Crushed Pineapple. That's what I'm going to call this quilt.
 | It started as an experiment in using all the tiny strips I cut from my scraps. These pineapple blocks (I made 30 of them) are truly tiny, made from 1-inch and 1 1/2-inch strips. |
| First, I pulled out strips that I had in quantity: a blue, a yellow, and a pink. These I used to make rather structured blocks, like this one at right, and the blue one above. That pretty much exhausted my supply of light 1 1/2-inch strips and dark 1-inch strips. |  |
 | So then I started making pineapples with dark corners and light sides. Since my supply of strips was now very assorted, these blocks are much more random in color. |
It was fun for about 30 blocks, but honestly, after a while, it started to be tedious. I was arranging the blocks on my design wall as I made them, and seeing how long it took for those 4-inch blocks to add up to any size at all was pretty discouraging.
Clearly, I was NOT going to make an entire quilt from miniature pineapples.
To be continued .......
Clearly, I was NOT going to make an entire quilt from miniature pineapples.
To be continued .......
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