Hawaiian at Home

How to Sew a Cheater Quilt

How to Sew a Cheater Quilt

It's more fun to say it in Hawaiian - "Kuiki Kikiki" (btw that's my own made-up word for a cheater quilt combining the word cheat and quilt). A cheater quilt...

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How to Sew a Cheater Quilt

It's more fun to say it in Hawaiian - "Kuiki Kikiki" (btw that's my own made-up word for a cheater quilt combining the word cheat and quilt). A cheater quilt...

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The difference between action words and their results

The difference between action words and their r...

This monthʻs handout inspiration was brought up by Kahea Faria. She wanted to help people learning Hawaiian to understand there is a difference between action words and their results in...

The difference between action words and their r...

This monthʻs handout inspiration was brought up by Kahea Faria. She wanted to help people learning Hawaiian to understand there is a difference between action words and their results in...

What I Learned Chasing a Rainbow

What I Learned Chasing a Rainbow

The power of this collection is not in the individual prints itself, but as a whole. Each print is based on a native Hawaiian plant that holds that color of...

What I Learned Chasing a Rainbow

The power of this collection is not in the individual prints itself, but as a whole. Each print is based on a native Hawaiian plant that holds that color of...

Learning a Second Language

Learning a Second Language

Malu and I both learned languages in our early twenties. Malu learned Amharic and I learned Hiligaynon. We were fortunate enough to learn both languages while living in the places...

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Learning a Second Language

Malu and I both learned languages in our early twenties. Malu learned Amharic and I learned Hiligaynon. We were fortunate enough to learn both languages while living in the places...

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Measuring Growth with Lei

Measuring Growth with Lei

How is growth measured? In experience? Distance? Height? How about Lei? These three designs were made in collaboration with The Keiki Dept. Leilani was the one with the vision and...

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Measuring Growth with Lei

How is growth measured? In experience? Distance? Height? How about Lei? These three designs were made in collaboration with The Keiki Dept. Leilani was the one with the vision and...

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2021 A Year For Gratitude

2021 A Year For Gratitude

I learned when we started speaking Hawaiian at home that mahalo was "thank you," but used in a different type of sentence structure, it also means, "gratitude." Itʻs the verb...

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2021 A Year For Gratitude

I learned when we started speaking Hawaiian at home that mahalo was "thank you," but used in a different type of sentence structure, it also means, "gratitude." Itʻs the verb...

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