Help with Hello Kitty
 

My granddaughter is 6 and is in love with Hello Kitty. I told her that I would make her a quilt and of course she wants Hello Kitty. I am on a budget and don't want to spend a fortune on a Hello Kitty quilt. I know this may sound selfish but $ 8-10 per yd for Hello Kitty fabric. :thumbdown: If she wanted something that she wouldn't outgrow I wouldn't mind the cost. Any suggestions? :sew::wave:

If you have a resource to do machine embroidery, there are some free patterns here, 80 pages, so do a quick scan through til you find the. I think there are 4-6 designs at least.
http://lagrange-aux-loups.over-blog....%C3%A9charger/

Then you could use the pricey fabric for sashing.

Do you have a Hancock Fabrics near you? I know that they sell this fabric. You can use a Hancock coupon or a Joann's coupon on it. If you have a coupon that is a higher % off than the sale price Hancock's will change the price back to full price and let you use your coupon. Some Joann's carry this fabric also but some will change the price so you can use a coupon and some won't. The Joann's in Ft Wayne, IN won't but it doesn't hurt to ask!!!

This what I have. (I think) I'm past the little girl stage. PM me if you want it. :) OOps that got big. It is in a box at my SIL, might take me a week or so to get it.

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I also have a DGD who like Hello Kitty. I remember seeing a pixel quilt of Hello Kitty. If you are good at drafting, then all you would need is regular fabrics. Here is a google search link of Hello Kitty ~ https://www.google.com/search?q=Hell...2F%3B500%3B375

grannyDwynn, that is so cute and creative. :)

I know they have Hello Kitty at Joann's and if you use a coupon you can pick it up for 50% off 9.99 (reg price).

Good luck!

Hello Kitty is a simple line drawing the could be turned into applique easily. Find a drawing you like, size it up and applique a center panel of Hello Kitty. Do any pieced blocks around the edges until it is up to size.

what about using fabric from your stash and taking a couple of pages from a hello kitty coloring book to use and do fusible applique ? Then she gets Hello Kitty, and you get to shop your stash !

I have made 2 HK rag quilts and I am working on a third. The first was a Christmas gift, the second sold before I finished it. I used a yard of HK fabric bought for $5 a yard on a 50% off sale at Hancock's in each. The rest of the fabric was just fabric that went with the HK. I did one pink and white, on purple and pink and the one I am working on is blue and yellow. I used every last string in applique and crazy quilt squares to finish out the quilts. I hope you post a picture of what you come up with.

Don't count on her growing out of hello kitty. Sarah has been into HK since 3 y/o. She is now 11 y/o and going strong in her love of all things HK. I see tons of young adult women who are into HK. HK is just something that can be in your life foe a really long time. I would be more worried about designing one that will grow with her....

If she's anything like my 23 year old daughter, she may not outgrow her love of Hello Kitty for a long time!

I was thinking the same thing as alikat110 - my daughter's best friend is 33 years old and still has her Winnie the Pooh baby blanket.

Find a Hello Kitty color book, trace the pictures you would like to use on muslin and color with Crayolas and set the Crayola with a hot iron. If you don't know how to do this, PM me and I will send detariled instructions. I have taught several classes in this technique and made several Crayola quilts. Yes, it will withstand laundering, although you probably should use warm water instead of the hottest water you've got, but even if the colors fade, you can always recolor them and reset them. When my granddaughter was 6, she helped me color the purple cows on our purple cow quilt. The label gives her full credit for her artistry. froggyintexas

Hello Kitty
 

One I did last year. Applique in my opinion is cheaper by using your old scraps. I used a coloring book and any pictures I could find. My great granddaughter loves it.

Maybe pick one focus fabric that is HK and mix regular others with it. My DGD loves HK too. She is 11 and it is all over her room and clothes.

I, too, have used coloring sheet found on the web, to applique. Or, you could print an outline onto fabric and have her color a center block. I did a crayon coloring on a wall hanging and hand embroidered around the coloring of a Sun Bonnet Sue years ago. I don't know how well it would wash, since it's in a wall hanging.