Okay, Count me in!

[Dawn S.]

Renata, your pineapple quilt is beautiful! I love, love, love the colors you've got going on in it! The hot pink and tourquoise are a delight! And, the way you put your striped fabric together for the border, is exactly how I would have done it. And HAVE done it, before! This technique also works well with a highly printed border fabric that you need to piece. I've done it with a Laurel Burch print, and with patience have gotten it very close to perfect! Glue is a wonderful thing!

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

[Renata L.]

Dawn, thanks!!!! I finished putting the first border on and I am so excited because the whole quilt was actually square, which knocked my socks off--with all the bias edges and rotary cutting slips when the ruler would not stay put, I was pretty sure that I was going to have to get creative... but, I measured in three places for the sides and then for the top/bottom and they all matched up. The only issue I ran into was assuming that the length of my strips would allow me to use a single strip (without adding extra length) for the top and bottom but of course, I was 3/4" short and had to add strip material to all four sides using the diagonal technique cum glue. Murphy's Law? or just good opportunity to practice matching stripes? :lol: And yes, glue is GREAT!

[Rita C.]

And yes, glue is GREAT!

Providing it is going on your fabric and not up your nose! :lol: I can't wait to see this quilt with the borders on it Renata.

[Rita C.]

And yes, glue is GREAT!

Providing it is going on your fabric and not up your nose! :lol: I can't wait to see this quilt with the borders on it Renata.

If you are getting glue up your nose whilst quilting you are definitly doing something wrong! :lol:

[Renata L.]

And yes, glue is GREAT!

Providing it is going on your fabric and not up your nose! :lol: I can't wait to see this quilt with the borders on it Renata.

If you are getting glue up your nose whilst quilting you are definitly doing something wrong! :lol:

Let's ask Rita what she had in mind... :lol:

BTW, Rita, since you asked, striped border is on, two of four wider borders are on... discovered I was missing a few inches :roll: for the top and bottom borders so I am getting ready to press and cut one more strip to finish. PS I'm not liking the wider border as much as I thought I would... but I'm not taking it off!

[Renata L.]

Let's ask Rita what she had in mind... :lol:

BTW, Rita, since you asked, striped border is on, two of four wider borders are on... discovered I was missing a few inches :roll: for the top and bottom borders so I am getting ready to press and cut one more strip to finish. PS I'm not liking the wider border as much as I thought I would... but I'm not taking it off!

You could always cut it down in situ, if it is really getting up your nose (annoying you)

[Rita C.]

I was harking back to the glue-sniffing days. You don't hear so much about glue-sniffers any more. There was a time where the kids were not allowed to bring glue or tippex to school here.

Sounds like you are getting closer to the finish line with each passing hour Renata. Hope all is ship-shape and Bristol fashion by now.

[Margo C.]

Elmers Washable School Glue is basically just starch and water....no smell!

[Renata L.]

Ship shape and Bristol fashion it is! I thought you were talking about sniffin' glue but since you were being a little birichina, Rita, I really wanted to see what you come up with next! :twisted: Just took a picture of my new rose garden. Oh boy... now I have to quilt it!

[Nancy R.]

Beautiful! The outer border adds sparkle to the inside. Hard to believe it could sparkle any more!

Nancy

[Lois B.]

Its looking great Renata. I love the fabric choice for both borders. Quilting it will be fun. Just get the music going and everything will be fine.

[Rita C.]

That looks terrific Renata! I had to look up 'birichina' and yes I was being a little mischievous :wink: Whatever you decide to do, make sure you try to relax and enjoy the process. These pineapple quilts are very forgiving. I was so convinced that my chocolate one was really bad but when I looked at it hanging in the IQFOI it didn't look bad at all. Time and distance are great things sometimes.

[Margo C.]

LOL!! I tried touching the word, like on my NOOK e-reader to get a definition!! :lol: :lol:

[Lois B.]

LOL!! I tried touching the word, like on my NOOK e-reader to get a definition!! :lol: :lol:

That works on my Mac! 8) Yes, I also needed a dictionary.

[Norma H.]

Renata, your borders look just gorgeous.