"Hawaiian Dreams"

I’d been wanting to make a quilt with a Hawaiian theme. While I do have some other Hawaiian fabrics, I used this opportunity to go ahead and do it!

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This is number 33 in my upcycled blues series. While it contains many other colors besides blue, all the fabrics are upcycleds. I had to spend a while collecting these nice bold colors needed to go with the Hawaiian shirts I found!

 
 
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I wanted to leave the floral section of the shirts large because I love these large bold florals. So I did.

 
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I was struggling with the wind here and didn’t have the patience to get a really good picture of the back - I mean I didn’t have the patience for the wind to die down.

I was struggling with the wind here and didn’t have the patience to get a really good picture of the back - I mean I didn’t have the patience for the wind to die down.

The backing had to be compiled - from various second hand fabrics I had. Most of these were actually leftover partial backings - that’s why they were such narrow strips.

 

The florals are amazing - I love these designs. I guess my Floridian roots are showing! (I was born in FL and my mom is in FL, etc.)

 
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Of course I “fussy cut” these prints to get the section of the shirt I wanted.

This one was a long time coming. For some reason I didn’t want to actually make the top - so it was one of the last one of the upcycled blues series I finished up. Then I decided to not wait so long to actually finish it up.

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Because the design is actually simple, it may be boring to look at. However, the beautiful florals keep me interested!

 

Now that I am finished with it, I am smitten. Maybe I’ll put it on our bed for a while!

I have updated the pattern with a new picture and it is on the free patterns page. I also updated the picture in the upcycled blues series page on the website.

I hope someone can use the pattern!


The quilt roll!

The quilt roll!

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And this is one of the things that’s been keeping me busy!

Have a great day wherever you are reading this!


Be sure to check out what my sis has for you in the store!



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