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Sunday, January 20, 2019

Hawaiian Quilt Table Topper

Six years ago we went to Hawaii to celebrate
my youngest daughter's graduation from graduate school.
While we were there, I visited a wonderful quilt shop on Kauai.
It had one of the best selections of batik fabrics, as well as
 a number of Hawaiian quilt designs cut and ready to applique.

I bought one and appliqued the design onto the background right away.
Then it sat. And found it's way into my box of shame.

It has been released and finished!




I know why I didn't finish this one years ago.
I do not enjoy hand quilting and the traditional Hawaiian quilts
are hand echo quilted around the design.



In order to get this out of the box and in the finished pile,
I machine quilted the echos.



This batik was a great memento of Hawaii because of the shells in the design.  




It is finished and resides on a side table in my family room.

I'm linking to Design Wall Monday today.

Happy Quilting!
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9 comments:

  1. swoozeJanuary 21, 2019 at 12:33 AM

    What a great week of finishing!!

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  2. Churn DashJanuary 21, 2019 at 8:30 AM

    I love it! I have a friend who wants some sea animal themed batiks. I think she probably needs to go to Hawaii!

    I need to look in my book of quilts in progress and see what I need to work on. You have me inspired to try and finish something old.

    Helen

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  3. chrisknitsJanuary 21, 2019 at 9:26 AM

    Done is better than keeping to the rule of Hawaiian quilting law? Not as catchy when you put that all together. LOL! But it sure is a sweet finish!!!

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  4. straythreadsJanuary 21, 2019 at 9:56 AM

    Beautiful that design would have been fun to machine quilt but hand quilt not so much. It yours its done and its Beautiful
    have a great week

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  5. Needled MomJanuary 21, 2019 at 10:41 AM

    I have always admired the Hawaiian quilt designs. I'm not sure I could do a fully hand quilted one, but the machine quilting looks so pretty on the one you did. I love the fabric with the shells - perfect for memories of the islands.

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  6. Libby in TNJanuary 21, 2019 at 11:40 AM

    Beautiful! There is no shame in machine quilting. I bet I know the shop; I bought stack of batik FQs for a pineapple (the fruit) quilt and pattern there.

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  7. Rebecca GraceJanuary 21, 2019 at 12:53 PM

    Beautiful job! I think this was a great piece for machine quilting. Hand quilting is a different skill, different effect, but there's a time and place for machine quilting, too. Good for you, finishing this up so you can enjoy it!

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  8. JulieJanuary 21, 2019 at 1:12 PM

    What a great block and a fun finish. I posted a pic of one of my Hawaiian blocks in a top in my stack to quilt and yes I am going to machine quilt! I made mine way before I went to Hawaii. You must about be to the bottom of the box of shame, unless it's a really big box! Way to go.

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  9. AnnieOJanuary 23, 2019 at 12:59 AM

    A finish to celebrate! Nothing wrong with that. Beautiful job you did on the quilting. Enjoy.

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