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Sandwich Anyone!

Posted on February 2, 2025February 17, 2025 by Cissy

ʻAʻohe ʻulu e loaʻa i ka pōkole o ka lou.
No breadfruit can be reached when the picking stick is too short.
There is no success without preparation.
ʻŌlelo Noʻeau 213

 The Hawaiian quilt is often called a “Labor of Love, it is a gift of patience and love.  It takes nine months to even years to complete and when it’s finished it brings together the spirit of the designer, the patience and love of the quilter and gives aloha to the recipient. 

Applique Boston Ulu Quilt

 

Applique done!  

The completed applique piece, batting, and quilt backing must be now we sandwiched together and basted before we can even begin quilting.

Prepping the batting; some quilters prefer cotton batting, but we usually use a polyester batting.  It has more lift, and when quilted it gives the quilt a beautiful ripple effect, unfortunately the batting only comes in a 45″ width so you must join the batting together.  

 

 

 

 

Mahalo to our amazing ladies who took the time to join the batting, it’s not an easy task.  Yuko, Takako, Rie, Junko Kiko and Kaoru prepping the batting for quilting, no easy task. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The design is appliqued to the backing, the island flowers are in place, the batting has been joined and laid out on top of the backing fabric and we’re ready to sandwich all three layers together.  We now have one more task to complete before we’re ready to quilt. 

 

 

 

 

Kiko, Rie, Takako, Michelle, Jenn, Kaelene, Keri, Pat, Mitsuo and Junko

 

 

 

 

With many hands to help to baste all three layers together. The basting is quickly completed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All three layers basted together in a grid pattern to stop the quilt from shifting during quilting

 

 

 

Quilters left to right. Anne-Marie, Yuko, Tuffy, Pat, Takako, Judy, Therese, Susan, Jenn, Michelle, Barbara, Kaelene, Cissy, Mitsuo and Junko

 

 

Our worldly quilters, many are from Hawaii, some relocated to Hawaii but are originally from France, England, Sweden, Las Vegas and Japan. Our love for Hawaiian quilting has not only made us friends but also family, we are so proud of all of you.  Mahalo for getting us to the next stage, quilting.

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Quilt Class April 2023
Quilt Class April 2023

Classes meet every Saturday  9:30am – 12:00pm at the Higashi Hongwanji Mission in Liliha.   New student fees are $35.00 which includes a 22″ x 22″ Cushion Kit.  Weekly classes are $10.00.  **Please always see updated class schedule above**

Higashi Hongwanji Mission
1685 Alaneo St.
Honolulu, HI

1 block from the Original Liliha Bakery and across from Lanakila School.  Please call Rae at 808-223-6608  or e-mail [email protected] for more information.

Cissy

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