Totally scrappy Pineapples

No sewing happened at all on Tuesday except for a bit of handstitching to finish one little project.  In the morning I volunteered at the golf course to help check in 60 teams for a senior golf tournament.  That is down from 70 teams last year, probably due to guys cancelling due to the extreme heat.  In the afternoon I washed and dried another Quilt of Valor, and then delivered some quilts and unquilted flimsies that will be used on a float this Saturday morning.  It's rodeo week here in Mitchell, and one of the quilt shops is doing a float for the parade with a Quilt of Valor theme.  

The shop windows were painted for the rodeo week store window competition.  The quilt block is done with little dots, and the whole block is exploding like fireworks.  And look at the green grass area - done with block designs.  These are SO cute!!

This little Pineapple table topper is finished - finally.  It's just another example of seeing something online that I wanted to make, and then figuring out HOW to make it because I didn't find a pattern that provided what I wanted.  No paper piecing is involved here, just lots and lots of 1" strips.  Each block began with a hexagon.  Each round has white alternated with colors.  There is a total of 7 blocks here, with 1 in the middle and 6 surrounding it. There are 4 more blocks that I didn't use here, so maybe in the future they will become something too.

There is no binding on this one.  The front was layered right sides together with the backing, over the batting.  I sewed around the outside edge, trimmed, and turned it all right side out.  A little slip stitching closed that opening.  Back and batting are all scraps as well.  

You can't see it in the photos, but I kept the quilting very simple.  There is a diamond quilted into the 3 larger white areas near the center.  And there is stitching in the ditch all the way around the outside edge - 1 row inside.