Pineapple
Log Cabin
Mini Quilt
Intermediate
Jo Avery
Follow the simple method to create this
stylishly snazzy version of a traditional
patchwork. (Finished size: 24½” square)
You need:
Sew Easy 4½ x 14” ruler (NL4181)
Sew Easy 6½” square (NL4177)
Sew Easy 12½” square (NL4178)
One F/Q - fussy cut centres (you may need
less depending on the size of the pattern)
One 16 x 18” cerise fabric
One 16 x 18 green fabric
One 10 x 18” turquoise fabric
One 28” square backing fabric & One 28” square wadding
One 7½” x WOF (Width Of Fabric) binding
Cut:
1. Using Sew Easy 4½ x 14” ruler: Cut three 1½ x 18” strips from cerise and green
fabrics. From remainder of fabrics cut four 5½” squares from each colour. Cut each
square on diagonal, corner to corner, to give 16 triangles in total (8 of each colour).
2. From turquoise fabric cut six 1½ x 18” strips.
3. Using the Sew Easy 6½” square fussy cut a centre
measuring 3½” square and so that your motif will be
‘on point’. Use the right angle made by your fingers
and thumb to frame a 3½” square and move the ruler
around until you are happy with the placement.
Cut away the fabric on two sides of the square and turn the fabric upside
down so that the previously cut right angle sits exactly on the 3½” lines of
the ruler. Cut the remaining fabric away to give you an exact 3½” square.
4. From the binding fabric cut three strips measuring 2½” wide each.
Start Stitching: Seam Allowance:
0.65cm/¼”
5. Sew a cerise strip to one side of centre square and trim to fit. Sew
another strip of cerise to opposite side of the square, trim as before. Press.
6. Cut two 4” pieces from one of the green strips and
sew these on the remaining sides of the square so they
overlap the centre by a half inch each side. Press.
7. Place your centre square back ‘on point’ and lay your Sew Easy
6½” square ruler on top. Trim as shown, making sure that the
quarter inch line sits on the strip intersections (as indicated by the
arrows) and that horizontal and vertical lines on the ruler match
up point to point across the centre square. Cut away the raw edges
of strips in line with the ruler right angle.
Turn the fabric square upside
down and line up the quarter
inch line on strip intersections
as before (see arrows) and
lining up the previously cut
right angle with the horizontal
and vertical lines on the ruler.
Cut along the ruler to square.
8. Trim four pieces from a turquoise strip
so that they are half an inch bigger than
one of the cut sides of your block
(approx 4¾”) and sew to each of the four sides so that a quarter inch overhangs each end. Press.
9. Line the 6½” square ruler so
that it sits over cerise and green
strips from the previous round,
ensure horizontal and vertical lines
on ruler are lined up with centre
square seams before trimming
away turquoise strip ends. Turn
block upside down and repeat with
the other side to square.
10. As in Step 8 trim cerise and green strips so that they are half an
inch bigger than one of the cut sides (approx 5¼”). Sew cerise strips
above previous cerise strips and green strips above previous green
strips so that a quarter inch overhangs each end. Press.
11. Using ruler trim strip ends in line with previous turquoise
round as detailed in Step 9.
12. Continue adding a
round of turquoise strips
and then a round cerise and
green strips and trimming
after each addition until
centre square is surrounded
by four rounds of strips
from each colour. You will need to switch to using the Sew Easy
12½” square at approx. round three.
13. Sew a cerise triangle to each cerise corner of the block and a
green triangle to each green corner. Press and then using the 12½”
square ruler, square up the finished block by trimming all the way
around the ruler.
14. Make three more blocks using a different
fussy cut centre and alternating the cerise and
green strips so that you have two blocks with
cerise strips starting on the right hand side and
two blocks with cerise strips starting on the left
hand side.
15. Sew the blocks together to make a finished
top. You can choose to have a green centre or a
cerise centre depending how you lay out the four
blocks.
Finishing the quilt
16. Make a quilt sandwich of your backing fabric
(right side down), the wadding and the quilt top
(right side up). Baste or pin the layers together
and then quilt as you wish.
17. Once quilted, trim off the excess backing fabric and wadding.
18. Prepare the binding by sewing the three strips end to end to form one long length. Fold along the
full length, wrong sides together and press. Use this to bind the quilt.
Copyright Jo Avery 2016
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