Diamond Pineapple Quilt stage 5

Well, I have thought about it and I am doing the border. I have folded the quilt in half so I can put the border on the board as I sew to make sure I catch mistakes as I make them lol.

All the blocks for one side of the border are up now. They are not sewed together yet, just laid in.

I love the little figure that formed in the center of the border, reminds me of a little Maya God.

As you can see, once the border goes on, stuff starts to happen. The half square PA blocks match the half PA from the quilt. Both fabrics on the border and quilt are different and that creates another good thing to see.

Pinapple Star, Stage 4

I have finally finished stage 4.

I can stop here at this point as it is a complete quilt with the corners added. I have just had about enough of this quilt lol. It now measures about 78x78.

I had a comment from hubby that I should go ahead and finish it with the borders, which would mean more diamond and half square pineapple blocks. I will give it a good think.

Diamond Pineapple Star Quilt Stage 4

I finished two of the half PA blocks..

These two joined together will form the big Tri to square off the quilt.

Stage 4 is almost done now, just three more large tri's to do.

Diamond Star Quilt, Stage 4

Stage 4

I have prepared the pattern for the Tri corners and I thought I would just go ahead and show you what I did and for those who are afraid or don't under stand a pineapple block, I will also show that.

I printed out another square PA block out of Eq7 without numbering. I unchecked the number box, as not all PA blocks are numbered correctly or easy to understand numbering and that is the main problem. I prefer to number the strips myself, so that it's not confusing.

After I numbered my block, I drew a line down the middle horizontally and added a 1/4 ins. seam. Now that will be the pattern for tri's to square off the quilt. I need two tri's for one corner.

Here is the square block. I call the corners the points and the other four sides, the flat sides. You have four corner sections and four flat sections or sides. The corners strips are the darks and the flats are the lights or vice versa, depending on the effect you want to create.

The middle square is number one, and can be red etc. The four strips surrounding the middle are all #2 (white). The next strip down is #3 and that is the corner or point section, skip the flat side and number the next corner #3 and so on. You have now numbered all the first corner strips #3.

Now number the flat sides beginning with #4, number the next three flat sides #4 and so on. If you notice, on the corner points, the number are uneven, 3,5,7,9,,11,13 and the flat side are even 2,4,6,8,10,12.

When you start to pp or foundation piece the block. You will do the two center strips first. Pin down #1, join a #2 then go across and do the #2 opposite that one and then do the other two opposites. Cut your 1/4 ins. seam and join #3 (which is a point or corner), finger press, go across to the other point and do the other #3, now do the other two points or corners.

Now you are ready for #4 and that is a flat side. Do the same as above. Do one flat side and go across the do the one opposite and then the other two and so on.

Since we have numbered all strips that need to be the same color, the same number, there is no room for confusion.

You would have your strips cut and numbered in front of you and all you have to is reach and sew. I normally measure each strips after I sew it (the first block) and make a note on that set of strips what length is needed for that number, then I can subcut and fly.

Diamond Star Quilt continued

The quilt is now at stage 3. The first stage= the 8 pineapple diamonds, stage two = the square pineapple blocks and stage three = the eight pineapple diamonds going around stage one and two.

There are two stage left. Anyway here are a couple pics.

Diamond Pineapple Continued

This is how far I've gotten. I have made the eight Pineapple Squares and sewed three into the top of the quilt and three into the bottom. I pinned the side squares and the middle as I want to work with half a quilt as much as I can.

The next step is to make eight more diamonds and lay those between the outside two points of the squares. This is an awful lot of sewing and I am getting tired lol.

Diamond Pineapple Continues

I did five Pineapple square Blocks and pinned them to the star.

 

You can now see the light garden going around in a circle and you can also see a couple other rings. I love the effect of what light and dark can do.

 

I still have three more square blocks to do and then if you look at the top left, I have laid a diamond paper pattern between the two star points. This is the next step and that will be another eight diamonds.

 

 I like the effect of the teal ring disappearing in the dark and exiting again. When the other diamonds go in, that will create another effect.

 

I am halfway there. What was I thinking when I tackled this project lol?