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Hawaiian applique en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of Hawaiian appliqué.
   alt of Hawaiian appliqué
   • Unlike most Hawaiian appliques, this quilt, which represents Ka'iulani's hair combs, is plainly quilted by machine in a grid pattern rather than with hand-done contour quilting that echoes the outlines of the applique. 2009, Robert Shaw, American Quilts: The Democratic Art, 1780-2007, →ISBN, page 181:
   • The Hawaiian applique style was established during the second missionary generation (c. 1840-1860) (Hammond 1986b:278; Schleck 1987, pers. comm.). 2006, Pacific Arts: The Journal of the Pacific Arts Association, page 29:
   • Each quilter was assigned a quilt technique, such as Log Cabin style, Hawaiian applique, paper piecing, and so on. 2010, Annie Smith, The Ultimate Applique Guidebook, →ISBN, page 6:
   • The Hawaiian applique design is made by folding a piece of fabric into eighths. 1993, Ann Boyce, Applique the Ann Boyce Way, →ISBN, page 134:

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