This week’s block in my A-Z challenge is F for fish. The brightly coloured fish fabric was purchased in Hawaii on our trip way back in November 1993. We visited three islands, Oahu, Hawaii (known as the Big Island) and Maui. The island of Oahu is the most commercial and we loved staying in Honolulu and visiting Waikiki Beach. Next stop was a short flight to the Big Island where large parts of the island are covered in black lava. We visited the Kilauea Visitor Centre, gazed in awe at the huge Kilauea caldera and walked through the 500 year old Thurston Lava Tube. Flying on to Maui the highlights were taking a ride in a submarine and dining al fresco at the Maui Hilton one steamy tropical evening.
F is for Fish
I used some of the fish fabric when I made my Hawaiian Rainbow Fish wall-hanging in 1996. The fish blocks were foundation pieced using graduated yellow and orange fabrics, on a pale blue background, then bordered with the Hawaiian fish fabric. I used gold thread to hand quilt around each fish, and quilted curvy lines through the background fabric to signify wave action.
Hawaiian Rainbow Fish wall-hanging
Hawaii is a fabulous holiday destination, and we have been lucky to visit this island paradise twice. Here are a couple of photos from our first trip, (when we both had darker hair).
Under the Banyan tree
Procrastination – there’s just too much choice at Hilo Hattie’s 
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