Making a mini-quilt for Matariki
Channel: FutureCat
Date: 2022-08-20

"Matariki Rising" was my entry in the Winter Stars challege for the Canterbury Patchwork & Quilting Guild's exhibition.  It gave me an opportunity to try out curved improv piecing again, and it went much better this time!

If you'd like to learn more about Matariki, its history, and its revival as a modern holiday, here's a few useful links to get you started:
https://www.twoa.ac.nz/hononga-stay-connected/te-iwa-o-matariki
https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/matariki-maori-new-year
https://teara.govt.nz/en/matariki-maori-new-year
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/matariki/
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Photograph of Matariki stars:
"M45 Star Cluster - Matariki" by Robert Gendler, sourced from Wikimedia Commons.  Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

Te Iwa o Matariki poster: 
© Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
https://www.twoa.ac.nz/hononga-stay-connected/te-iwa-o-matariki 
(Used entirely without permission, but as it's presented as part of a set of resources for people to learn more about Matariki, I'm hoping they won't mind...)

Music: 
"Serenity" by Aakash Gandhi, from YouTube audio library (attribution not required)

Opening title sequence created by Katherine Breed: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMhOOR9QQb-BvtCUh3b4dWg