Offset Pineapple Block
 

Help! Can anyone tell me if the special pineapple ruler will work on the offset pineapple block??? I really wanna attempt this block and want all the help l can get!

can you provide a link to an example of an offset pineapple?

I am guessing that the ruler you have gives different sizes of a regular pineapple block; the angles in each quarter are the same. Looking at the offset block, the angles change.

Here is a link to see what I mean. A candidate for foundation piecing perhaps?

http://vfl.ru/fotos/96c6c69f9846629.html?antid=1

20 yrs ago when I was in Paducah, KY at the quilt museum I bought a book on Pineapple quilts as that is what was featured in the museum that yr. I just looked at the book and the blocks that are off set are all paper pieced. So probably the ruler would not work for that particular block

Any idea where I can get that pattern?

I did an off set pineapple quilt and it was a paper pieced pattern. It was an easy pattern to follow the pattern came from a book that was no longer in print but I did find it on Amazon.

sJens - That is a beautiful quilt. The colors are amazing!

One available offset pineapple pattern is called Great Balls of Fire. You can download the foundation templates here: https://www.quiltingcompany.com/grea...09-quiltmaker/

There is a link to the magazine it appeared in at that link as well.

I've only ever seen it done by foundation paper piecing. Like Bobbinalong said, the weird corner angles would likely make the ruler not work. That being said, does your ruler allow for different width strips? You could try doing a test block with 1" strips on two adjacent sides (say, top and left) and 2" strips on the other two sides. I don't know how that would work with the corner strips, though; I've never been able to wrap my head around the geometry of this block.

If you do foundation piecing, I linked a pattern in my reply to Bobbinalong. It's been on my To Do list for years!

Thank you AZJane for the pattern.

I just read my original post. The book is called Pineapple Quilts, New quilts from old favorites. edited by Barbara Smith. I bought it at American Quilters Society in Paducah Ky. The book has many quilts with patterns from many diff people and it was in 1998 Maybe you could google it or find it on Amazon. It was so long ago Good Luck

I’ve done the Great Balls of Fire pattern. It was my first time paper piecing and it went fine. I did not use a specialty ruler spare from the add-a-quarter.

Hey..thank you ladies so much for your help and input. I dont mind foundation piecing at all but thought l would try the ruler if it would work. I dont post on this site often and lm not familiar with posting links or pictures or l would have posted a picture or two for examples. I care for my MIL with Alzheimer's and time constraints dont allow me to respond in an orderly manner. You guys are great thank you.