Wednesday, March 09, 2005

hawaiian "quilting"

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For my grandma's birthday tomorrow, I'm working on a pillow that was inspired by traditional Hawaiian quilting techniques. Now, I say "inspired" because I am cheating a little bit. I started out using the traditional methods of tucking under the edges and tacking down the motif by hand - but I soon realized that I would never finish in time. So I cheated by cutting the motif from felt. Ha!
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So this is where I am with it. It may be a late night so I can finish by tomorrow! The first image shows how the motif was cut and the second image shows the pieces in the process of being tacked down. Colors are a little bright and wild - but I think my Grandma will like it this way.

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