This quilt was made with hand dyed cotton fabrics, and techniques included both appliqu and machine quilting. I love the effects this fabric adds to contemporary Hawaiian quilt designs. Woodrose vines are not considered a flower, but a problem in Hawaii as these vines take over other vegetation. Woodrose designs take their inspiration not from the leafy vine, but from the woody seed pod, that somewhat resembles a rose. It is a member of the morning glory family.
Woodrose fruit is used extensively in dried flower arrangements and wreaths.
The face is a heat transfer of a manipulted photo. Ohia rebuffed Pele's advances because of his love for Lehua. In her anger Pele destroyed them both. Later feeling remorse for her actions, Pele turned Ohia into a tree with a rough masculine bark, and Lehua into its delicate lacy flowers. Madame Pele is the revered goddess of the volcano, and a powerful ruler, garnering great respect and fear.