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Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Kuuipo -


Is the name I've given my Memory Quilt - ;))

According to one online Hawaiian word dictionary - HERE -
kuuipo
noun
sweetheart. often used on jewelry–especially the hawaiian bracelets worn by wahine.
And another one - HERE -
ku'uipo
a native Hawaiian word for "sweetheart" or
"lover". seen on gold jewelry in Hawaii.
I'm going to ask my ku'uipo to marry me at Rainbow's!
#kuuipo#kuipo#kooipo#ko'oipo#ku'uipu#kuuipu
by alohas March 03, 2009

And - just because I can't say Kuuipo without thinking of Blue Hawaii -

Here's a video clip from Blue Hawaii with Elvis singing - K-u-u-i-p-o -



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I have 114 Hearts for Kuuipo -

I've been collecting them for years -

Never could decide what to do with them - ;))

Do I want them all in one quilt? -

Do I want to split them up into smaller quilts -

And/or try to make one for each of the three grandsons? -

Straight set or on-point? -

Same or alternating directions? -

Alternate blocks or not? -

So many questions and decisions to make = too much thinking involved - LOL - ;))

So I didn't think about it that much -

I just kept making them -

Until -

I finished this last batch -

And actually COUNTED them!! -

I have 114 Hearts for Kuuipo -

Guess it's about time I figured out what to do with them - ;))

So I played in EQ7 for a while and came up with these possible maybes -

Hearts - A -
10" Blocks - Straight Set - No Sashing -
4 Hearts/block - 5x6 layout - 30 blocks - 120 hearts
50" x 60" without borders


Hearts - B -
6" Blocks - On-Point - Alternating - No Sashing -
1 Heart/block - 8x8 layout - 113 Blocks - 113 Hearts
70" x 70" without borders


Hearts - C -
6" Blocks - Straight set - Alternating - No Sashing -
1 Heart/block - 10x10 layout - 100 blocks - 100 Hearts
60" x 60" without borders


Hearts - D -
6" Blocks - Straight set - Alternating - No Sashing - Different Orientation -
1 Heart/block - 10x10 layout - 100 blocks - 100 Hearts
60" x 60" without borders


Hearts - E -
6" blocks - On-Point - Alternating - With Sashing -
1 Heart/block - 7x8 layout - 98 Blocks - 98 Hearts
80" x 90" with borders and sashing -


Hearts - F -
6" blocks - On-Point - Alternating - With Sashing - With Solid Block Border -
1 Heart/block - 5x6 layout - 50 Blocks - 50 Hearts
70" x 80" with borders and sashing -


Any opinions??? -

Other options??? -

What do you think??? - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -



6 comments:

  1. I love the first one - four hearts making one "flower" is just perfect. If you don't have enough hearts, you could always randomly place solid squares.

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  2. Since each heart is unique I would have a plain block between them. This would showcase them.

    Another idea is the take the four heart in a block like you have and add a stem block ie Carolina lily.

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  3. I like A and E best. But that's just me. You know what I'm gonna say - it's your quilt, make it how you like!

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  4. Oohh, tough choice. I like them all!

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  5. Ok, I like "B". . . and it would use up almost all of your hearts. You could put the last one on the back as part of a label.

    I like "A" also, but not as much as "B".

    Any of the other sets would work. . . but you would have more hearts left over.

    Hmmm, wonder how many other ideas there are floating around?!

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  6. I love the first one as well, who would have thought there would be so many variations. Love the name you gave your quilt....can't go wrong with Elvis

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I love reading your comments -
they let me know that I'm not just talking to myself - ;))