This month's Island Batik Challenge is to create a quilt that is either foundation paper pieced or English paper pieced (EPP). The fabrics featured in this post were given to me by Island Batik. I have a love-hate relationship with EPP, and I have yet to finish a single EPP project. I opted to do some paper piecing this month instead and I found this beautiful pineapple paper pieced pattern by Pitcher's Boutique! Remember my pineapple addiction from my pineapple ornament, I just can't get enough! The pineapple itself is 20" tall!
I decided to make this a wall hanging rather than a mini. The pattern comes in multiple sizes, but I made the largest at 20". There are 4 different green batiks for the top and 5 different yellow batiks for the pineapple body.
The pineapple came together pretty quickly. I ended up assigning each of the colors a number and wrote on the paper which number went with that part to make sure I got an even blend throughout the piece.
I was really tempted to create a pillow cover with this mini, but I felt like there needed to be more color and I wanted it to hang in my kitchen! I added an orange border around the pineapple to give it a citrus feel!
What do you think, should I have made a pillow? or was the wall hanging the right choice?
If you're interested in what the other Island Batik Ambassadors are making, you can check out their blogs. There are 45 ambassadors this year! Be sure to follow Island Batik on Facebook and Instagram to see the projects we all make too!
Amy at Sew Incredibly Crazy
Anita at Quilt in a not-Shell
Anna at Ark Angel Creations
Anne at Sweetgrass Designs
Barbara at Bejeweled Quilts
Bea at BeaQuilter
Carole at Carole Lyles Shaw
Connie at Freemotion by the River
Connie at Kauffman Designs
Dione at Clever Chameleon
Geraldine at Living Water Quilter
Jackie at If These Threads Could Talk
Janet at Whispers of Yore
Jeanette at Inchworm Fabrics
Jen at Patterns by Jen
Jennifer at Curlicue Creations
Jennifer at Dizzy Quilter
Jennifer at Inquiring Quilter
Jessica at Desert Bloom Quilting
Joan at Moosestash Quilting
Joyce at heARTs Creations
Karen at Sew Karen-ly Created
Kathleen at Kathleen McMusing
Laura at Slice of Pi Quilts
Leanne at Devoted Quilter
Mania at Mania for Quilts
Maryellen at Mary Mack Made Mine
Michelle at Creative Blonde
Myra at Busy Hands Quilts
Nancy at Masterpiece Quilting
Pamela at PamelaQuilts
Sally at Sally Manke
Sandra at MMM Quilts
Sarah at Sarah Goer Quilts
Sharon at Yellow Cat Quilt Designs
Sherry at Powered by Quilting <--- me!
Stephanie at Steph Jacobson
Suzy at Adventurous Applique and Quilting
Teri at Lizard Creek Quilts
Tina at Quilting Affection Designs
Toby at Gateway Quilts & Stuff
Turid at Den Syende Himmel
Vicki at Vicki's Crafts & Quilting
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