Puuleileihua

Puuleileihua (pooh-uh-lay-lay-who-ah) is butterfly in Hawaiian. I still need to cut the other two borders and sew them on. They will in turn get scalloped and after the quilting is done, cut and bound. I have been working on this since 1991! I took a class, sewed all the antennae on the blocks and I think completed one block, sewed and turned the wing and body parts for nine blocks and didn't touch till a couple months ago. Cut three more blocks and more body parts and this is where I am so far. Was going to give to Victoria, but the red clay on Kauai...not such a good idea plus it wouldn't really be big enough for her. So, like I posted below, she gets a light blue background. The scarry thing is her dad, Mikko, he just uses the heck out of the quilts I make him...he says, well mom, just "whip out another one". I am a bit slower these days, my days of just whipping out a quilt, or a couple pair of walk shorts or a few aloha shirts in a day are long gone. Every hand dye and print is different. They are delicate oriental prints and I wish I had bought more. It is hard to find small oriental or tropical prints. Maybe it is time to put in a call to the Kapaia Stitchery on Kauai....