After all the finicky piecing with the miniature pineapple blocks, I was yearning to see some results more quickly: time to move on to larger strips.
So I framed each of the little pineapples with 2-inch strips and squares. The top photo is a bunch of them on my design wall. And here on the left is a better photo of one of the blocks.
Now I was really starting to get excited. I just LOVE these blocks, and they were so much fun to make. Each one is a little color study.
For the pineapples with the dark centers and corners, I used darker fabrics in the corner squares, and for the light-center pineapples, light corner squares. Then I paired a medium and a light for the two sides of the box.
The real challenge was to work with whatever happened to be in my boxes of scrap strips, and especially to try and use up some fabrics that I had in excessive quantities.
Often, I find I work best when I have limitations. It forces me to focus and to go into problem-solving mode. Having too many choices makes my head spin.
Now that I had all these beautiful blocks, the next step would be figuring out what to do with them.
To be continued ...
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