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Went to assist David for a 2nd day at the Honolulu Festival.
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DaBoyZ05 > Hawaiian quilting derives from the kapa moe, an indigenous bed cover textile.
DaBoyZ05 > Kapa was constructed from the inner bark of local trees.
DaBoyZ05 > Traditional kapa was beaten and felted, then dyed in geometric patterns.
DaBoyZ05 > Quilting may have begun in the Hawaiian islands with the arrival of missionaries and Western fabrics in the 1820s.
DaBoyZ05 > The climate of Hawaii is unsuitable for cotton cultivation and kapa is unsuitable for quilting so all Hawaiian quilts are constructed from imported material.
DaBoyZ05 > Kinkaku-ji is the informal name of Rokuon-ji in Kyoto, Japan.
DaBoyZ05 > Honolulu Festival (03/16/08) photo
DaBoyZ05 > Honolulu Festival (03/16/08) photo
DaBoyZ05 > It was originally built in 1397 to serve as a retirement villa for Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, as part of his estate then known as Kitayama.
Quilting may have begun in the Hawaiian islands with the arrival of missionaries and Western fabrics in the 1820s.
> Quilting may have begun in the Hawaiian islands with the arrival of missionaries and Western fabrics in the 1820s.
Quilting may have begun in the Hawaiian islands with the arrival of missionaries and Western fabrics in the 1820s.
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