UPDATE 3/12/2010: I have uploaded the FREE 6 Inch Paper Piecing Pineapple Block Pattern to end of this post.
What you see above is my "Chip Basket." That's what I call the little container that I throw all my scrap bits of fabric and odd half square triangles, wonky strips and any other little leftover fabric pieces that accumulate as I piece together quilts. I even save those first cuts of yardage you are left with after you square the fabric up prior to rotary cutting. Either way, we all have these little scraps. As you can see by the photo my Chips had grown too large for the container I was keeping them in and this past weekend I thought I should go purchase a larger bin. "HOGWASH," I said out loud, as I quickly came to my senses! I decided right then that I would start using them up!
The Scrappy Pineapple Block to the left is what I came up with. I vowed to myself, and now to all of my online quilting buddies, that I will make one of these blocks every single day, no matter what, until I can at least put the lid back on the Chip Basket without having to sit on it to get it latched. Believe me, the bin can't stand that level of abuse...
I was given the most marvelous gift from my Quilt Guild secret pal recently and that helped me decide what direction I wanted to go. She had bought for me the June Tailor Perfect Piecing Transparent, Blank Foundation Sheets for paper piecing. This is a marvelous product, let me tell you! I stuck it in my printer, and it printed up the block lickity split. It is so easy to use, you can see right through it without having to hold it up to the light, and it tears away like butter but only when you are ready to tear it off! The photo to the right shows a block before I sewed on the scraps.
Here is the back of two blocks. See how easy it is to see through and thus to work with? It is a gift from the quilting Gods, in my humble opinion.
And here are Saturday and Sundays blocks, even sewn together. I have put the free 6 inch Paper Piecing Pineapple Block on the end of this post for everyone to use. Dig into YOUR scrap bins and make something bright, happy and useful today!
(you can scroll to the bottom of the embedded pdf file and click on "download" to print...)
7 comments:
I believe that site (pcpiecers) is from Mary Ann Beattie who was a huge force in enabling my desire to learn to quilt back in 1999.
I recently heard that the geocities sites were going to be removed soon so be sure and get any of her patterns before they are gone.
Thank you, requilt, I hadn't heard that and thus am going to download those patterns I have been intending to use for quite some time. Also, thanks for the author credit - I didn't know that either.
they are so gorgeous!!! I loe the bright scrappieness of them!!!! yeah you!
These blocks make great use of scraps and what a bright cheerful quilt that will be.
Love your blocks so far!
How's it going with one a day?!?
What a fun quilt those pineapples will make!
Darn, the site with the pattern is no longer available.
Your blocks are beautiful, what fabulous scraps!!
Brenda C (Texas)
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