Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 9, Number 1, 1 January 1992 — Quilt Day set for Molokaʻi [ARTICLE]

Quilt Day set for Molokaʻi

Volunteers of the Hawaiian Quilt Research Project will be registering Hawaiian quilts and Hawaiian quilt patterns made prior to 1960 at the Moloka'i Quilt Day beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, at the Kaluakoi Hotel, Hoaloha Room. "Moloka'i residents are invited to bring their Hawaiian appliqued quilts, Hawaiian flag quilts and patterns for photo-documentation, examination and registration between 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.," announced Elaine Zinn, coordinator of the Hawaiian Quilt Research Project. "Uncovering Hawaii's Quilting Heritage," a slide lecture by Lee Wild, a project volunteer, will be presented at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 10, at the Kalaiakamanu Hou Congregational Church meeting hall. The lecture will be followed by a volunteer training session from 7:30-8:30 p.m. for residents who wish to assist with the Moloka'i Quilt Day on Jan. 11. The goal of the Hawaiian Quilt Research Project is to gather a more completed 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. Quilt historians, textile specialists and textile conservators will be available on Quilt Day to assist quilt owners in registering and photo-docu-menting their quilts. The documentation process will take approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Registrants will receive a copy of eaeh quilt's documentation papers. 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 Day is open to the public from 9:30

• a.m.-4 p.m. in conjunction with the Moloka'i Quilt Exhibit on display in the Paniola Broiler at the hotel. The Pacific Regional Conservation Center has prepared information on the care and conservation of quilts whieh will be available free to Quilt Day participants. Laurie Woodard, a volunteer with the Hawaiian Quilt Research Project and curator of the Waipahu Cultural Gardens, will present information on how to care and store Hawaiian quilts at 12:30 in the Kepuhi Room. Woodard will also demonstrate the proper folding of quilts for storage using acid free tissue paper. To be Quilt Day volunteer or receive more information about the Hawaiian Quilt Research Project, eall Ginger LaVoie, 558-8227 on Moloka'i or write to the Kalihi-Palama Culture and Arts Society, ine. 357 N. King Street, Honolulu, Hawai'i, 96817, or phone 5216905.