I finally finished piecing my Pineapple! It is not without it's problems, but I am my own worst critic. Prince Charming tells me that all the time.
You know, right, that I am rotten at math? Sometimes worse than other times. Seems I messed up my block counting. But you know that because I had to make MORE blocks right? Guess what I found when I was cleaning up my sewing space after putting the rows together....GUESS ! Ah, ha, ha, ha ,ha!!! 13 blocks. 13 completed blocks with the paper already off them! I felt SO stupid. I purposely shortened the quilt because I just didn't want to make more of them. One row would have been 13 blocks. Definately my lucky number, huh?
Anyway - I am sewing the binding strips together tonight or tomorrow night - depends on how late I have to work tomorrow...Quilting will be next month some time.
I hired my friend Leslie to make an embroidered label for me. She designed one with pineaplles on it. I am excited. I am SO terrible at making sure labels get on my quilts. But seriously? I spent WAY TOO MUCH time on this baby not to put one on it.
My box of scraps is still pretty full. I won't throw them out, but making another one of these is NOT in my near future. I don't think making just ONE more would totally deplete that scrap box.
QB1 made one too. I started mine before I left Alabama - that was over 2 & a half years ago, so I am pretty sure this quilt is 3 years or better int he making. QB1 has more vision than me. She did hers in under a year. But I don't think she'll make another one too soon either!
Sam
PS: What's up next to be finished? Well, my Ocean Waves of course!
3 comments:
That border looks fabulous. It perfectly accents your quilt!
An obvious labor of love to sew all those blocks. But so far it has turned out just beautiful. Now I will be watching to see how you quilt it.
I was surfing about, looking to see if my Pineapple Quilt of February was showing up on Google, and I found YOURS, but had to look twice because it looks so much like my own style! Great minds think alike! 8-)) I post mine on my blog, Feb. 21, 2011.
Contrary to you not wanting to make another soon, I really would like to do it again - love how they turn out. 8-)))
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