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 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.
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
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.