Today's Quilter - UK (2020-03)

Youwillneed

QFabricforPineapple centres –

7 inx WOF

QLightfabrics– 2yds

QBackgroundfabric,dark– 4yds

QBackingfabric– 75insquare

QBatting– 75insquare

QBindingfabric–yd

Q8inacrylicPineappleblock

templates (with this issue)

Finishedsize

QApprox. 62in square

Materials used

QSkybyJenniferSampoufor

RobertKaufmann,see

http://www.robertkaufman.com

BEHIND THE QUILT

MAKEA SPLASH
“ThePineappleblockis sucha versatileone.Byvaryingthecolour,position
andlayout,it cantakeona completelydierentlook!Withthisquilt,I have
chosento adda sashbetweeneachblockto givethedesigna floatingfeelandto
makethediagonalpiecesstandoutamongtheblue.I keptthecentresandthe
sashinguniformto givethequilta senseof regularityandcohesiveness,whilestill
allowingtheeyeto gentlyroamaroundthedesign by using Jennifer Sampou’s
variagated, ombre Sky fabric.”– Karen Lewis

COVERGIFTPROJECT

PUDDLE RIPPLES

Cutting out

1

FromthePineapplecentresfabric,

cut thirty-six (36) 2in squares.

2

Fromthelight fabrics, cut the

following:

QTwenty-eight(28) 1 in strips,

subcutasfollows:

• Taketwelve(12)ofthestrips.
  Positiontheround1 and 2
  templateline,asshowninFig
  1A, andcutouttrapezoidsalong
  thestrip,rotating the template as
  yougo
  (Fig1B). Repeatwithalltwelve
  (12)stripsuntilyouhaveone-
  hundred-and-forty-four (144)
  piecesforround2.


• Withtheremainingsixteen(16)
  strips,positionthetemplatefor
  rounds3 and4,asshownin
  Figs2Aand2B. Cutone-
  hundred-and-forty-four (144)
  piecesforround4.
  QEight(8)4instrips,subcutinto
  seventy-two(72)4insquares.Cut
  eachsquareinhalfdiagonallyto
  makeone-hundred-and-forty-
  four(144)outsidetriangles.
  Alternatively,cutthesefromscraps
  using the outside triangle template.

Fig 1A

Fig 1B