and press. Trim off the triangles as shown. Use your ruler to make the cuts 90 degrees from the center square. Discard the triangles. (Can you believe it? I actually threw them away!) The piece should look like this when it is trimmed up. Cut a round of dark strips. These are all 1.5" wide. Again, the width of the strips for each round should be consistent. Sew and press. Trim off the triangle ends. Do you see how the block isn't quite square? No worries. Just trim a sliver. That little sliver makes a big difference later on. Add two more light fabrics to the sides. And two more light fabrics the to top and bottom. Trim the triangle corners once again. And add another round. Sew and press. Trim. Add another round. Trim. Add another round, trim. You get the idea! Once the block measures 16" from side to side and 16" from top to bottom, it's time to add the corners. Align the block on a cutting mat and measure the size of triangle needed to fill in the corner. The measurements here were about 5 3/4", so I added 1". I cut a square 6 3/4" and cut it in half once on the diagonal. Measure and cut the triangles for the remaining two sides. Sew all the corners on and press. Trim up the block to 16" square. A few things to note: I varied the strips in the block from 1.25" wide to 1.75" wide. I think this adds a lot of interest to the quilt! It is harder to predict the final size when you are "building" the block, but once you make one or two, you will surely get the hang of it. These blocks can be made any size...I started with 14" blocks but bumped up the size to 16" after I made a few. This seems to be an ideal size for this strip width and 20 blocks will make a perfectly sized lap quilt. Keep an eye on your values (lights and darks), so the pattern emerges and is consistent throughout. These babies take TIME! I think each block takes me a few hours. (Totally worth it, though!) This is my favorite...the more scraps the better! Here's a progress shot. I've got 9 done so far! The one in the middle right is on point. That was a mistake, but I love what it adds to the quilt! If you have questions, I'll try to answer them in the comments. Happy scrap sewing!

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A Tarted Up PineappleThis quilt pattern is available as a free download... Download Pattern: A Tarted Up Pineapple

I really appreciate a good tutorial! As I learn new things and change them up or discover a new technique by accident, (which can happen through my mistakes or experiments) I will add them to this…

I'm happy to announce that I am finally ready to host a scrappy pineapple quilt quilt-along! I've had the itch to make another pineapple quilt for a while now and I think January 31st, 2022 is just the time to start! This pineapple quilt is a great stash buster! We'll be using my paper-piecing papers to make this quilt so this will be a great opportunity to learn a new skill! My paper-piecing papers are oversized which make for big, modern blocks. They finish at 12-3/8" and come in a pack of 36 (plus one master copy). One package makes a quilt that finishes at approximately 74" x 74" (a 6 x 6 block layout). You can purchase them HERE. Be sure to use the code "QUILTALONG" at checkout for 20% off. The code is good until midnight on January 31, 2022. This will be a slow and steady quilt-along. We'll be making 1 block a week for 36 weeks. I'll post my blocks on Mondays on Instagram as a reminder for you to make yours for the week. There won't be any sign-ups. Just follow along with me on Instagram @gigis_thimble. If you stick with me, by the Fall of 2022 you will have a finished quilt top! There won't be any prizes either (haha, is this sounding really enticing???) But no really, the prize is your beautiful quilt top! And I'll be here every step of the way to answer questions and give moral support! FABRIC REQUIREMENTS For ease of mocking different options up in my EQ software and figuring out fabric requirements I will give you fabric requirements for non-scrappy quilts (plus I know some of you want those requirements anyway). If you want to make a scrappy version just add on 20% to the amount required. Referring to the block below you will notice that there are dark and light fabrics needed for this block. You can place them as shown below or do the reverse (with the light fabrics on the sides and the dark fabrics in the corners). If you want light fabric in the corners of your blocks you will need : 1/4 yard for the center squares 7-5/8 yards of light fabric 4-1/4 yards of dark fabric When all your blocks are sewn together it will look something like this: Or, if you want light fabric on the sides of your blocks you will need : 1/4 yard for the center squares 4-1/4 yards of light fabric 7-5/8 yards of dark fabric That layout will look something like this: Or, if you want to do two different colors in the corners for a layout that looks something like this, you will need: 1/4 yard for the center squares 4-1/4 yards of white fabric 4 yards of color 1 fabric (navy) 4 yards of color 2 fabric (light blue) The above layout is very similar to my original pink and green pineapple quilt (except mine is scrappy). Please note: I use a "grab-and-go" method of paper piecing. That means I do not precut strip lengths. I think it would take up a lot of space at my workstation to have all the pieces laid out and try to keep them in order. It also takes a lot of time to precut everything. So I cut as I go. I'll show you how to do that in a YouTube video I'll be airing on January 31st. It will be a video tutorial showing the entire Pineapple block paper piecing process so stop back by my blog that day for a link to that video. HERE is a link to a Pineapple Quilt coloring sheet in case you want to mock up your own version. This is the inspiration for what I'm going to do. My friend, Esther Avila made these blocks with my papers and I think they're gorgeous. Blue and white - such a timeless look! In case you're asking yourself if you can do this project, I would say the skill level required is a "confident beginner". Each block takes me about 1-1/2 hours to make as there are 57 pieces. Sounds a little intense right? It's really not; it's just a little time-consuming! The good news is, the same step is repeated over and over so this is a great pattern to learn/practice paper-piecing. You'll get the hang of it really fast and you'll be a paper-piecing pro in no time! I plan on doing a video tutorial the first week of the quilt-along to teach you how to make the first block. In the meantime, you're welcome to check out THIS tutorial I did several years ago for the Pineapple Block. Note: I like to use 2" wide strips in varying lengths. Start cutting/accumulating strips now so you'll be ready to start sewing on January 31st! If you've always wanted to make a pineapple quilt now is the time to do it! This quilt is classic and a real showstopper for sure! Let me know if you have any questions about this quilt along or the project! I can't wait to quilt along with you!

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I'm back today with a tutorial on how I made my Pineapple Quilt Block. You can find other tutorials with a Google search, but I haven't seen one using this method. I found it quite easy and accurate. As I mentioned in my last post, I seem to have discarded the fabric requirement list for this quilt. Sorry about that! I know for the print fabrics, I needed more than 1/2 yard {more like 3/4} for the prints that run diagonally through the center as there are more blocks with those colors. Note: This is my original EQ7 plan. In reality, I changed the block's center square to gray. Block size 10" finished {10 1/2" unfinished} Cutting instructions for one block: Gray for center square: 1 square 3 3/8" (or 3 5/16" to be exact). I like to use my On-Point ruler for cutting these types of on point squares that don't fit exactly to our regular ruler measurements. With this ruler, you would use the 4" finished diagonal measurement. White: 2 squares 2 7/8", cut once diagonally (You can cut these larger, like 3" or 3 1/4" if you like to trim/square up your center Square-in-a-Square unit) White: 12 squares 2 1/2" From EACH of 2 colors: one - 1 1/2" x 4 1/2"; two - 1 1/2" x 6 1/2"; two - 1 1/2" x 8 1/2"; one - 1 1/2" x 10 1/2" Sewing: Use a scant 1/4" seam allowance Stitch and Flip Triangles are made by drawing a diagonal line on the wrong side of the 2 1/2" squares, sewing on the line, trimming to 1/4" seam allowance and pressing out. 1- Make the Square-in-a-Square by sewing the 2 7/8" triangles to opposite sides of the gray square. Press. Sew triangles to the remaining two sides and press. If you've oversized the white triangles, trim the unit to 4 1/2" by placing the 2 1/4" mark of the ruler on the center points. 2 - Sew a 1 1/2" x 4 1/2" rectangle to opposite sides of the unit from step 1. Sew a 1 1/2" x 6 1/2" rectangle to the remaining two sides as pictured. 3 - Use the Stitch and Flip method, placing a white 2 1/2" square on each corner, to make a triangle on each corner. 4 - Sew a 1 1/2" x 6 1/2" rectangle to opposite sides of the unit as pictured. Press. Repeat with the 1 1/2" x 8 1/2" rectangles. 5 - Repeat Step 3 to create a white triangle on each corner. 6 - Sew a 1 1/2" x 8 1/2" rectangle to opposite sides as pictured. Press. Repeat with the 1 1/2" x 10 1/2" rectangles. 7 - Repeat Step 3 again to create a white triangle at each corner of the block. And there you go! No paper piecing or tricky trimming! When I made my quilt, I started at one corner and made the blocks for each diagonal row together. This made it super easy to keep track of the colors. Once the blocks are made, there's no rearranging. Just sew the straight rows together! Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions in the comments and be sure to check back here for my answer if you're a No-Reply Blogger.

Hello friends! I was recently invited by Jen Kingwell to participate in an Around the World Blog hop. After admiring her style and designs for a few years, I feel SO LUCKY that I got to meet Jen in person this year. You can read Jen’s post here. About a year ago I was invited to teach at...Read More

I'm so glad everyone enjoyed Wednesday's post about the Social Justice Quilts of Quiltcon 2019. Of course there were a ton of other, non-SJ related quilts that were so stunning and inspiring. The creativity and skill that went into all of the quilts is obvious. This is only a small sampling of the amazingness I saw - if you're able, I'd highly recommend attending a Quiltcon yourself one day so you can see all of the quilts in up close and in person. It is a truly magical experience. There was a strong contingency of quilts from the Denver area. I was thrilled to look at a quilt's info sheet to learn that I knew the quilter or that it was a local person! These are a few of the quilts from our local quilters - nice work everyone! Local Favorites from QuiltCon 2019 Infinite Magnification l Christine Perrigo from Erie, CO l Modern Traditionalism Mayan Sun l Stephanie Ruyle from Denver, CO l Small Quilts Catching Modern Dreams l Stephanie Ruyle from Denver, CO l Piecing This next quilt was a charity quilt made by our very own Shawna Doering, Bob, Amber Corcoran, Heather Beckman, and Carrie Illum. Everyone contributed blocks to the quilt and Shawna did the quilting. This group chooses to make improv blocks that included piecing less than 1". All of the charity quilts are made using the same colors (this one was made entirely from stash fabrics!) and this year's theme was "Small Piecing". Proceeds from the sale of this quilt will benefit Sage of the Rockies. These remaining quilts are just a few more of the quilts I fell in love with last weekend in Nashville. Please enjoy and a huge thanks to the Modern Quilt Guild for putting on another great event! Jaime's QuiltCon Favorites Woven Indigo No 57 l Sarah Hibbert l Use of Negative Space The Modern Drunk l Jodi Robinson l Best Machine Quilting Deco Dots l Jen Sorenson l Fabric Challenge Forest Through the Trees, no. 4 l Carson Converse l Minimalist Design One Year l Georgia A. Dunne l Handwork Dance-Gigue l Irene Roderick l Improvisation Desert Bloo l Annabel Wrigley l Improvisation Curled l Charlie Mankin l Quilting Challenge Tidal Wave l Krystina Hopkins l Quilting Challenge Number 21 l Miguel Huidor l Appliqué Hypnotized l Jayne Willis l Quilting Challenge Harry Styles, But A Quilt l Liz Harvatine l Appliqué #16 l Miguel Huidor l Improvisation Four Triangles Ombre l Malka Dubrawsky l Minimalist Design The Orange Quilt l Shannon Page l Minimalist Design Shades of Citrus l Brittany Lloyd l Modern Traditionalism Synthesized Slivers l Cassandra Beavers l Small Quilts Modern Mandala l Betsy Vinegrad l Small Quilts Reflection l Sarah Hibbert l Piecing Roost l Staci Meyr l Piecing The Golden Hour l Hillary Goodwin l Piecing Vinyl l Susan Slusser Clay l Fabric Challenge Folded Flyers l Karen Bolan l Piecing Are you Here l Christine Yi l Small Quilts Louver l Jayne Willis l Piecing

April NewFO Linky Party: Click right here! No blog post from me yesterday. We had the most beautiful weather...unseasonably warm, but I'm betting there wasn't a single person in all of the Portland Metro area who was complaining about the heat. Mike and I sat outside for dinner and continued drinking wine past the setting of the sun. At one point, Erik came up to borrow our Jeep for an off-road camping trip this weekend. It was wonderful to have him join us for a relaxing evening on the patio. When Erik and Mae come up, they always like to take a walk around the garden. There is a lot to see right now, and the wisteria is finally in full bloom. It is so beautiful, and it smells good too. This morning I went to the Northwest Quilter's Guild quilt show. I knew I was going to have a lot of pictures and lots to tell you, and so I gave myself a day off on yesterday's blog. Not really. I just didn't have anything new to tell you. It was a boring day. I went swimming, and then I went to the dermatologist. And then I capped off the day with a trip to the grocery store. I know. Meh. But today was a little more interesting. The quilt show featured more traditional quilts than anything else, and so I wasn't inspired to take a lot of pictures. The quilts were lovely, but when you've seen one Irish Chain, you've pretty much seen them all. I found myself taking pictures only of the ones that caught my eye for some special reason. Usually, I give you quilt show pictures in batches, but I'm going to give you all the pictures in one post. Just a warning...this is a picture-heavy post. I see those warnings on blogs all the time, and so I'm doing the same thing...not because I think there's anything dangerous going on here. Unless you fear being smothered in quilts or something sinister like that. Quilts, I've said many times, aren't for wimps. So anyway...here we go. This quilt was called Retirement Garden. In most cases, I'm just going to let the quilter tell you what's going on, so read what she said here: As I approached this quilt, this was the first thing I saw. Since I have an "Erik" with a "k", it caught my eye right away. My friend, Lisa, has a "Keeley". (Her Keely ends without the extra "e".) I like how this quilt is quilted with green thread for the leaves and neutral for the rest. I've never really thought about changing colors. I liked this next quilt called "Life is Beautiful". The original pattern was redwork, but this quilter said she'd always wanted to make a yellow and black quilt, "So, here it is." Lots of good advice here: Cute quilting on this next one. This was probably the most unusual quilt in the whole show. It was lap sized, and it appears to be pieced with a flange between each row. Here's what the quilter had to say about it: This next one was doll quilt sized. I liked it as a way to display lapel pins. Lots of cute detail on this next quilt. You could spend all day looking at it. Puffins are just about my favorite bird. I love the color and whimsy in this next one. Of all the quilts I saw today, this one touched me the most. You'll need to read the quilter's statement. Being well familiar with the devastation depression can cause, I loved the sentiment expressed here: Here's a detail of some of the quilting. Latimer Quilt and Textile Center was there with a display of quilts. I donated some of my grandmother's quilts to this museum. They were going to do a turning of the quilts, but I didn't stay for that. This one (circa 1930) was on display, and I really liked it. This next one is from Oregon's own Helene Knott who often uses Oregon scenery as the subject of her quilts. This is her own technique that she calls "striplique". This next quilt has been on my to-do list for a long time. I see it made up at lots of quilt shows, and I'm always interested in the different ways folks have quilted the snow. Several of you are making owl quilts out in Blogland, and so this one is for you: The quilter's statement said there are over 100 pieces in each owl! They had a really fun challenge going on. Some of you are looking for challenge ideas for your own guilds. This was a fun one: So here's the first quilt magazine: And here's the quilt: Magazine: And associated quilt: Oh my gosh, I would have hated to pick this next magazine. Here's what the quilter said about it: Cute idea, huh? You'll have to look hard at this next one. The quilter said she didn't see anything at first, and then, she saw the owl. See the owl on the top of the bookcase on the left? Once she saw that, it grew from there. Here is her quilt: There were lots more, but these were my favorites. All the quilts were about 30 x 30 inches. Fun, huh? This next quilt was hanging in one of the vendor's booths. I loved the quilting. I managed to look at all the vendor's booths and come away with just one pattern. You'll never guess why I had to buy it. So that's all I have for you. I hope you enjoyed the show. If you live in the Portland area, the show is going on through the weekend at the Expo Center.

Hi I’m Pat Sloan, the Aurifil Designer of the Month coordinator. I’d like to introduce you to our September Aurifil Designer, Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts. Edyta and I have know each other…

JOIN US for the next South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk on February 5th! 8pm ’til LATE — ART WALK venues are free and open to the public SoFA District (So. First Street between San Carlos and E. Re…

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I’ve wanted to make a pineapple quilt for a couple of years now. I heard the rulers out there were frustrating to use and someone offe...

this tutorial explains how to make a paper pieced pineapple block. a free template of pineapple quilt block pattern is available