Vintage Hawaiian Quilt: What Can We Learn From This Old Quilt?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ส.ค. 2024
- 🌺 This Vintage Hawaiian Quilt Is Amazing! 🌺
In this episode of Lessons from an Old Quilt, we will take a look at this incredible antique Hawaiian two-color quilt. The hand appliqué and hand-quilting is inspiring! You'll want to make a Hawaiian quilt after seeing this beauty!
I have to admit that I didn’t know much about Hawaiian quilts prior to making this video and writing the blog post. Reading about these quilts and their history has been so rewarding. All of these old quilts teach me so much, and this one is no exception. Between the stunning appliqué, the two-colors, and the delicate hand-quilting, you can’t help but be inspired by this quilt.
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Thank you!❤
My pleasure! ❤️
Pink Patina! So gorgeous. Thank you for sharing this beautiful quilt with us.
You are so welcome! It's a great one! Thanks for watching.
Hi Chris…that quilt is beautiful. Whether it’s authentic, I don’t care. I love it, the needle turned appliqué, the colours, the overall effect. Thanks for sharing this beauty. Love you 🇦🇺❤️
Awe! Thank you so much! 🥰
It is a great one!
Great episode. This quilt is wonderful. It’s only the second quilt I have ever seen where in my opinion the quilting enhances the quilt front and becomes a showcase on the back. I have never seen a backing pieced together that close to the bottom. I mostly see them 2/3 down. Thanks for sharing this one.
Thank you for sharing, I love the quilt, it is a gem for sure. I have always wanted to do a Hawaiian quilt, love those colors also. Thank you for sharing with us, and keep up the good work of finding those gems from days past and saving them.
It is my pleasure! I love that people love seeing and hearing about these old beauties. I have so many more to share! 🥰
Another stunning quilt - brightens my day when I see a lessons from an old quilt video! So glad you wore your pink top too - a perfect match 😂😂
You are so welcome! Glad you love this series! I have so many more to come! Can't wait to share. ❤️
What a beautiful quilt. Thanks for sharing it with us.
You are so welcome! 🥰
Absolutely stunning and worth the price. The cactus remind me of corn with the husks peeled back. Thanks for sharing it was so special
My pleasure! So glad you love this video. 🥰
Ohhhh, it does! I wonder if that is a nod to central Pennsylvania! I didn't think of that! Thank you!
Such a beautiful quilt! Thank you so much for sharing these with us!
You are so welcome! 🥰
Such a beautiful quilt . Something I would love to do.How wonderful it found such a loving home.
Thank you so much! It will be treasured. I want to make one now, too! It really is an inspiring design.
I LOVE THE QUILT. THE QUILTING, THE COLOR, MY FAVORITE. YES ALL CAPITAL LETTERS!!!! i'm so escited to see it. I would have paid $200.
Yay! I am thrilled that you love this as much as me! Maybe more! LOL! I would have paid that, too! Don't tell anyone! 😀
This quilt was worth every penny spent.. I luv it
I think so, too! Don't tell anyone, but I would have spent more! 😀
Being from Hawai'i, I was always fascinated with Hawaiian quilts and loved them. The fact that more often than not everything is hand sewn/quilted is amazing. Each design usually depicts a flower, fruit or tree and there are so many! Beautiful find!
Oh, I love this! Thank you so much. I want to make one now. It has inspired me. 🥰 Thank you so much for watching and sharing. ❤️
Wow! I’ve been looking at Hawaiian quilts. This is such a fabulous example. You made a great buy!
Thanks so much! I think so, too! I would have went higher. 😆
Don't you wish the quilts you have found each had a label? So glad you are adding that info. This is such a lovely example of Hawaiian quilting. If you would like to read a nice novel with this style of quilting, check out "The Aloha Quilt" by Jennifer Chiaverini. Lots of great info about the traditions that go into Hawaiian quilting while telling a great story. Thanks, again, for great content, Kris!
You are so welcome! Thank you so much! I will check it out.
Love your videos on old quilts. Yes I do piece backs all the time.
So glad you like them. Thank you so much for watching! ❤️
What a wonderful find! Worth every $$.
Isn't it? I think so, too! I would have paid more. 😬
Wow!! Absolutely gorgeous!! 🩷
🥰 Thanks for watching!
That is an awesome old quilt. I always love seeing the hand quilted ones!
They really are super special! Thank you so much for watching!
Thank you Kris for showing us this beautiful Hawaiian quilt. I noticed no echo quilting. The blocks are large so maybe no room for that type of quilting. All that hand applique! Lovely! Take care. Marion in Oregon.
Hi Marion! There is some echo quilting, although I think you are right. There wasn't really room for a lot of it. Thanks so much for watching! I am thrilled to have this one in my collection!
What a stunning quilt!!
It really is! Thanks so much for watching! More quilts to come from this maker!
OMGoodness .. your excitement is such a joy .. thanks so much for your videos .. raises my spirits ❤
Yay! You are so welcome! ❤️
What a treat to have spoken To y te family.
I think so, too! I was even able to look up her obituary. ❤️
Your vintage Hawaiian quilt is beautiful!! The price you paid is well worth it, in my opinion. The gingham binding is so cute. ❤😊
Thank you! I think so, too! I would have paid even more.
I love the gingham! The whole quilt is so inspiring! Thank you so much for watching and enjoying this quilt as much as I do! ❤️
How beautiful. I don't know if I could make this. Congratulations in getting it.
Thank you! 😊 I am not sure I could either!
This is a wonderful quilt.
Thanks so much for watching and loving it as much as I do. ❤️
Tied quilts are much easier to deconstruct than those tiny quilting stitches. I recently found a vintage quilt at the thrift store. It had a label that was marked $2 for a dog bed. Of course i snatched it up because it had some really unusual 1950s fabrics. The back was ugly...yes not only were the 5 inch squares more damaged but were mostly solid clashing colors. I decided to deconstruct and salvage the fabrics. The "batting" was so thin and looked like cheesecloth...never seen that before. You have really inspired me to look closely at these vintage quilts with greater appreciation. If they cant be repaired we can always salvage some of the incredible vintage fabrics. This one had several 5 inch squares that were purple, turquoise printed owls...so adorable.❤
Wow! Thank you for sharing! Great find!
Just catching up with this one but Oh am I glad I did. It's beautiful. I have never seen a quilt like this before. It's such a lovely pink piece of applique. It's so unique. I thought just two colours might be boring but this is definitely not the case. What a great quilt for your collection.
Thank you so much! It is a great one! I am recording another Lessons from an Old Quilt episode today featuring another quilt from this maker. Can't wait to share!
I owe you an email! 🤦🏻♀️
Oh Kris, what a treasure ! Congratulations - Thank you for sharing your beautiful find
My pleasure! I am so happy you liked this! I love sharing these old beauties. ❤️
Oh love the pink.
Isn't it great? I love it, too! And the binding and backing pinks compliment it so well!
So worth it! I am in love with it too! Thank you for sharing!
You are so welcome! 🥰
I love the color of this quilt
That pink just makes me happy. Love it, too! 🥰
Oh I luv that quilt I always wanted to make one that is beautiful
Isn't it beautiful? I just had to share this one! So glad you like this. ❤️
Beautiful quilt! I’ve become a fan of pieced backs. Using up fabric from the top is minimizing my scrap pile
That is so true! ❤️
Great looking quilt, you got a deal, really
Isn’t it a beauty? I would have paid more. 😀
I love when you do these
So happy to hear this! I have many more to come. 🥰
Thanks Thanks again for sharing it was beautiful .
My pleasure! So happy you enjoyed this! ❤️
I’ve started a Hawaii quilt but taking me forever you have inspired me to keep going😊
Yay! I love that! Glad this inspired you! Thank you for sharing! ❤️
Agree with your decision to add a label; it will add meaning to the quilt and honor the maker. I’ve been doing that for my mother’s quilts, both made and collected as well as my own. Bravo, Chris!
Also, my last quilt had a fussy pieced backing, but it was a little short for the long armer so I added extra fabric of the same designer and color but a different design. I’ve been determined to use up stash and didn’t regret for a moment the extra border to the top which caused me to run short on the backing fabric. Result? About an inch or so of the other backing fabric on the final bound quilt. Regrets? No! I am more than pleased with the final result. Extra fabric back from long armer became the binding. As you said this ‘variation’ adds personality to the quilt. ❤
Oh, I love that you are honoring your mother by labeling her quilts! ❤️
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with a pieced binding, too! We need to normalize this more, don't we? 🥰
I went right to your blog! Thanks Kris. What a treasure you have. ❤. I could watch your “lessons” all day
Oh, you are so sweet! Thank you! I love making these videos. I have so many more quilts to share, too!
@@SewtheDistance yippppeeee
Wow wow wow.
My thoughts exactly! ❤️
So beautiful!
Thank you! Cheers! 🥰
A beautiful find😊
It really is a great one, isn't it?
It's beautiful.
It really is! 🥰
Magnificent!
Thanks so much for watching and enjoying this one, too! 🥰
Kris, I love your channel 😊
Oh, thank you so much! 🥰
Love, love, love it. I miss the islands and the wonderful heritage. You still got it for steal! Beautiful! And never, EVER be afraid to "Franken"piece! Wonderful things will happen. Thanks for sharing. ❤
Yay! Thank you so much! I was to Hawaii once. I would love to go back. I need to make one of these beauties now! Thank you so much for sharing and for watching! 🥰
Gorgeous!!!!
Love this one, too! 😍 Thank you for watching!
That quilt is a stunner. What a treasure and I would have paid that price for sure. Worth every penny. The hours of dedicated work that went into all that hand stitching is truly amazing. Love it!!
I totally agree! It is a great one! Thanks so much for watching and sharing!
Worth it! Wow!!
Yes! I wouldn't have paid even more. 😀
This is amazing!
It's a great one! Had to share! ❤️
What a very beautiful and sweet quilt. So glad you are adding the maker's information to the label.
It is so wonderful. I hope many generations to come will love this one, too.
What steal! I love Hawaiian quilts? And yes I do believe they usually are two colors. Do you think it is old or newer? Yes $110.00 is a deal nice job
I think so, too! I am not completely sure of the age. According to her nephew, he believes she made this one in the 1950s or 1960s, but he couldn't remember. It is tough to tell. Gingham was popular in the 1940s and is still popular today, so that doesn't help. She passed away a few years ago and she was 100 years old. She quilted until a few years before that, according to her family. I think it is older, however. I wish I knew before. ❤️
Oh my goodness--just lovely! My fav parts: excellent hand quilting (way outta my league), adorable gingham binding, and delicious soft blush backing. All wonderful. As for the pieced binding, perfectly fine, and even kind of special. When i see these little idiosyncrasies, iknow this is handmade by an individual maker, and very likely real vintage.
There are a lot of imported quilts for sale made to look just like real antique/ vintage quilts. And I have no problem with these imported repros, but I like my vintage quilts to be real old time travelers. So I LOVE details like pieced backings and other little idiosyncrasies.
Thank you, Kris, for sharing. May this darling old quilt stay with you for decades to come!
Thank you so much for watching and loving this one as much as I do. It helps to have information about the maker, too. It will be loved and cherished. ❤️
I just love this pink and white quilt you found a gem. I am always in awe of the Hawaiian quilts they are so beautiful thanks for sharing💞
You are so welcome! So happy you love this! Thank you for watching!
That is a gorgeous quilt Kris. Thank you for sharing your great find. Worth every penny you paid.
It really is! Thank you so much for watching! ❤️
Oh this is such a beauty. I think you got a good deal with the price, Kris.
I’d love to see you create a book of all the quilts you’ve examined and repaired or repurposed. It would be a lovely way to further preserve what you’ve found.
Thank you so much! ❤️
Love that idea! in the meantime, I hope the videos and blog help keep the makers' legacies alive, too. but a book--interesting idea! ❤️ Thank you!
Beautiful quilt. My fingers hurt just from looking at all that hand quilting!
😀 Can you imagine? 😀
Wow, that quilt is gorgeous! I think you still got it for a song. It's difficult to make a quilt for less than that with quality materials.
That's true! It really is! I think I am a bit spoiled since I usually pay less than $50 for vintage quilts and oftentimes less than $20 around here. I would have paid more for this one, however! It is a stunner!
@SewtheDistance That's about what I have paid in NY I once had to borrow $$ from hubs at an antique show ! It was an allover applique kit quilt called Mystery Rose ! So very nicely done ! I would put it on my bed but I have a cat ! My oldest wants it but she has 4 cats! Lol ! 😊
LOL! I understand that! 🥰
Very pretty! The back might have been darker pink and the color faded everywhere except the seams too.
Oh, that could be it! Good thought! Thank you!
Really beautiful quilt! Love all the choices the quilter made.
Yes! Me, too! Especially that gingham. Thanks so much for watching and sharing!
Definitely a treasure. Love the quilt!! Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure! ❤️ Thank you, as always, for watching. You are so sweet! ❤️
That quilt is such a joy!!!🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸
I agree! It is a beauty! ❤️
Thanks for sharing. I love learning about older quilts/quilting.
You are so welcome! ❤️
I love the Hawaiian quilts.
Aren't they great? I love them, too!
Absolutely beautiful. What a treasure.
It will be treasure. Thanks so much for watching. ❤️
Awesome. I want to try my hand at hawaiian Moffitt and hand applique. I got several paper patterns I ordered from Hawaii just waiting for me to do. 😊
Love that! I want to make one now, too! ❤️
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🥰 Thank you!
I love this series! The quilt is spectacular! I’m glad you have some information on the maker! I have found several quilts at garage sales, estate sales and antique stores and wish I knew more about their history! Will you make a label of sorts to add to the quilt or just write up the information and keep it with the quilt? I’m trying to decide if I should label the quilts I have collected with the place where it was purchased or maybe the town? I’m not sure??? Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much! I am glad you love this series. I love making these videos, too.
I am going to label it with all the information, including her obituary. I love that I have the information.
In my opinion, any information you can give future generations will help. You just never know, right?
Thank you so much for watching and sharing!
OMG…the gingham binding.
I love the gingham, too! It may be my favorite part! Well, that and the colors, the quilting, the design 😀
Love your videos about old quilts! This quilt is magnificent!! Pink is my favorite color. I loved reading more on the blog about it. Did you find the quilt in PA? You have such amazing luck finding wonderful quilts. I am so happy that you are going to repair and label the quilt. Synthrapol might be able to take out the bleeding of the quilt. Can't wait for more quilts from this talented lady's collection!!
Thank you so much for watching, for your kind words, and for the wonderful tip! ❤️ So happy you love the videos and the blog. The blog is a great way for me to keep track, too. I wish I would have embraced blogging sooner. ❤️
When I started this series three and a half years ago, it truly was Divine intervention. I was on a prayer walk, knew I was leaving teaching, and God put this endeavor on my heart, including the name Lessons from an Old Quilt. I had a small antique/vintage quilt collection (about 20 quilts) and questioned this as a series because I didn't think I had enough quilts. He told me He would provide and He certainly did! They keep coming and coming and coming! I have over 100 in my collection now and every time I leave the house I seem to find old quilts! God certainly has a sense of humor! 🤣 These quilts seem to find me, one way or another.
Sorry about the long reply. 🥰 Thank you again for sharing and watching/reading.
@@SewtheDistanceOne dy I went to the area Flea market It was overcast and damp I only had $8 in my pocket and had promised not to bring home any stray quilts ! I figured a book or hanky was a possibility! I'd been missing my quilting grandma and feeling sad Out of nowhere this thought popped in my mind "May the bluebird of happiness fly up your nose"! Giggling I wentvin and found a huge table loaded with books! Under the table a bunch of rugs and sheets As I strolled around the books I stubbed my toe on a pile of sheetsI bent to push them out of the way and saw that 30's blue! Pushing sheets off I saw blue binding and the back of a quilt ! I pulled it out and it was a handquilted bluebird quilt ! Similar to a Redbird quilt made of blocks It was a little dirty but not in bad shape! Some stitches were loose and the French knots used for eyes needed replacing with sturdier colonial knots I said a prayer and asked the lady in charge " How much for the blanket " She said "Just gimme a dollar "! 😮 I said You got a deal ! You have to agree He does have a sense of humor and I know He loves me ! ❤
Oh, I love this so much! What a wonderful testimony of the love (and humor!) He has for us. Thank you for sharing. ❤️🥰❤️
When I started this journey, I only had about 20 quilts in my collection. I remember questioning it and telling God that I don't have enough. He said, "I will provide" and that He does! Early on, when I would get down to my final one or two quilts to review, all of a sudden one would either be given to me or would pop up at a yard sale or thrift shop. Amazing! Then it got to the point that they kept coming and coming, which speaks to His humor. I have SO many quilts now (well over 100--I am afraid to actually count), and they still just keep coming. People ask me all the time where I find all of these wonderful quilts, and I tell them that they find me. God sends them, and I am forever grateful. Bonus: we will never be cold! LOL!
@SewtheDistance LOL! I have to stay away from Flea markets and antique shows ! I've enough to do at my age and need to evaluate my conservatorship of these treasures! Someone took a lot of time using scraps, making do , and making lovely usable works of art ! I need to find new custodians for these darlings! First I will take pictures and have a collection in an album Its time !
Hi Kris! Another beautiful quilt, that has great impact with that repeat block. Love it! Can I ask, what do you do with your quilts, or how are they stored as a collection? I've heard about cedar wood chests to deter pests - I've seen the V&A roll them up and store them in huge drawers, but what are your thoughts on storing vintage quilts. My apologies if this has been asked and answered before. Thank you! 😊
I don't mind answering these questions at all, although I am not sure if my answers will be very helpful, but we will see!
I started collecting old quilts about 25 years ago and found most of the ones back then at flea markets. Up until 2020, I "only" had about 20 in my collection. When I decided I wanted to make a TH-cam channel, I was praying about it and asked God what I should do. The idea of Lessons from an Old Quilt is completely Divinely inspired. I never would have came up with this on my own. God is so good. One of my early apprehensions was that I wouldn't have enough quilts, and that I would only be able to make 20 videos, but God has a wonderful sense of humor. I would question this and He would tell me He would provide. Wow, did He ever! I now have well over 100 old quilts in my collection and whenever I get low, more appear in my path, either at thrift shops, yard sales, auctions, or even friends just dropping them off. All the praise goes to the Good Lord on this one!
As for storing--I have them EVERYWHERE in my house--folded on bookshelves, under beds, on beds, in closest, on ladders--everywhere. 😆
I hope this helps answer some questions! Let me know if you are interested in more information. Happy to answer any questions you may have.
Kris, It looks like the shadow of the seams on the backing are a darker pink? Could the backing have originally been a darker pink? Thanks for sharing.
Oh, that could be it! Maybe that's it! Thank you!
Beautiful quilt. I wonder if Retro Clean would work on the stains. I’ve never tried it though.
I can try that. Thanks so much for the suggestion!
Kris, What is the age of this quilt? It is really lovely. Thanks for sharing!
Great question! I write a little bit more about this in my blog, but I can give you the summary. I just don't know. 😀 Gingham became popular in the 1940s or so and is still popular today, so that doesn't help. Same with solids. My gut tells me it is from the 1960s, but honestly, I just don't know. Wish I could help more!
What color thread was used to seam the backing? Maybe the thread was pink...and the dye from the thread was what caused the bleeding?
Oh, that's a great thought. It appears to be white thread, but it could have been pink originally. I wonder if that is it? Thank you for this idea! I love trying to figure this stuff out.
@@SewtheDistanceThe backing could have been home dyed At a later date someone used detergent and caused it to fade ? I've seen it occasionally snd I noticed the other fabrics were a better quality It doesn't look bad to me considering it's the back of the quilt If it was mine I'd leave it be No harm no foul ! 🎉
Oh, that could be it! Great point! Thank you!
I think you got a deal on that quilt
I think so, too! It was a bit out of my normal budget, but I would have paid even more if I had to! 🥰
I love your videos, and your channel. But, IMO, there is nothing remotely inspired by Hawaiian quilting about this lovely vintage quilt, except it is two colors, that is all, and while there generally no Hawaiian quilt police, there are those current resident experts that might be able to help identify this. Send pics to Cissy at Poakalani, or even some others, like Pat Garlangton. Go to the library at Waimea where they house over 450 patterns and ask. It is always possible someone took serious creative license with the concept of traditional Hawaiian needle turn applique and made this quilt, but I would really love to hear the story...respectfully, I disagree with the identification of this one.
Thank you so much for the love and insight on this one. I really do appreciate it. ❤️
When I started writing the outline for this video, I originally called it a Hawaiian-Inspired quilt, but after doing extensive research, I realize this does, in fact, meet the criterion of a Hawaiian quilt design, at least from what I have learned. According to what I have read, there are five basic characteristics present in a Hawaiian quilt:
1. Two contrasting fabrics (bright and light)
2. One-piece appliqué motif
3. A radially symmetrical appliqué design to the eighth (I think this fits, but I am terrible with math! 😀)
4. Quilting: Echo Style
5. Inspired by nature or something important in the maker's life
After doing this research and then finding a similar design called "Hawaiian Quilt Appliqué" in a few of my antique quilt resource books, I felt confident in calling it a Hawaiian quilt. That said, I could still be wrong and am in no way an expert in this field. I will definitely keep digging and educating myself on this. I appreciate the help in this endeavor. I would never want to offer bad or incorrect information. Please know I do my best of offer the most accurate information I can, and I would never want to give any misinformation or, worse yet, misrepresent another culture's heritage. ❤️