Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 7, Number 10, 1 October 1990 — Quilt day to document Hawaiian "kapa" [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Quilt day to document Hawaiian "kapa"

Volunteers of the Hawaiian Quilt Research Project will be registering Hawaiian quilts and Hawaiian quilt pattems made prior to 1960 at "Quilt Day" on Saturday, Oct. 6 starting at 9:30 a.m. in Likeke Hall at Kawaiahao Church. Mrs. Lynne Waihe'e, honorary chair of the project, invites quilt owners to have their heirloom quilts and patterns documented for archival purposes during this special event. The event is open to the public. Quilt historians, textile specialists and textile conservators will be available on "Quilt Day" to assist quilt owners in recording information about their quilts. Owners are asked to bring no more than five quilts between 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Documented information about the quilt and/ or the quiltmaker such as letters, newspaper articles, genealogy, photographs, and diaries will be helpful in developing a complete history of the quilt and the quilter. Quilt owners will receive a copy of the registration papers for their quilts. The goal of the Hawaiian Quilt Research Project is to gather a more complete history about quilting in the islands and information about Hawaiian quilters, their patterns and family quilting traditions.

At the present time, the Hawaiian Quilt Research Project is focusing on Hawaiian appliqued quilts, Hawaiian flag quilts and Hawaiian quilt patterns whieh were in existence before 1960. Project volunteers will record a history of Hawaii's quilting traditions through registration and photo documentation. "Quilt Day" will include several activities in addition to quilt documentation. Hawaiian quilting demonstrations, tracing of Hawaiian quilt patterns and the showing of "The Hawaiian Quilt — A Cherished Tradition", a film produced by Hawai'i craftsmen will be held. The Pacific Regional Conservation Center has prepared information booklet on the care and eonservation of quilts whieh will be available free. Acid-free boxes and acid-free tissue paper for the storage of quilts will be available for purchase. "Quilt Day" is sponsored by the Hawaiian Quilt Research Project, a special project of the KalihiPalama Culture and Arts Society, ine. in cooperation with the Kawaihao Church. For more information about "Quilt Day" and the Hawaiian Quilt Research Project eall 247-5358 or 521-6905.

Lynne Waihe'e, honorary chairperson of the Hawaiian Quilt Research Project displays a quilt belonging to Washington Plaee made for Queen Lili'uokalani in the late 1800s.