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Hawaiian Quilt Block Tutorial Free Pattern

EASY FREE Pattern Hawaiian Quilt Block Tutorial and Video

Hawaiian Quilt Block Tutorial Free Pattern

Hawaiian Quilt Block Tutorial Free Pattern is finally available!   I’m EXCITED to share this!

Quilting on the Beach Retreat

FIRST THOUGH… !  I will be an instructor in Hawaii on the Big Island at Quilting on the Beach February 2 – 9, 2019!  I will be teaching the Live Well Live Strong Quilt all day February 4th!  I hope you can come and enjoy the spirit of quilting in Hawaii along with numerous other classes offered!  If you can’t join me in Hawaii, we will have a virtual sew along around the globe that will start February 1, so purchase and download your pattern NOW!

Live Well Live Strong Quilt Pattern

The Quilting on the Beach features six days of classes (with multiple offerings to choose from each day), quilting-themed bus tours, evening events and lectures, a luau, a quilt show, a Show and Tell Dinner, and more. Our retreats are always “a-la-carte” so that you can customize your quilting experience in Kona, Hawaii.  Imagine – enjoying incredible quilting classes and more in paradise!!!

Have you been curious about Hawaiian Quilting?  Let me share a few things that I have learned!

Hawaiian Hotel with Quilts on Display

Quilting was introduced to the Hawaiian people in the 1820’s when missionaries visited the island.  It was at this time that Cotton fabric was introduced to the Hawaiian people.

Hawaiian Red Applique Quilt on Display

Hawaiian natives used their customs and nature to inspire their quilt designs.  Quilts tended to have symmetrical medallion centers that would be appliqued from a whole cloth to a background of a whole cloth.  Solid bright fabrics are very traditional as the quilt shown above with the red and white.

Hawaiian Yellow Flower for quilt inspiration

You can see how the nature is reflected in their applique patterns & designs.

Enjoying a Quilty Sunset in Hawaii

Hawaii inspires me all the way from the nature, culture and quilting.  Here I am enjoying a Hawaiian sunset while reading about Hawaiian quilting.  Think of Hawaiian Quilting as a folded paper snowflake that will last forever and become an heirloom.

Hawaiian Applique Supplies Needed

You can see supplies I used to make a Hawaiian Applique Throw Pillow in the photo above.  I recommend starting with a small project when learning the applique technique.  Above you will see Gingher scissors that are necessary to cut through 8 layers of fabric accurately at once.  A stapler can be used to hold your fabric layers securely together.  Pencil and the 1/8 pattern is used to trace the pattern to the fabric.  Of course an iron and pins are needed too. Optionally, we used Sue Daley Glue too.  Download your free pattern HERE.  Print off the triangular shaped pattern and cut it out.

Hawaiian Applique Pillow Fold Fabric in Eighths

You will be working with 16 inch squares of fabric.  A red one for the top of the quilted pillow applique and white 16 inch square for the background of the pillow.  The pattern we are using is a 1/8 quilt pattern.  We will fold our white and red fabric into 1/8ths.  We fold our background fabric so we have confidence we are laying out our red fabric correctly.

Hawaiian Applique Place Cut Fabric on Background

We fold our red fabric into a 1/8th triangle.  The pattern that we printed off is now cut out and possibly traced to a thicker piece of cardstock.  Using a pencil trace the design to the fabric paying attention to the fold lines.  You can pin or staple your fabric together in preparation to cut out with very sharp scissors.  We are using Gingher Scissors for this project as it will maintain a good consistent cut through all folded eight layers of the fabric.  We are using Sue Daley glue to apply our fabrics together.

Hawaiian Applieque Pin or Glue down pattern

Unfold your cut out design, then pin or glue to the white background fabric leaving a space to turn your applique edge.

You will learn a tremendous amount of information from Karen (that runs Quilting on the Beach Retreat) at the BRAND NEW Hawaiian Quilt Museum!

To learn how needle turn hand applique used to finish your Hawaiian quilt block watch this live video below for additional instructions.

 

Aloha!  and Lots of Love!  Please join me in Hawaii! I would love to play with all of YOU!

Deanna Wall Stitches Quilting Stitching Through LifeDeanna Wall Stitches Quilting TutorialsStitches Quilting Online Store

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Bunting Banner Tutorial with the Cricut Maker

Bunting Banner Tutorial with the Cricut Maker

This holiday bunting banner tutorial is simple to make, cut by hand or with a Cricut machine!  Free pattern and tutorial available with SVG cutting files.

Here is what this Valentine Bunting Banner looks like when in Cricut’s Design Space ready to cut on the Cricut.  I used the Cricut Maker to cut the fabric used in this Valentine Bunting Banner.  Below is listed all of the supplies that I used and where they are available for sale in Stitches Quilting online store.  Remember Cricut’s Design Space is free to use on your computer or as an APP on your portable handheld devices.  Make a free Cricut account at www.cricut.com and click on the upper right hand corner to access Cricut Design Space.

Valentine Love Bunting Banner Cricut Design Space LinkClick here for a direct link to Cricut Design Space LOVE Valentine Bunting Banner Cricut SVG file. All images in the cut designs are free except the font used is from a Cricut Access Membership.  If you plan to cut the bunting out by hand with scissors or a rotary cutter download the full instructions and cut files here.

Cut the Riley Blake Lost and Found Fabric in 12 inch strips or 12 inch square to get the fabric ready to place on the Cricut FabricGrip Cutting Mat.  The sample was made with 3 different fabrics; of course you can customize your bunting to be any color combination!   The letters were cut with Osnaberg Roclon Natural Fabric that has a bit of texture.  Of course you could cut this entire project out of any substrate even felt or paper!  Let your imagination crawl with the possibilities.  What ideas do you have?

Riley Blake Bunting Fabric to cut with Cricut Maker

 

 

 

 

After cutting the fabric on the Cricut Maker the six bunting pieces will look like this.  Examine the clean precise cuts!

Valentine Fabric Bunting Pieces Cut Out

 

Cut 7.5 inch length of 3.5 inch wide Jute Webbing for each bunting needed on your banner.  The Valentine Love Bunting Banner above needs six 7.5 inch strips cut.  After cutting the strips to length mirror the triangular cut on the fabric so it is consistent with the Jute Webbing.

Cut the webbing with Valentine bunting fabric

Valentine Bunting Jute Webbing Strips

Iron on the L-O-V-E letters and heart to the fabric with the Cricut Easy Press. Of course you can use any word expression other than “love” for your Valentine Bunting.  Personalize it and make it yours.

Cricut EasyPress with Valentine Bunting

 

Layer the fabric bunt over the 3.5 inch jute webbing and secure with stitching or hot glue.  I actually sewed the fabric to the top of the jute webbing.

Cricut Maker Sew Valentine Bunting Banner

To assemble the bunting, I used 2 yards of a wired fabric ribbon. Find the center point of the ribbon and start arranging each bunting 2 inches apart. The bunting could be sewn to the ribbon or hot glued. This could be a sewing or no sew project of course!

 

Bunting Banner Supplies Needed:

2 yards of ribbon

3.5 inch Jute Webbing1.5 yards – 3.5 inch Red Jute Webbing at Stitches Quilting Online Store

 

 

 

 

 


Lost and Found Red Polka Riley Blake FabricLost and Found Red Circles Riley Blake Fabricsparkle lost found red damaskHalf a yard each – Riley Blake My Minds Eye Lost and Fabric Fabric at Stitches Quilting Online Store

 

 

 

 

 

 Half a yard – Roclon Osnaberg Natural Fabric at Stitches Quilting Online Store

 

 

 

 

Please share what you have made with this Fabric Bunting Tutorial in our Cricut Maker Quilt and Sew Facebook Group.  If you are not already a member, its is completely FREE.  We would love to have you join us!  Let’s inspire each other and create together.   Comment below with ideas or questions you might have, we are here to help.

To make sure you don’t miss out on any other tutorials, be sure to subscribe to the Stitches Quilting Newsletter and let’s get social on Facebook or Instagram! Can’t wait to see you soon!

Wishing you lots of love!  XOXO, Deanna

Deanna Wall Stitches Quilting Stitching Through Life

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all genuinely mine.


 

 

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