Hawaiian Quilting is a style unique to the islands, featuring “echo” quilting lines throughout the design, though different details can be stitched to highlight different parts of the pattern. This class will be an introduction to Hawaiian Quilting techniques, as well as a discussion of the important role quilting has played in Hawaiian history and culture. In this class, students will create an 18″x18″ piece that can be made into a pillow or a wall hanging. The workshop will include the first part of the process, which is needle-turn appliquéing the pattern fabric to the background fabric, then the quilting process itself. Hawaiian quilting is all done by hand. It takes time and patience, but this allows the quilter to put their “mana” (their spirit) and their aloha into the quilt, whether it be something that beautifies their own home, or as a gift to someone.

Date
Friday, November 15, 2024

Time
3:30 pm-6:00 pm ET

Cost
$65 for the individual class, $300 for the series

*All sessions will be recorded. A link to the recording will be emailed to all those who register following the live session. This link is live for one month after the end of the series for you to watch at your convenience.

A materials kit for this series can be purchased here. Please note that this kit includes most but not all of the class materials suggested by each teacher. Suggested materials for this class can be found below.

Class Materials:

• 2 pieces of 20″x20″ fabric for the pattern and the background. 100% cotton preferred
• 1 20″x20″ piece of batting. Polyester low loft, cotton, or any preferred by student
• 1 20″x20″ piece of backing fabric…can be cotton or muslin
• Appliqué needle (Pat uses a straw needle #11 size)
• Quilting needle (Pat uses John James #10 size, or Clover Black Gold)
• Appliqué thread in same color as pattern fabric 
• Quilting thread in colors of pattern and background (Pat uses Gutterman or Dual Duty)
• Quilting hoop (Pat uses a 14″ wooden hoop)
• Optional: Thimble and rubber finger tips like those used by bank tellers
• Sharp scissors
• Pins

Our Teacher

Pat Gorelangton was born and raised in Hawaii, and except for living in Texas for 10 years, has lived there all her life. While working full-time in her family’s laundry business and raising 3 kids, Pat found that quilting gave her the “quiet time” she needed. She has been quilting for almost 40 years, and while she has made a number of patchwork quilts and dabbled in Baltimore album quilts and trapunto, her passion is Hawaiian quilting. Pat has been a member of the Poakalani Quilt Group for 17 years. One of Pat’s wall hangings is part of an exhibit at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, England, and the Auckland Museum in New Zealand recently acquired one of her king-size quilts. You can find more of Pat’s work on Instagram, or on the Poakalani website.