Friday, May 13, 2011

Hawaiian Pineapple Quilt

I am entering this  quilt in the Bloggers Quilt Festival.  It is my Hawaiian Pineapple Quilt. Pineapples in Hawaiian are the symbol of hospitality.


 June 2009 - Cutting it out.


Working on it during our vacation in July.  I always have to have something to do.




 And done in December 2010.  It was sometimes low on my priority list.



Maybe I'll be hospitable and use it in my yard this summer when I have friends over with their children.

Amy's Creative Side

38 comments:

  1. I love this. I am a huge appliquer myself, and I appreciate the work in this. Is it your own design?

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  2. I love Hawaiian quilts and yours is a beauty.

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  3. Wow, this is beautiful! I'm new to "Hawaiian quilts", yours is gorgeous!

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  4. Although I, too, am an appliqué lover and have been quilting for years, it wasn't until last month that I tried Hawaiian quilting for the first time. I only did a piece 15" big - fun enough, but I don't know about a large quilt like yours! I'm sure it took an awful lot of patience.

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  5. Well, it's a masterpiece! Great work

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  6. Great job. Love the colors and the quilting. Hope you are only going to display it outside -not let someone sit on it!
    Come see my entries
    antique applique birds/flowers
    and reproduction cheddar star.

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  7. Ooooooh! Lovely, lovely. Think I might be brave enough now to try appliquéing Hawaiian style. Have admired these quilts since being a student at what is now BYU Hawaii and seeing them in the Hawaiian village at the Polynesian cultural center. Thanks for sharing and have a great day (pg Wodehouse, eh!,, fell in love with him when I read an article about him and one of his shortcstoriesi in the new Yorker probably 40 years ago!)

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  8. Wonderful colors, such a beautiful quilt.

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  9. gorgeous! love the colors!

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  10. Beautiful quilt. I started doing Hawaiian applique, back before - when I was afraid of hand applique. Nothing like a Dresden Plate Quilt to cure a fear of hand work! Wonder what I might sew next!

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  11. This is a gorgeous quilt! I love the colours you chose. And such a lot of work.

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  12. Stunning! The colors are fabulous.

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  13. That is amazing! I love hawaiian quilts but not sure that i would be brave enough to try one!
    Great work!

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  14. amazing patience & beautiful quilt, well worth the time!

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  15. This is beautiful--but I'm not sure I would use this around little ones. Actually, I'm not sure I would use this, period; this is worthy of being displayed. It's just stunning.

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  16. It took me 15 years to finish an 18" Hawaiian quilt pillow! I am very impressed by your quilt. It's gorgeous!

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  17. Oh my goodness - this is absolutely stunning. What a beautiful, beautiful quilt. I am in AWE.

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  18. Your quilt looks stunning. Thank you for explaining the importance of the pineapple. I love the way you have used it in your quilt.

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  19. absolutely gorgeous! well done.

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  20. Absolutely wonderful! There is something amazingly gratifying about doing a full quilt design Hawaiian style quilt. And if it makes you feel any better, mine took 6 years b/c I let it sit on the shelf for 4 b/w the applique and the quilting.

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  21. Wow, stunning, the best I ve seen for the moment.

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  22. Gorgeous!!!! I have been wanting to make an Hawaiian style quilt for quite a while now, and seeing your post sparked that want up again :o)

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  23. Making something like this is a LOT of work, but the results sure paid off. Beautiful!

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  24. Fantastic!!! what a great job!!!

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  25. It's gorgeous and has my favorite colors together in the Hawaain quilts I've seen to date.

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  26. This is a real show stopper! A real beauty! I love the fact that you will use it. That is where the warm memories will come from in future years. Thanks for sharing. ~ Polly ~

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  27. That is one beautiful quilt. I have a Hawaiian applique quilt started and you have inspired me to drag it back out.

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  28. Wow! I love the colors and I can't believe how much work went into making such a beautiful quilt. Did you just want to scream with all the cutting?

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  29. Oh, that is a gorgeous quilt!! Did you needle turn all of the edges? Stunning.

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  30. Amazing! I love the yellow/green combo.

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  31. Oh wow, simply stunning. It looks gorgeous worth the effort.

    All the best.

    http://rashisquiltblog.blogspot.com/

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  32. I like the quilting you did on the pineapples.

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  33. I just finished reading The Aloha Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini and learned about the Hawaiian quilts. What a masterpiece. Love it. Judy c

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  34. Very beautiful. I can't imagine making something like that, it's wonderful.

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  35. Congratulations on your win. Judy C

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