Pineapple
Also known as: Pineapple Log Cabin
A log cabin variation in which rounds of logs alternate between the sides and the corners of the growing centre, each log trimmed at 45 degrees; the dark corner logs and corner triangles form a broad X of blades radiating from the centre square.
Block Details
- Category
- Classic
- Difficulty
- advanced
- Grid Type
- log-cabin
- Piece Count
- 41
- Tags
- log-cabinfoundationadvancedtraditional
- Also appears in
- Log Cabin
Construction Tips
Usually foundation pieced: every log has the same finished width and is trimmed along the drawn lines of the next round. This drawing uses 1 in logs and a 2 in centre.
Patterns that use this block
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Related Blocks
Log Cabin
A centre square wrapped in five rounds of logs that spiral around it, one log per side in turn; the logs on two adjacent sides are light and the other two are dark, so the block divides into light and dark halves along a diagonal.
Off-Center Log Cabin
A spiralling log cabin whose light logs are half the width of its dark logs, so the centre square sits off-centre toward the light corner; set together, the blocks suggest curves.
Chevron Log Cabin
Logs added on two sides of a corner square, each round a single fabric, so the block shows nested L-shaped chevrons alternating dark and light.
Half Log Cabin
A log cabin built out from a corner square instead of a centre, adding logs on only two sides; the logs on one side are light and the logs on the other are dark.
Courthouse Steps
A log cabin variation built in opposite pairs: each round adds matching light logs above and below, then dark logs on both sides, so light steps stack up and down from the centre and dark steps run left and right.
Lone Star
An eight-pointed star of 45-degree diamonds, each point pieced from small diamonds in rings of colour that radiate from the centre, with set-in background corners and side triangles.
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