Spirit of Tivaevae

Documenting the making of my first Cook Islands tivaevae quilt

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    Progress > Pretty

    By Melodie Turori / August 14, 2019

    I wanted to set up my camera with good light and take a pretty photo because that’s what ya do for the gram, right? 🤷🏽‍♀️ But also, who has time for that?! Not I! At least, not…

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    Habits of creation

    By Melodie Turori / July 30, 2019

    This is how I’ve been spending a couple nights a week since mid-June. Stitching away and watching The Americans (just started season 4!). When I picked sewing back up last month I set a goal to have…

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  • Film Update

    Live from the Mangere Arts Centre

    By Melodie Turori / November 27, 2018

    Kia Orana! I am freshly home from a wonderful trip to Auckland, New Zealand. During the trip I was fortunate to squeeze in a trip to the Mangere Arts Center (Ngā Tohu o Uenuku) for their tivaevae…

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  • My Tivaevae

    Blocks of time for better stitches

    By Melodie Turori / August 26, 2018

    When you’ve been sewing for hours and can’t see straight anymore you gotta get close to your stitches. 😂 I’m kidding of course – I didn’t really sew like this. A couple weekends ago I had the…

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  • My Tivaevae

    Live from Heritage of Aloha 2018

    By Melodie Turori / May 21, 2018

    I popped on to Facebook Live video to share a look at my sewing progress while doing a tivaevae demonstration at the Heritage of Aloha festival in Los Angeles. The tacking is done and now comes the…

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  • My Tivaevae

    Designing a pattern

    By Melodie Turori / October 25, 2017

    I got a little ahead of myself last week. Before picking colors or fabric, step 1 was: What is this tivaevae going to be about? I wanted a design that connected the Cook Islands (my father’s birthplace),…

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    We’re back and picking out colors!

    By Melodie Turori / October 18, 2017

    Kia Orana! I’m super excited to be back working on this film project AND… a tivaevae!! 😊 Yep, it’s true. I finally designed and got started on my very own twin-sized tivaevae and I’ll be sharing the…

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  • Film Update

    Follow our production adventures

    By Melodie Turori / July 19, 2015

    The beginning of production is almost upon us! In about 12 hours, I will be boarding a plane bound for Rarotonga. There will be weekly posts from the road here on the blog. However, if you want…

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  • Culture

    Stitched with Love

    By Melodie Turori / July 19, 2015

    Enjoy this lovely video posted by Te Papa Museum! “It’s my grandma, she presented me with a tivaevae and said, ‘You remember this. I sew it with my hands and all the stitches that I have done,…

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  • Film Update

    KNX Radio Feature

    By Melodie Turori / June 13, 2015

    Guess what?! We’re on the radio this weekend! KNX 1070 reporter Ron Kilgore did a feature on our Seed&Spark campaign and the piece will be airing throughout the weekend. Listen online here to see if you can…

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