Post #13221 by Alnshely on Sat, Nov 9, 2002 12:22 AM

Aloha Kaimuki,
I am always searching for tiki fabric. Whenever I see any fabric with tikis on it I usually will buy enough for a shirt or a dress or something. Have you searched any of the fabric sites on the net? My mother-in-law turned me onto equilters.com. You can search aloha, tropical, asian, etc. I'm pretty sure they did not have any tiki fabrics last time I checked. There is a fabric store in Waikiki somewhere just over one of the bridges over the canal that lead toward the maka(?),(away from the ocean). Sorry, my Hawaiian is pretty rough. I wanted to check it out the last time we were there, but I never had the time. Too many mai tais to try. They had lots of rolls of fabric in the window.

Most of the fabric I find in San Diego is pretty much the traditional, aloha, flora style, but I have been seeing more barkcloth lately. Especially barkcloth with tapa-type prints and/or petroglyphs. Otherwise, I look for vintage pieces in the thrift stores. I have found a few with tikis on them.

If you find a cool store on Oahu, could you let me know the name and where it find it? We will be visiting the island in April.

Aloha nui nui, Shelley (Shell in the Pacific)