Friday, February 21, 2014

Aloha - finished!

I have finished my little quilt and it is ready to swap in the eighth round of Kate North's 'Another Little Quilt Swap (ALQS).  Here it is ...
Aloha friend
I learned how design and cut my original Hawaiian appliqué patterns and how to machine appliqué the  block in a class at the 2013 International Quilt Festival.  The class, "Meet me in Hawaii," was taught by Kathy Kansier and was quite fun.  This is the first block that I have finished completely into a little quilt. It measures 19" by 19.5" (I was trying to make a square block, but missed by 1/2 an inch!)

It is quilted in the Hawaiian fashion of echo-quilting around the applique design. 


The back is solid white, so the quilting stands out (yikes!  I think I did a pretty good job ... didn't I?)

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