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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 24470, member: 45"]Traditional Hawaiian quilts used just a regular needle-turned applique. This seems to have all the characteristics of a Hawaiian quilt...the two colors used, the stylized square design patterns, the use of applique rather than piece work.</p><p><br /></p><p>If 6rivets doesn't see this and give her opinion, you might want to contact the Hawaiian Quilt Guild in Hawaii. They have a number of contact emails on their website: <a href="http://hawaiiquiltguild.org/contact.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://hawaiiquiltguild.org/contact.htm" rel="nofollow">http://hawaiiquiltguild.org/contact.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Or you might contact one of the antique dealers in Hawaii who deal in this type of textile. </p><p><br /></p><p>I wouldn't consign it to the "cutter" pile yet. I'm willing to bet someone would pay good money for it just as it is. Old Hawiian quilts usually command pretty good prices.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 24470, member: 45"]Traditional Hawaiian quilts used just a regular needle-turned applique. This seems to have all the characteristics of a Hawaiian quilt...the two colors used, the stylized square design patterns, the use of applique rather than piece work. If 6rivets doesn't see this and give her opinion, you might want to contact the Hawaiian Quilt Guild in Hawaii. They have a number of contact emails on their website: [url]http://hawaiiquiltguild.org/contact.htm[/url] Or you might contact one of the antique dealers in Hawaii who deal in this type of textile. I wouldn't consign it to the "cutter" pile yet. I'm willing to bet someone would pay good money for it just as it is. Old Hawiian quilts usually command pretty good prices.[/QUOTE]
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