Lynn Graves (Little Foot, Big Foot, Purple Thang fame) has a Pineapple foundation paper that works great! It makes up to a 12" finished block and uses 2" squares in the center and 4" squares cut into triangles on the corners and the rest is all 1½" strips - Honey Buns! :)
I took a little class on how to use these papers, but they were made to use on your own. I just took the class so that I could get the Reader's Digest version and not mess up a dozen blocks, re-creating the wheel, you know? :mrgreen:
The thing that I like about them is that you sew on the printed side of the paper and the edge of your fabric is your guide. You just place the strip face down, aligned with the correct markings, then sew with your 1/4" foot just outside the edge of the fabric. (If your 1/4" foot gives you the scant 1/4" already, then you'd sew with the right edge of the foot right on the edge of the fabric.) The lines on the paper are guidelines for the 1/4" foot, not seam lines.
The results are so precise and even - no sideways leaning pineapples when you're done! :) I just fell in love with the example in the store - so scrappy and rich in colors. The blocks were made in a swap and they stopped at 10" rather than going to 12", and it made one beautiful quilt.
http://lonestarhouseofquilts.com/ind...oducts_id=5823