Pineapple Quilt Blockwith Aaron Sanders Head

This class is part of the five-part virtual Hand Sewn Quilting Series III. Classes may be purchased à la carte at $75 or as a five-part package for a discounted price of $350. 

The Pineapple Quilt Block is a striking, geometric design made by layering and sewing pieces of fabric around a center square in a radiating, angular pattern. This class will explore how variations in fabric color, size, and pattern can dramatically shift the visual rhythm of the block, offering endless opportunities for creative expression. Students will learn precise piecing techniques and how to design each round to maintain the block’s signature symmetry. Whether bold and modern or subtle and scrappy, each pineapple block becomes a dynamic reflection of the maker’s choices and style.

Date + Time

Friday, October 31, 2025, 12:00 - 2:30 pm ET

Location

Zoom, a link will be emailed to participants before class.

Cost

$75 for the individual class
$350 for the series

Suggested Class Materials

• Needle
• Thread
• Marking tool
• Ruler
• Sharp scissors with a small point
• Iron
• Various squares of fabric, starting around 2 inches, up to 12 inches. Small pieces can also be pieced together into squares for use as well. 

Helpful but not necessary:

• Rotary cutter
• Quilting ruler
• Cutting mat

Scholarships 

There are scholarship spots available for this workshop. Please email info@tatter.org to learn more.

Our Teacher

Aaron Sanders Headis a Southern, Alabama-based textile artist. Aaron was raised in rural Grady, AL and Hope Hull, AL, as the youngest of three children from an artist mother and an agricultural worker father. His grandparents were both rural mail carriers, and the times Aaron spent accompanying them on those trips cemented early on a fondness for rural areas and the importance of connection however it can be found. That learned sense of observation combined with inherited family traditions of textile and agriculture inform the unique visual language Aaron works in today, that exists in the worlds of quiltmaking, handwork and natural dyes. Aaron creates quilts and hand-stitched, naturally dyed textiles that explore the lived experiences of rural Alabamians and the bonding traditions that hold rural communities together.

*All classes in this series will be recorded. A link to the recording will be emailed to all students following the live session. You may purchase the series as a whole even after the classes have begun. You will be emailed the recordings upon sign-up.