Hello, I have suddenly been pulled/called to work on hawaiian quilts. Your three videos found me very well. I have started my first quilt (a plumeria) and am enjoying the process so much (I finally made it to the quilting phase). I love how you said to have Aloha in your heart, I had to do some research and learn what exactly does aloha mean? And I came to find it's a whole lifestyle. It also lead me to Ho-aponopono which has been incredibly good for my state of mind. Thank you for sharing these gifts, they are far reaching.
Thank you, Cissy, for making Hawaiian quilting so approachable. I have admired the quilts for decades. You have made both needle turn and echo quilting methodical.
My great grandma was an amazing applique quilter. I'm trying to learn to fix one of her gorgeous quilts and make my own for future children. This helps a lot! She also only sewed at the end of the night when she was watching television or in between reading, and she, indeed, sewed massive quilts only dedicating seemingly small amounts of time. She passed away when I was little, and I inherited most of her quilts. I look at the stitches and think about how much love she put into every single stitch. ♥️
I am so happy to have found you! You have certainly inspired me to make a Hawaiian quilt. As a quilter, and one who LOVES applique, I have wanted to do it for so long for my daughters and their husbands (of Hawaiian heritage). Thank you, thank you! You are a wonderful teacher!
oooh! This! This is what I was looking for. Thank you for your tutorials. The typical quilting patterns are so geometric and though very nice, they lack the organic look and feel wanted. This looks and feels like a real flower. I'm definitely going to try this out.
This was a wonderful series of 3 tutorials. Thank you! I have had Hawaiian Applique quilts on my "to-do list" for a few years now. Finally ready to give them a try and I am so glad I found your website and RUclips channel.
Oh, you have made quilting a Hawaiian design so interesting. I have got to try it at least once. I do traditional quilting but have always wanted to try this. Please continue with your tutorials.
Thank you for this series. I have a dear cousin who travels to Hawaii for 6 weeks every year. She loves the beautiful scenery and the wonderful people. Right now she is ill and I'd love to make her a Hawaiian pillow for comfort. So much information here and so clearly presented! Again, thank you.
Kia ora. I had a Cook Is friend when I was young. I was always in awe of their quilts. I purchased a book on HawIian quilting a few years back and was quite daunted by it so never started one. You have inspired me. So I thank you for your easy to follow instructions.
Thank you so much for these three tutorials! What a blessing your gift of teaching is! I am so glad that you have cultivated this passion for quilting and made your teaching so easy to follow with all of the steps that you gave, and your sweet spirit of aloha. Thank you so much for the gift of the patterns as well as your time. I have always admired Hawaiian quilts and I am thrilled to think that I am going to put this on my list of quilts to do this year. Blessings to you!
I really liked your presentation on how to do hand quilting. I have a couple of friends who are wanting to learn to do hand quilting. I sent them your video because having you there by their side all the time for reference will make their experience more enjoyable. Of course I’m there to help them when they need it but I have learned some tips on how to help them if they should ask me. I’m self taughtI.And I love watching these videos to enhance my own quilting skills. I really like your quilts and I think I might start a Hawaiian quilt myself. Been thinking thinking about itFor a long time. This is motivating thank you very much for posting your video
What a wonderful gift in these 3 videos you've given us. and now I want to hand quilt, but I just finished up one. Sigh. Oh well back to stitching so I have another.Thank-you again.
Aloha! Thank you for your videos. I watched them all after I saw you on Karen's Quilt Circle. I loved your interview. I've always wanted to learn Hawaiian quilting and your teaching might just help me do that!. Thank you :)
I just found your videos. WOW what beautiful works of art!!! I love your very calm and soothing voice. You have shown the techniques in a very detailed way making this look very doable. Looking forward to more videos from you. Aloha.
I watched you on @justgetitdonequilts thank you so much for this tutorial! I can't wait to try one. I hope to see more videos in the future. Happy quilting🧵
Thoroughly enjoyed your video. It was quite helpful. I have applique’d many of the cushion tops that I will eventually sew together as blocks for a quilt. I have tried to quilt a cushion top, but not with the method you show. I also have a 45-inch top with an applique’s outer border. The applique is very enjoyable and relaxing.
Thank you for sharing your videos. They are so informative. Every detail is explained. I bought a laser cut design during my last visit to Hawaii and I think I’m ready to tackle the wall hanging.
You are such a good teacher, thank you. I do have a question. When placing design of a light color onto background of a dark color, how do you avoid the background showing "shadowing" through the design?
I love your tutorials, and I’m ready to quilt my first Hawaiian quilt wall hanging, I’m wondering if a hoop is necessary? Or can it be stitched without one? The one I’m working on is 45 x 45.
Your interview on Karen’s Quilting Circle was so inspiring! I felt very motivated and watched your first video right after. Thank you for your videos!! I started the pillow top the next day. I will be starting the hand quilting, as shown in this video, next. Would you be able to post a video of how to turn the finished piece into a pillow? I purchased a 22” x 22” pillow insert for this purpose. Thank you again!
I am trying to find a video that shows how to attach the back part of the pillow & the binding. I am making a Hawaiian quilted pillow to surprise a makua hānai who takes in many hanai on her own dime. She mentioned that she loves the pillows I made in the past, but it's been a while & I don't remember how I attached the back & binding. I kind of do, but since this is for someone else, I want to make sure it's perfect. Can you please direct me to a video that shows how to attach the back & the binding? Mahalo nui loa!!
I enjoyed this series very much, thank you, can't wait start on a little quilt, is there a specific type of fabric that is used, that i should look for, or does it matter, specifically used in Hawaiian quilt if you want to be as authentic as possible?
Hi, I cut out the design and it doesn't look like yours, my cut came out smaller. It looks like yours is bigger, the leaves look bigger? HELP Thank you
For beginners I recommend a leather thimble to start with because you still can feel the needle and get comfortable wearing a thimble. For myself I use my nail, after years of teaching I found I'm more comfortable using the tip of my nail but you need to be careful one slip and the needle could slip under your nail.
Beautifully done kia Orana from the Cook Islands
Watched all three! Excellent series, thank you!
Hello,
I have suddenly been pulled/called to work on hawaiian quilts. Your three videos found me very well. I have started my first quilt (a plumeria) and am enjoying the process so much (I finally made it to the quilting phase). I love how you said to have Aloha in your heart, I had to do some research and learn what exactly does aloha mean? And I came to find it's a whole lifestyle. It also lead me to Ho-aponopono which has been incredibly good for my state of mind. Thank you for sharing these gifts, they are far reaching.
Thank you, Cissy, for making Hawaiian quilting so approachable. I have admired the quilts for decades. You have made both needle turn and echo quilting methodical.
Mahalo Susan it's not difficult to learn you just need patience and I love the way it can be very meditative.
My great grandma was an amazing applique quilter. I'm trying to learn to fix one of her gorgeous quilts and make my own for future children. This helps a lot! She also only sewed at the end of the night when she was watching television or in between reading, and she, indeed, sewed massive quilts only dedicating seemingly small amounts of time. She passed away when I was little, and I inherited most of her quilts. I look at the stitches and think about how much love she put into every single stitch. ♥️
Well said. Hawaiian quilts are pure love handed down through generations to remember and tell a story.
I am so happy to have found you! You have certainly inspired me to make a Hawaiian quilt. As a quilter, and one who LOVES applique, I have wanted to do it for so long for my daughters and their husbands (of Hawaiian heritage). Thank you, thank you! You are a wonderful teacher!
I’m a beginner Hawaiian quilter, and I really appreciate your patience and step by step guides. These are very helpful! Mahalo! Kaia from Minnesota
oooh! This! This is what I was looking for. Thank you for your tutorials. The typical quilting patterns are so geometric and though very nice, they lack the organic look and feel wanted. This looks and feels like a real flower. I'm definitely going to try this out.
This was a wonderful series of 3 tutorials. Thank you! I have had Hawaiian Applique quilts on my "to-do list" for a few years now. Finally ready to give them a try and I am so glad I found your website and RUclips channel.
Just bought the designs book from Ben Franklin, cant wait to start aunty!
Thank you for making it so simple to understand. I just finished my second Hawaiian square. I am getting better with the appliqué each one I do.
Oh, you have made quilting a Hawaiian design so interesting. I have got to try it at least once. I do traditional quilting but have always wanted to try this. Please continue with your tutorials.
You have a gift for teaching. I have always wanted to learn this form of quilting. Mahalo Sissy
Thank you for this series. I have a dear cousin who travels to Hawaii for 6 weeks every year. She loves the beautiful scenery and the wonderful people. Right now she is ill and I'd love to make her a Hawaiian pillow for comfort. So much information here and so clearly presented! Again, thank you.
Very pretty, thank you for your help 😊
Kia ora. I had a Cook Is friend when I was young. I was always in awe of their quilts. I purchased a book on HawIian quilting a few years back and was quite daunted by it so never started one. You have inspired me. So I thank you for your easy to follow instructions.
Wow! Great video!! 💕
You’re a Great teacher!!
I love the way you teach! I am going to try my hand at Hawaiian quilting and use your breadfruit/ulu pattern. Please, pretty please, make more videos!
I enjoyed your interview with Karen Brown and so I viewed your tutorial videos. You make excellent and inspiring videos. Aloha.
Thank you so much for these three tutorials! What a blessing your gift of teaching is! I am so glad that you have cultivated this passion for quilting and made your teaching so easy to follow with all of the steps that you gave, and your sweet spirit of aloha. Thank you so much for the gift of the patterns as well as your time. I have always admired Hawaiian quilts and I am thrilled to think that I am going to put this on my list of quilts to do this year. Blessings to you!
Mahalo Helen for your kind words of Aloha
My family called me Cissie. Nice to meet another one.
These 3 videos were amazingly helpful. I can't wait to get started!
Thank you so much for this series. Please, please continue!!
Mahalo Mahalo Mahalo...I have been wanting to learn and your step by step instructions is easy to follow ❤️
Thank you very much for this series!!! My first Hawaiian quilt will be made and dedicated in memory of my uncle who used to live in Hawaii.
Every Quilt tells a story. 🙂
I’m very inspired by you! Your work is beautiful.
This is the best instructions for hand quilting I have ever seen thank you so much.
Thank you Cissy!! I have really enjoyed this. Am looking forward to seeing more of you and learning so much more...
I really liked your presentation on how to do hand quilting. I have a couple of friends who are wanting to learn to do hand quilting. I sent them your video because having you there by their side all the time for reference will make their experience more enjoyable. Of course I’m there to help them when they need it but I have learned some tips on how to help them if they should ask me. I’m self taughtI.And I love watching these videos to enhance my own quilting skills. I really like your quilts and I think I might start a Hawaiian quilt myself. Been thinking thinking about itFor a long time. This is motivating thank you very much for posting your video
This is beautiful
You are fantastic! Loved these 3 lessons!
You make this look so easy! Thank you for your calm, happy manner of teaching.
What a wonderful gift in these 3 videos you've given us. and now I want to hand quilt, but I just finished up one. Sigh. Oh well back to stitching so I have another.Thank-you again.
Hope you are going to make more videos 😊
Aloha! Thank you for your videos. I watched them all after I saw you on Karen's Quilt Circle. I loved your interview. I've always wanted to learn Hawaiian quilting and your teaching might just help me do that!. Thank you :)
What do you mean with "always quilt with aloha"? In my very minimal understanding, aloha is "hello" and "goodbye"?
Fantastic video. Thank you so much for sharing your family traditions with us.
I just found your videos. WOW what beautiful works of art!!! I love your very calm and soothing voice. You have shown the techniques in a very detailed way making this look very doable. Looking forward to more videos from you. Aloha.
Thank you so much. I learned so much. I can now make the pillow I bought in Hawaii years ago.
Thank you so much. You are a wonderful teacher. Mahalo!
Oh my gosh, you read my mind on marking pens! Haha! Thank you for this! I feel like I can quilt the Hawaiian top I made (pillow size! 😂 )
Thank ;You so much! I can't wait to get started! I have always wanted to do this! You are a Wonderful teacher!
I watched you on @justgetitdonequilts thank you so much for this tutorial! I can't wait to try one. I hope to see more videos in the future. Happy quilting🧵
Excellent instruction! Thank you so much. Beautiful work. Mahalo!
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I hope you do one on binding.
Thank you for this series! Please keep doing videos, I subscribed and am looking forward to the next one! Love from Texas!
Thoroughly enjoyed your video. It was quite helpful. I have applique’d many of the cushion tops that I will eventually sew together as blocks for a quilt. I have tried to quilt a cushion top, but not with the method you show. I also have a 45-inch top with an applique’s outer border. The applique is very enjoyable and relaxing.
Thank you so much for posting these videos! I can’t wait to get home today & start quilting! Mahalo nui loa ❤️
Thank you for sharing your videos. They are so informative. Every detail is explained. I bought a laser cut design during my last visit to Hawaii and I think I’m ready to tackle the wall hanging.
Thank you for your expertise. I have all the books, but your videos are the best.
Mahalo for your insight and mana,You are so sweet
Mahalo Cissy !! So happy to learn from You!!
thank you for your video i made a pillow long long time ago wanted to teach my friend you make it so easy thank you going to make one again
Thank you for the lessons. Your work is lovely. I'm excited to try this technique.
Thanks for this. I loved changing pace to hand piecing so I’m looking forward to doing this. Love from Australia 🇦🇺
Aloha Kimberley from Australia I hope you enjoy it.
I enjoyed your videos very much and hope you post again.
Yay!! you’re back!! I’m working on my Hawaiian quilt “pillow”. Thank you! for posting this
2021 was a very difficult year and I'm slowly getting back to sharing my ohana's traditions. Please share your finished Hawaiian quilt when done.
Thank you so much for sharing. You make it sound so easy. Can't wait to start.
This is perfect. This is my first quilt and I am not sure of the design for the echo quilting on the focus fabric.
Very informative. Answered a lot of questions I had. Thank you!
Wonderful video!
You are such a good teacher, thank you. I do have a question. When placing design of a light color onto background of a dark color, how do you avoid the background showing "shadowing" through the design?
Aloha Monica when sewing a light color to a darker fabric your darker color will sometimes show thru so choosing your colors is very important.
Love it thank you🥰
Do you have a video doing the binding around the quilt
I love your tutorials, and I’m ready to quilt my first Hawaiian quilt wall hanging, I’m wondering if a hoop is necessary? Or can it be stitched without one? The one I’m working on is 45 x 45.
i need confidence and time!
Your interview on Karen’s Quilting Circle was so inspiring! I felt very motivated and watched your first video right after. Thank you for your videos!! I started the pillow top the next day. I will be starting the hand quilting, as shown in this video, next. Would you be able to post a video of how to turn the finished piece into a pillow? I purchased a 22” x 22” pillow insert for this purpose. Thank you again!
thank you i love you
I am trying to find a video that shows how to attach the back part of the pillow & the binding. I am making a Hawaiian quilted pillow to surprise a makua hānai who takes in many hanai on her own dime. She mentioned that she loves the pillows I made in the past, but it's been a while & I don't remember how I attached the back & binding. I kind of do, but since this is for someone else, I want to make sure it's perfect. Can you please direct me to a video that shows how to attach the back & the binding? Mahalo nui loa!!
I enjoyed this series very much, thank you, can't wait start on a little quilt, is there a specific type of fabric that is used, that i should look for, or does it matter, specifically used in Hawaiian quilt if you want to be as authentic as possible?
How could I use this process to make coasters? Is that even possible?
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Question: Did you change threads to match the background when you did the echo quilting on the outside of the appliqué? Or was it all blue?
I have question about basting , you say 1/4”
From edge but how long are the stitches and how far apart ??
Where do I find the pattern so I may print it?
Hi, I cut out the design and it doesn't look like yours, my cut came out smaller. It looks like yours is bigger, the leaves look bigger? HELP Thank you
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How many quilting stiches per inch for a beginner?
6-8 stitches is a great start for beginners.
What is your thimble?
For beginners I recommend a leather thimble to start with because you still can feel the needle and get comfortable wearing a thimble. For myself I use my nail, after years of teaching I found I'm more comfortable using the tip of my nail but you need to be careful one slip and the needle could slip under your nail.
Is it a single thread use or double?
Always use a single thread on your applique and quilting.
Thank you . I am looking forward to having a go. I live in the UK