Mauka to Makai: Hawaiian Quilts and the Ecology of the Islands thimbles and weave their own beautiful

and weave their own beautiful band using an Inklette Loom

This indigo dyed overcoat features such delights as shibori prints

Thread (50 wt or finer)

Some of these quilt blocks are over 100 years old

iron all fabrics in advance to avoid shrinkage and color bleeding

Mauka to Makai: Hawaiian Quilts and the Ecology of the Islands thimbles and weave their own beautifulExploring the intimate relationship between Hawaiian quilts, post colonialism and ecological disaster, research curator Marenka Thompson Odlum traverses Hawaii through the Poakalani quilting group and fifteen extraordinary quilts, newly commissioned by Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. The ahupuaa is an ancient land division system extending from the highest regions of Hawaiis uplands (mauka) to the ocean (makai) representative of the Hawaiian