Christmas Door Hanging: Pineapple Log Cabin
If you're local, this is a door hanger or even a wall hanger. I prefer 'hanging', but will list the search labels under both. I put it together to test out an Accuquilt die some time ago. Yes, another UFO here.
My mom has lived with some level of care for several years. It's just a cheery gesture to add some new things to her door as the seasons change. She enjoys it, and I think it livens the hall up for everyone. I've had the same Christmas hanging for her on repeat, and despite my best efforts this didn't get done in time for Christmas 2025. I have yet to add corners and a dowel rod, and it will be ready for 2026.
I've had an Accuquilt cutter many years now, and I try to use it whenever I have a project that can be adapted. The BOB, or Block on Board dies are most alluring to me, and I try to test a block out as soon as I get one. That then adds to the Orphan Block Pile which is fairly tall these days so I try to incorporate the blocks into something useful. Many have wound up as wall hangings, table toppers, or runners.
When occasionally asked if I will donate a quilt to a charity event, I mentally go through what I have tested this way. A wall hanging is doable, but I no longer donate quilts. I have watched them go for far less than the value of the materials, and feel I'm better off donating a small sum directly if nothing is ready to give. Then I don't have the burden of it hanging over my head, and I can go on with the more self-driven projects.
What do you think of that chartreuse border? I think it gives it a light feeling--maybe a more contemporary vibe. We don't always have to be so serious and matchy-matchy, do we?
I hope you're inspired to get some of your own things finished up if you have any. Let me know in the comments if you're the type of quilter that works on one project the whole way through or is a great grazer and dabbler of the quilting arts like me. That's obvious, right?
Come on, Doxie girls.
Let's go sew.
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