Have you seen Leslee's Hawaiian quilt? On page one is when she's ready to baste it and a progress picture, page two shows it pau (done.) It's gorgeous! I think this may help inspire you.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/posts/list/440.page

WOW what a beautiful quilt. Thank you for directing me to it. I am getting excited about this quilt.

I'm looking forward to seeing it! We hope you'll take pictures along the way... are you going to use one big piece of fabric to cut the pattern out, or do it in sections? Please share with us! :mrgreen:

I think I will be using one big piece. I will take pics as I progress.

Thanks!

I am reopening this thread because the wedding is back on. They had called it off after the Brides father killed himself and now they have just announced the wedding is in 3 MONTHS!!! Needless to say the quilt will not be done. (or even started) by then. So lets get this ball rolling again.

oh, eeeek! i know it's not about you, but poor kay! :-(

can you do a little one (maybe block size) as a 'sneak peek' with a promise that the real one is coming later? under the new circumstances, that should be understandable.

Oh, been there! I promised a friend a crocheted afghan for their wedding gift. I chose a pattern and style I'd never done before (big mistake.) It was crocheted, and then had a cross-stitch pattern on top of that!
I did get it done. But the last 2 days before the wedding all I did was crochet - 10 hours a day!
Now, I promise nothing. I use the "I hope to finish it by..." instead. :)

K, for a sort of authentic Hawaiian Quilt, that will take you almost forever! My opinion and thought process on this to make it easier on you would be to find a couple of the blocks, I'm sure there are some you can copy online and then just applique (machine) then to squares.
I have a Hawaiian Quilt, but not your typical one. It's a dolphin scene on it. I'm working on sending a friend of mine some money to pick me up another one in the same shop where I got my first one. No way would I make one,,,just too much work. I've seen the ladies quilting them and talking with one lady who was doing a king size by hand, she said she had been working on it for almost 3 years.

Now, with that said, most of the blocks are either fruit or flowers of the islands. Here's a link for a few blocks that I found http://www.quiltshawaii.com/freepattern.html

Hope this helps you a little