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Mokihana’s Garden » Blog Archive » Mokihana’s Hawaiian Quilting Journey: Class and the start of a quilt! Part One Mokihana’s Garden A Mānoa Valley Wahine Writes of Past and Present « Variations on a Hawaiian Name The Side-Tracked Hawaiian Quilter » Mokihana’s Hawaiian Quilting Journey: Class and the start of a quilt! Part One Oh wow. The class with Nancy Lee Chong was fantastic! I was a great enabler and encouraged my friends Susie and Julie to take the plunge too. The class was held at A Common Thread quilt store in Lake Oswego, a wonderful place filled with absolutely wonderful fabrics. Nancy is an awesome teacher! She’s friendly, informative and extremely knowledgeable. She made learning fun, and had all kinds of tip and techniques to show us, so that by the end of the weekend we all had a working knowledge of how to begin our quilts. When we first got there we were a little intimidated by her amazing quilts, as she’d brought a number of gorgeous ones that she’d finished over the years. It was hard to believe that we’d be able to actually create something similar. Nancy’s use of colors and combinations of fabrics gave us a lot of inspiration and we could hardly wait to get started. This entry was posted on Monday, November 3rd, 2003 at 9:55 pmand is filed under Hawaiian Quilting .You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. Leave a Reply Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong> -- Mokihana’s Garden is proudly powered by WordPress Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS) .

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(808) 947-1688 A large Hong Kong-style restaurant popular with locals. Serves both dim sum and a full Chinese menu. (LD $$) PATTI'S CHINESE KITCHEN Windward Mall - Food Court 46-056 Kamehameha Highway Kaneohe, HI 96744 (Windward Oahu) Tel. (808) 235-0022 (3 locations) Local style Cantonese Chinese. (BLD $) PEARL CITY CHINESE 803 Kamehameha Highway Honolulu, HI 96782 (Southwest Oahu) Tel. (808) 455-1066 Cantonese and Mandarin cuisine, reasonably priced favorites. (LD $) PINELAND CHINESE RESTAURANT 1236 Keeaumoku Street Honolulu, HI 96814 (Honolulu / Ala Moana Area) Tel. (808) 955-2918 A small place with big portions. Tasty Kung Pau Chicken and spicy Eggplant - with a chili-packed punch. (LD $) ROYAL PALACE 4510 Salt Lake Boulevard Honolulu, HI 96818 (Southwest Area) Tel. (808) 487-6662 Known for value, large portions and familiar Chinese flavors. 2002 Ilima Award. (LD $) SEAFOOD VILLAGE Hyatt Regency Waikiki 2424 Kalakaua Avenue Honolulu, HI 96815 (Honolulu / Waikiki Area) Tel. (808) 971-1818 An award-winning restaurant serving Hong Kong style dim sum and Cantonese cuisine. The attentive service will astound you! (LD $$) SHANGHAI BISTRO 1778 Ala Moana Boulevard Honolulu, HI 96815 (Honolulu / Ala Moana Area) Tel. (808) 955-8668 Classic Chinese plus other Asian fare! (LD $$) SUCOI 1286 Kalani Street Honolulu, HI 96817 (Honolulu / Kapalama Area) Tel. (808) 841-7984 Awesome garlic chicken. (BL $) TAI PAN DIM SUM 100 N. Beretania Street, Room 110 Honolulu, HI 96817 (Honolulu / Chinatown District) Tel. (808) 599-8899 Plenty kine Hong Kong style dim sum! (BL $) WAIKIKI LAU YEE CHAI Waikiki Shopping Plaza, 5th Floor 2250 Kalakaua Avenue Honolulu, HI 96815 (Honolulu / Waikiki Area) Tel. (808) 923-1112 One of Hawaii's most famous Chinese restaurants - Cantonese and Szechuan cuisine amidst fine art. (LD $$) WON KEE Chinese Cultural Plaza 100 North Beretania Street Honolulu, HI 96817 (Honolulu / Chinatown Area) Tel. (808) 524-6877 One of the best for seafood. (LD $$) WUNG FU Town Center of Mililani 95-1249 Meheula Parkway Mililani, HI 96789 (Central Oahu) Tel. (808) 623-8555 One of Central Oahu's favorite Chinese restaurants - generous portions - reasonable prices. (LD $) YEN KING CHINESE Kahala Mall 4211 Waialae Avenue Honolulu, HI 96816 (Honolulu / Kaimuki Area) Tel. (808) 732-5505 Serving Szechuan, Hunan, Peking, Shanghai, and Hong Kong-style cuisine. Elegant yet affordable lunch and dinner buffets. (LD $$) Top Oahu Restaurants Index | Restaurants Index | Home Page Contact Us | Sponsor Join Us Form ©Ala Mua Hawaii 1997

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Hawaiian Quilts Collection, Quilting, Wall Hangings, Patterns Hawaiian quilts are unique to the world, a birth of beauty from the blending of Hawaiian and American tradition and culture. Tapa cloth, made from bark of the Wauke tree, was the only cloth available to the early Hawaiians. Making this cloth was an intricate part of Hawaiian culture. It took many days of hard work for the Hawaiian women to make and design tapa, which was stacked to make bedding. The first recorded introduction of quilting to Hawaii was in 1820 when the first missionaries arrived in Hawaii. A group of royal Hawaiian ladies sat on the deck of the sailing ship Thadeus, dressed only in wrapped tapa, where missionary ladies gently showed the art of quilting. The very creative and innovative Hawaiians soon developed a unique quilting style which closely reflected their own culture and traditions, giving birth to the beautiful, more intricate Hawaiian quilt. Hawaiian quilting patterns traditionally reflect objects of nature or everyday household items that evoke the memory of loved ones. Things such as Plumeria blossoms, hair combs worn by Princess Kaiulani, or a Ginger lei. In general, Hawaiian quilt patterns do not use humans or animals in their designs. Hawaiian families treasure their quilts as possessions of great significance. It was traditional for a new quilt to be made for a bride or as a present for a new grandchild. The Hawaiian quilt symbolizes an attachment and a love for Hawaii shared by people throughout the world. [Hit Counter] " i-resetvalue="88888" startspan -- June 1998 1999-2001 Hawaiian Quilt Collection Comments?