Last time we looked at reverse appliqué. Today I will show you a block made in a technique from Hawaii, where reverse appliqué is a must.
Hawaiian quilt patterns are unique in that they mainly feature leaves and flowers. The whole top layer is folded and cut, in the way we used to make paper snowflakes in our childhood. Also, most quilts are echo quilted.
A folding tutorial for making the pattern:
As you can see I used a sheet of paper. For a real quilt, you obviously use the top fabric and fold it until you can cut it. Care and pins are needed to keep the folds of fabric stable while cutting.
Kathy Nakajima is the most famous Japanese maker of Hawaiian Quilts.
I used a print with a wooden look, for the bottom layer of my Green Man Block.
Notice that the bottom fabric is not quilted, but the top layer has dense echo quilting.
To be continued...
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Lovely pattern! I visited Hawaii some years ago and was fascinated by the beautiful appliqued quilts.
ReplyDeleteYet another style I keep meaning to have a go at, but my go-to techniques all seem to be additive!
ReplyDeleteYou made a pretty pattern!
ReplyDeleteNice fabrics and pattern.
ReplyDeleteThe people of the Cook Islands use a similar method in their quilts. The method is called Tivaevae. I did a workshop in the 1990's with Dijanne Cevaal who wrote a book about this back then and she developed the method into different patterns. She still has a blog called http://origidij.blogspot.com
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