Wednesday 21 May 2014

WIP Wednesday - Hello Kitty Quilt

In just a few months it's my daughter's 5th birthday.  And discussions about the birthday party theme/guest list/venue have been under way for several months already - she's very excited about turning 5!  It's finally been decided that she wants a Hello Kitty birthday party.  Well guess what, she also wants a Hello Kitty Quilt!



I'd seen a few versions on the interweb over the years, and knew that I wanted to go down the pixel route rather than using fabrics with Hello Kitty on them.  As it happened, I already had a Hello Kitty Cross Stitch Pattern on my Pinterest board, and I knew it would be perfect.  Here's an A4 print out of the pattern.


Well that's quite a lot of squares!  So I decided the best way to tackle it would be to divide it into quarters and work one section at a time. 

Each piece of paper is A4 - a bit more manageable!
So here's the first section complete.  It actually wasn't as time consuming as I thought; once I got chain piecing there was no stopping me and it's wonderful to see it slowly take shape.


I've got exciting plans for the binding too - watch this space!

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Sarah x

Linking up with:

WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced 

11 comments:

  1. Looks great! I'm sure my girls wouldn't mind one of those :-)

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  2. Very cute! I think working in quarters is really good idea for this one. Intrigued by your plans for the binding!

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  3. had to scroll quickly so my girls wont see the lovely kitty quilt, so cute

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  4. Eeeeek! I can't wait to see this all finished!! My girls and I are huge HK fans. Your quilt is going to be amazing!

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  5. That is going to be so cute! Your going to have a very happy birthday girl and probably a list of her friends who want one too!!!

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  6. oh geez, I just love this so much. And when you work with soooo many squares it is so easy to get them wonky, but you are doing a fab job! I can not wait to see this come together!


    Stopping by from Lee's hop http://www.domesticdeficitdisorder.blogspot.com/2014/05/wip-wednesday-may-21st.html

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  7. That is such a great idea! It's going to look great. What size are the individual squares?

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  8. I am also trying to experiment with pixel quilts...I think you can do wonders. Your Hello Kitty is really awesome!!

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  9. Awesome idea! My daughter would absolutely adore this quilt, as I'm sure yours will. You definitely deserve a few extra points in the "best mama ever" category :)

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  10. Wow Sarah, this is incredibly cool! Though I actually think that quarter on it's own would make a great quilt!

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