COURTESY JACLYN SZABO Ric Stark: "Working on it every day," Stark took three years to make his quilt that serves as a tribute to Queen Liliuokalani. Her pineapple quilt took about two months to make, ...

KAILUA-KONA — “Most of us were told, at some point in our lives, that we were no good at art, and so we lost touch with our creative side,” Karen Barry, owner of Quilt Passions, reflected recently.

This week, pieces by the Poakalani quilting circle are on display during the Salone del Mobile in Milan as part of a collaboration with Loewe. By John Wogan Iolani Palace is a grand, late-19th-century ...