Pineapple progress and finish

 For the past 3 days I have sat at the machine slowly and carefully quilting my pineapple top. 

I first laid it out and used quilt basting spray to adhere all the layers making sure to get it flat and secure.  I was careful for this step as the last one ended up with puckering from the walking foot. 

I did not use it this time and planned to do straight lines per this suggestion.

I used my regular 1/4 inch foot and used a card as a guideline to keep my lines straight. It also helped to keep the fabric flat. 

The downfall with this was repeatedly turning the quilt to get the shapes as shown.

After much body contortions to twist and turn the layers 360 degrees under the needle, I saw a pattern that was much easier.

And so the quilting was finished by first going horizontal and then vertical. 

I was so pleased with myself to use my geometry and see patterns within patterns. 

I selected a bright colorful fabric for binding to pull all the colors together and am sewing the binding down by hand in front of the tv.

DONE!  HOORAY!