Aloha!


I’m back! We had 10 nights and 11 fun filled days on Kauai in the state of Hawaii. Kauai is called the Garden Island for its natural beauty. This is truly a stunning island. Our family has traveled to Hawaii twice before. The first time was in 2008. We stayed in Maui and took a day trip to Oahu to see Pearl Harbor. The second time was in 2013 and we also stayed in Maui but took a day trip to Lanai. This time we opted to try a different island and we chose Kauai. I think aside from the sheer beauty, the thing that struck us was how friendly the people on the island were. There’s a definite spirit of aloha there and it’s palpable from the moment you arrive. We saw a lot of the island and I have about 1,000 photos to prove it! I will be sharing some of the highlights here with you over the next few blog posts. You will notice that these pictures just scream to have an art quilt made from them. I am hoping to accomplish that over the next year or so. Of course, I visited two quilt shops while there. I had a wonderful time at Vicki’s Quilt Shop in the town of Kapaa and I was mesmerized at Kapaia Stitchery in Lihue. I’ll be sharing photos of that as well. Let’s start with some fun quilty stuff…

At Vicki’s Quilt Shop, I fell in love with the quilt in the window. The Hawaiian fabrics are so pretty and I really wanted to make something with them and not just hoard them in my cabinet. I figured the best way to do that was to buy a kit so I’d have everything ready to go when I want to make it.
This is the quilt in the window…

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I bought the kit to make a twin size quilt…

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These are the fabrics that are included…

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I also wanted a Hawaiian applique kit because the Hawaiian applique project that I have started here from the last time isn’t going all that well…needed something new…

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I fell in love with this cute yardage and grabbed a a fat quarter pack of more Hawaiian fabric. I also purchased several for my mom that are not pictured because she hasn’t received them from me yet.

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Kapaia Stitchery had so many cross stitch patterns. I knew I was going home with at least one…ended up with 2!

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I have more pictures of the inside of both shops and I’ll share those in the next post.

One morning we boarded a double hulled catamaran and headed out along the Napali Coast. The Napali Coast can only be seen by air, boat or by a treacherous hike. We opted for a boat tour which was a wonderful excursion. It left around 7:30am and returned around 11:30am. We sailed along the coastline and stopped to snorkel and have lunch. We were delighted to see a huge green sea turtle while snorkeling. The boat left from the absolutely gorgeous Hanalei Bay. Here is a picture of the pier in the bay.

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We had a pod of dolphins swimming alongside the boat for awhile…

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And a few pictures of the stunning coastline…

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This beach with the arch was used in the filming of Pirates Of The Caribbean 4…There is one tour company that will fly a helicopter through that arch…

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Stay tuned for more from the trip and the quilt shops I visited!

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