Monday, August 1, 2011

A little Bit of the Islands

CAME HOME WITH ME!

The Maui Quilt Shop was a very small place, 
but overflowing with beautiful fabrics.


She had quilts and quilt pillow covers that were pre-made.

But, of course, I want to do my OWN!

She had quilt kits she uses for classes.  
 Quite a few choices of patterns that included a mix of fabric color choices for each pattern.
I will share my Hawaiian quilt pillow cover with you in another post because I want to address the history and certain "rules" there are!


She also had a beautiful section on quilting books.
Of course, with an emphasis on Hawaiian quilts.
I picked one about the history of Hawaiian quilting and another filled with patterns (will be in the next post too!)

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It was hard for me to choose fabric to bring home.  I had to keep it simple and easy.

a) I had only so much room in my bag.
b) Baby Button was a bit fussy while waiting in the car with dear hubby.  I didn't want to torture him too long!
c) I was overwhelmed by choices, and we were time constrained by a dinner reservation.
d) Did I mention that everything is more expensive on the islands.  It is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!

So I decided on some cool "local" fabrics.
(Not sure what she meant by local? Not a lot of textile companies in the islands)

A Fat Quarter Bundle with Hibiscus prints.


 And a Jelly Roll.





 I took a few pictures of the jelly roll so you could see the variety of colors.

I love how they make their own bundles and jelly rolls!


If you have any ideas on a strip quilt, please, please send them my way!

I'm not exactly sure if I want to use the fat quarter bundle with it or do something separate. 

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

1 comment:

  1. Those are very pretty. I'm not sure what to make since I've never even bought a jelly roll.

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