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Punch with Judy :: Patterns for Quilts, Clothes, Fashion Accessories, Toys, Home Decorating and Gifts :: Quilt & Wallhanging Patterns :: Keri Designs by Keri Duke
Keri Duke's history and tradition of Hawaiian Quilting
American missionaries brought many things to the Hawaiian Islands in the 1800's, not the least of which were the linens, fabrics, needles, thread and other sewing implements with which Hawaiian women were taught to sew. There are many theories of how Hawaiian Quilting started. One is that the art of Hawaiian appliqué originated with a woman who laid her sheets on the grass to dry them in the sun. When she came back to collect her laundry, a nearby tree cast its leafy shadows upon the sheets. Using the snowflake paper cutting technique she had learned from the missionaries, she folded her sheet into eighths, drew on the design and cut out the pattern. It was then appliquéd onto another sheet and quilted in the echo style, mimicking the waves lapping on the shores of the islands. Another theory is that Hawaiian quilting was developed from Baltimore Album style of quilting that missionaries brought with them from New England. It is still not known exactly how the traditional appliquéd Hawaiian quilt evolved.
Over the years, traditional Hawaiian quilt patterns have evolved to include many things that represent the islands: leaves, fruits, trees, flowers, plants and sometimes animals and fish. However, many traditional Hawaiian quilt designers do not incorporate animals, people or fish in their patterns, considering it strictly kapu or forbidden. Traditional designs are made with two solid color fabrics and quilted with white or off-white thread. By combining the Traditional Hawaiian Quilting style and the Baltimore Album Quilting Style, I have tried to take Hawaiian Quilting to a new level with these designs. My designs fit well within the style recently labelled Contemporary Hawaiian Quilting .
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Bird-of-Paradise - Keri Designs
The Bird-of-Paradise (Strelitzie Reginae) is widely planted throughout the tropics and subtropics. It is enjoyed for its spectacularly beautiful flowers that resemble the head of a bird with a crest of orange flowers and a blue head and bill - much like the actual New Guinea Birds-of-Paradise. ...
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Breadfruit - Ulu - Keri Designs
Ulu, or Breadfruit, was long ago spread throughout the Pacific Islands by voyaging Polynesians and is most like native to New Guinea or the Malay Peninsula. It is a beautiful tree growing up to 60 feet tall. Polynesians ate the fruit boiled, baked or dried and used the wood for surfboards, hula...
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Heliconia - Keri Designs
Heliconia is a genus of 200-300 species of large perennial herbs, mostly from Central and South America but with a few species native to the South Pacific (west to New Guinea). Heliconias are closely related to both bananas and bird-of-paradise plants. Some species grow only to 3 feet whilst ot...
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Hibiscus - Aloalo - Keri Designs
Hibiscus flowers are striking with their colourful petals and long staminate tube. Hawaii has many Hibiscus species, both native and introduced. Because of their large colourful flowers they have been widely planted as ornamentals and colours include red, pink, white and yellow. The rare yello...
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King Protea - Keri Designs
The diverse members of the Protea family (Proteaeae) are mostly native to South Africa or Western Australia. The University of Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station first brought about 50 species of Protea to the Kula area of Maui in the 1960's. Each bloom is not a single flower but a cluster ...
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Orchid - Okika - Keri Designs
The orchid family (Orchidaceae) is the largest plant family with about 30,000 species in an amazing variety of flower colours, sizes and shapes. Most of them are native to tropical rainforests, especially in the Americas and Asia. The Hawaiian Islands, because of their great isolation, have onl...
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Palm Trees for my Sister - Keri Designs
Hundreds of palm species from throughout the world are cultivated in Hawaii. The well-known coconut palm was brought to Hawaii by Polynesians and continues to be abundant in coastal areas. Native palm species (Pritchardia Genus) used to comprise an important part of Hawaii's lowland vegetation,...
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Pineapple - Hala-Kahiki - Keri Designs
Pineapple (Ananas Comusus in the Bromeliaceae or Pineapple family) is a fruit of the American tropics, discovered by Columbus in 1943 on the island of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean. It was brought to Hawaii in the late 1800's and by the early 1900's Hawaii supplied all of the world's pineapple. T...
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Plumeria - Melia - Keri Designs
Plumeria is a small tree in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae) with highly fragrant flowers native to tropical America, but planted throughout the world's tropical and subtropical regions. First brought to Hawaii in the 1860's, there are now seven species in red, pink, white and yellow flowered va...
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Water-Lilies for Jany - Keri Designs
The colourful lilies in gorgeous pinks, reds, blues and violets can be found floating on the surface of freshwater lakes and ponds. They are a distinctive family of plants (Nyphaceae) that grow throughout the world in the tropics and subtropics as well as the northern temperate zones. No member...
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