Postcards from Kauai ~

Postcards from Hawaii by Lisa Boyer

Here is my 'Postcards From Hawaii' quilt all laid out on my floor. Yesterday the dog kept walking through then would lay down and wag his tail...you get the idea. I purchased all the fabric from Kapaia Stitchery on the island of Kauai. Next all the sashing, sash posts and borders.

I cut each of the postcards 1/2" bigger on each side for a larger quilt. None were 'fussy cut'. I also increased the size of all the sashings by the same amount.  I figured that an 11 X 11 arrangement plus the borders would be the right size to cover and drape nicely over the bed. My goal, a quilt that will fit our eastern king sized bed.

Now to pick them up, label the rows and start stitching ~

Finished Friday ~

from my camera

from an iPhone

       I am playing around with different ways to photograph quilts and finished projects. I will keep trying....My charming husband measured my quilt then our bed and has suggested that if I add another column, an additional 4 fat quarters, it would fit our bed. Thanks hun! I thought I was finished.... 

       I really like how it turned out. This is a great pattern to highlight a selection of your favorite fabrics and it goes together faster than other quilts I have made. I am not sure what to do with the back. I will have to take it to a fabric shop and see what kind of trouble I can get into. 

      Yea, fieldtrip!