Linen Closet: Hawaiian Appliqué x 3

On a Roll- Multiplying the Appliquéd Panels  (2 of 3)

I found this appliqué process ingenious!

This pattern is Hana O Hawai´i (The Birth of Hawai´i) 

from The Hawaiian Quilt by Poakalani & John Serrao

After completing my pillow, I decided I really liked working smaller, portable projects and wanted to experiment more with this technique. In 2007, I created a tryptic wall hanging to display on a rod over a bed. (Note that in California, one doesn’t lightly put anything over one’s bed that could come crashing down in an earthquake while one sleeps- this rod is secured with wire to the wall brackets.)   

Once again, my mentors for technique were authors who shared their knowledge in their books and I'm sure there are nuances to this which I haven't perfected. But in a nut shell, one places a square of the top color on top of a square with the same dimensions for the background fabric. While they are together, one folds them in half and presses the crease, then folds in half again pressing the square you created. Finally, one folds the square on the diagonal from the center to the loose corners and presses the triangle. The result is that you have two pieces a fabric which, when separated have the exact same fold lines.

Pulling apart the two layers, the top is refolded for the triangle and is cut for the pattern in the same way children cut a folded piece of paper to create a snowflake. When the two pieces of fabric are put together again, you line up the creases, and your cut top is centered on its background. Brilliant!!!

This is a detail of the quilting which outlined the appliqué 

pieces in ever expanding lines :"echo quilting"