Hawaiian Applique

I've been rendered immobile one again this week with bursitis in my heels (yes, both heels now!). Even though I haven't been able to walk around much, I was able to finish my second-ever Hawaiian applique block.


Head on over to flickr to see it larger.

This one is about 18" square and I designed it myself. It's supposed to look a little like some flowers we saw in Hana, Maui. It is entirely hand appliqued (needle-turn). I cut out the shape 1/8 to 3/16" beyond the lines I drew and turned them under by eye (which means no lines to follow, no freezer-paper, etc. which you sometimes have in hand applique).

It still needs to be finished into something (the lines you see are my ironing board cover, not the applique itself). My mom did a great job quilting my first Hawaiian Applique block, shown below. I still need to press it and make it into a pillow cover.



(it, too, is at flickr for a better view)

Thinking of my mom & applique, she & my dad are playing host to one of the best applique designers in the country today - Becky Goldsmith from Piece of Cake (she's coming to speak at my mom's quilt guild, I think).