"Quilt Passions "

The day before we were to leave Hawaii, we drove to the town of Kailua-Kona one afternoon to visit a quiltshop, that I had read about online, only to find that it had recently moved to Waimea, which was over an hour away. Due to the lateness of the hour, we knew there would not be enough time to make it there before it closed. I was highly disappointed to say the least!

Right after we turned to go home, I was expressing my sadness about not being able to visit the one place I had been so excited about. All of a sudden I just happen to look up....and there....out of no where....on the top floor of this building was a sign that read....

Was I excited? Oh, yes!!!

I thought...this has to be... meant to be!

When I entered the store I saw two people standing

in front of me, musing over several drawers of fabric

heaped upon the counter.

The gal was Karen Barry, the owner of the shop, and her friend John. John had just walked in with drawers full of old fabric that he had used over ten years ago to make his minature designed quilts. He had brought them to the store to see if Karen was interested in any of the fabric that he had left. She invited me to have a look to see if there was anything I wanted to take home with me. Fun!

Had I come at the right time or what? I hurriedly picked

out a few pieces that I knew would go well in my collection.

I think I was on a bit of a red and blue kick that day.

Among the fabric, there were some old

vintage lace doilies that had been in John's family

for years that he felt like he wanted to part with. 

I definitely had come at the right time!!!

Aren't they sweet?

I suppose that you must know how I was feeling

right about now if you had read my previous post.

Vintage anything makes me happy,

especially darling doilies!

This was the largest doilie of the bunch.

It actually is more ecru in color than is shown here.

There is only problem with nice old doilies

and that is that they often come with a few light stains.

I finally stopped drooling long enough

to get some pitures of the inside of the shop

and the unique quilts that were hung all around.

I will now take you on a virtual tour of.....

 "Quilt Passions"!

This quilt has a Hawaiian greeting on it that means,

"Welcome, come inside, the house is yours".

I fell in love with this block.

The fabric they chose was absolutely wonderful !

Karen stocks a lot of really gorgeous fabrics,

perfect for making all of these beautiful quilts

that you are about to see!

In addition to the quilts, there were several wall

hangings and some great seasonal quilts on display.

What a fun, different look Hawaiian fabric gives

to a dresdan plate table runner and placemat.

It seems like everywhere I looked there were quilts!

I was so impressed by the cuteness of this shop,

but most of all, I was even more impressed by Karen.

She is the sweetest person that you'll ever meet.

Her cute friend has come to take a class and

have Karen help her with her great quilt blocks.

I really enjoyed seeing the different fabrics

that they used and their great style of quilting.

Don't you just love her quilt block clock?

That reminds me... it is time for me to go.

I hope you have had a good time,
and I haven't worn you out with my tour of
"Ouilt Passions", my new favorite stop in Hawaii!