Woven from a blend of 75% cotton and 25% polyester: This combination offers the best of both worlds: Breathability: Keeps you cool and comfortable throughout the night. Softness and Comfort: Provides a luxurious feel against the skin. Durability: Ensures long …

Woven from a blend of 75% cotton and 25% polyester: This combination offers the best of both worlds: Breathability: Keeps you cool and comfortable throughout the night. Softness and Comfort: Provides a luxurious feel against the skin. Durability: Ensures long …

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In Hawaiian culture, a kapa kuiki or in Cook Islands culture, a tivaevae is a large handmade bedspread or quilt. To make a kapa kuiki or tivaevae, one starts with a large piece of material, then cuts out designs from other pieces of material, …

May 31, 2018 · In Cook Islands culture, a tivaevae is a large handmade bedspread. It begins from one large piece of material and is then decorated with other pieces of material of different designs and patterns. The aim is to make a picture or tell a story, most often recording a family history or reproducing a traditional or family-held pattern.

Tivaevae (also spelled "tivaivai") means to stitch or sew and in essence, it's the art of making magnificent patchwork quilting. Islanders apply their unique skills to producing stunning blankets, cushion covers and bedspreads.

Tivaevae, red and yellow chrysanthemum flower and bud, green leaf patterns, embroidered, then appliqued, then overstiched. Pattern by Mrs Tou Pukeiti and sewn by her. Purchased from Iva Williams...

The colours and contours of the Cook Islands and the intricacy of appliqué embroidery are on offer with a range of bedding, home décor and accessories. The embroidery is custom-made in Indonesia. The Tivaevae Collectables showroom is located on the main road opposite the Meteorological Station in Nikao, Rarotonga.

Apr 3, 2013 · In this well-illustrated article, we learn about the origins, meanings, and construction of tīvaevae, the beautiful hand-sewn Cook Islands Māori bedspreads.

Tivaevae taorei. Large rectangular quilt or bed spread. Sewn by hand from coloured pieces of cotton fabric cut into diamond shapes and arranged to create p...