Hawaii Quilt

 

Finished being quilted

     We went to Hawaii in February 2024 celebrating the 50th anniversary of our first date, we went to a couple of quilt stores.  I already made the pillowcases that I bought in a kit and this quilt is from a layer cake I bought at Kapaia Stitchery.

Pattern

Finished block

Layout of the blocks

     I chose the Off The Grid pattern from the Easy Layer-Cake Quilts book by B. Groves and M. Jacobson.  I had the white on white in my stash from Patched Works (3/19/21) and the black I bought at JoAnn Fabrics (3/15/24).  While at a quilt at home retreat in March of 2024 I made the squares.  While doing a quilt at home retreat in March of 2025 I put it together.  The pattern called for a 5 x 5 layout but since I had 40 squares, I wanted to use as many as possible.  My first thought was to do a 6 x 7 layout with a black square and a white square but when I laid it out, I didn't like how it looked.  The border fabric was in my stash from a different project.  It's hard to see in the pictures but it has silver threads running through it, making it sparkle.

Quilt back

     I decided to use those four leftover blocks as part of the back.  I bought a whole bolt of black polka dot flannel at JoAnn Fabrics (8/9/24) for the backing.  I also used some of the polka dot fabric from the blocks on the back.  

Stabilizer basted on

Magnetic hoop

Label 1

Sticky stabilizer for stitching the flower

Label 2

     Those orphan black and white squares were used to make the labels.  I basted a piece of tearaway stabilizer to the back and then used my new magnetic hoops to do the stitching.  The frame design is from Embroidery Library.  I decided that the one label needed a bit more so I used a hibiscus appliqué design from Designs by JuJu in the corner.  I eliminated the fabric and skipped the stitches that would have gone over the top of the lettering.  I added the lettering with MasterWorks.  I did need to use sticky stabilizer to do the flower as it was so close to the edge.

Quilting detail

Border detail

Block detail

     I took my quilt top to Barb Jolley and we chose a pattern called monsoon that looked like the leaves of the flowers in the quilt.  She used a purple thread that blended in with the fabrics.  The binding is the same polka dot print from the block centers.  This was a fun pattern, not too hard and it really showcased the pretty prints.