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Introduction to Hawaiian Applique

11/9/2019

 
Learn about Hawaiian quilting
Be introduced to a Hawaiian quilt font
Learn to design your first Hawaiian quilt in Electric Quilt
Sale on EQ8 Drawing Blocks book

Background on Hawaiian Quilting

According to Wikipedia, a Hawaiian quilt is a distinctive quilting style of the Hawaiian Islands that uses large radially symmetric applique patterns. Motifs often include stylized botanical designs.

Hawaiian-style quilts typically use solid or near-solid fabrics in only two colors. These quilts were historically made from the fabrics that were most readily available (often red and white). 
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Hawaiian Block from Letter I drafted in EQ by Kari Schell
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Hawaiian quilt applique is made from a single cut on folded fabric.The fabric is folded in quarters or eighths -- similar to how we may have done paper snowflakes back in grade school.  ​

Hawaiian Quilt Font

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Hawaiian font from Netfontes.com
A number of years ago, I discovered a Hawaiian quilt font.  Each letter provided a Hawaiian applique quilt block.  When I looked on the Internet today, I discovered three different Hawaiian quilt block fonts.

You can download the fonts for free from Netfontes.com  The fonts were designed by Pokelele.
I decided that these "letters" would make great quilt blocks, and would also be good practice for learning to use the applique tools in Electric Quilt 8.

Drafting a Hawaiian Quilt Block using EQ8

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Letter I in Hawaiian Quilt 1 font.
In my tutorial this week, I will share with you how to draft a Hawaiian quilt block in Electric Quilt using a "letter" from the Hawaiian font as the starting point.

Here are the pdfs with images of the Hawaiian fonts I obtained from Netfontes.com.  Feel free to use my pdf  to select images for tracing a Hawaiian quilt block using Electric Quilt..  
  1. Hawaiian Quilt 1 Font 
  2. Hawaiian Quilt 2 Font
  3. Hawaiian Quilt 3 Font
Here is the quilt from the video.
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Hawaiian Quilt featuring the letter I designed by Kari Schell using EQ8
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julie kaplan
11/9/2019 01:56:21 pm

Hi Kari....Hawaii is my favorite place on earth, so learning how to do Hawaiian quilt applique is fantastic. Thank you once for again opening my eyes to new ways to use EQ8 and to quilt.

Sandy Mason
11/9/2019 03:42:58 pm

I love it that you have free videos to watch. I have always wanted to do a Hawaiian style quilt and hopefully this will encourage me to do one soon. Not very familiar with my EQ8. That's something I hope to get more familiar with. Have had it for years! That is ridiculous, isn't it??

Sherry Bragg
11/9/2019 07:15:27 pm

Thank you so much Kari!!! Awesome video! I can't wait to try this. I have always wanted to make a whole cloth king size Hawaiian quilt but I never could find a pattern for one. Didn't quite catch how you put the ones in the corners tho. I'm gonna have to watch it again and again till I get one made, lol,


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