Oh this quilt is so fun! I found a 1/4″ yard of Appleville Screen Print by Suzy Ultman {Robert Kaufman Fabrics} at our local discount fabric warehouse. It was sent over as an end of the bolt scrap and in the discount pile {insert heavenly angels singing} for only $1.50. I was at the fabric store picking up hello kitty fabric for a special someone and Hawaiian prints for my island trails quilt. Let’s just say I had way to much success at the fabric store: $86.25 later + eye rolls from my hubby, I was out of there. Actually, he’s really good about my fabric obsession. I think. Well, most of the time.
In all my ocd-ness about the fabric scrap pile full of pure awesomeness, it didn’t occur to me that I could mix the appleville and hello kitty prints. That light bulb moment happened when I was pulling the freshly cleaned and fluffy fabrics out of the dryer. The prints worked so well together and really added something special to the otherwise plain ol’ hello kitty.
Take a look see:
Appleville + Hello Kitty
See what I mean? Don’t get me wrong, hello kitty is cute. I do like it. However, the amount of fabulous alternatives out in the textile world is remarkable. That being said, if you’re not much of a fabric connoisseur, how would you know? You wouldn’t. Hopefully my fabric scrap find of appleville screen print will be appreciated by my hello kitty fans. I think the two work really well together. I did end up leaving out the majority of girls. They sort of stole the show and that wasn’t what I had in mind. So out they went and I filled in the blank space with 4″ X 4″ squares of a hello kitty print and some other favorites.
Here’s what I could salvage out of the 1/4″ yard of appleville screen print:
Appleville Screen Print Squares
Like I mentioned, I tossed out the girls with the red and blue background. Although I LOVE them, hello kitty needed to be more prominent. The plan was to frame these squares in some sort of Kona solid that would make them pop. I left that up to my hubby. He was heading into town to pick up some work supplies and I happened to mention that it would be awesome if he could stop by the fabric store and pick up some bubble gum pink {not actually name} Kona solid fabric for me. After a little show and tell of what I was planning, he was very certain a blue or green would be better. He was convincing and RIGHT! So off he went and he come back with this. It works so well.
Kona Cotton: Spearmint
Kona Cotton: Robin's Egg
You’ll have to forgive me as I’m guessing about the colors he chose. He neglected to pay attention, but I was so happy it didn’t bother me since he saved me from pepto-bismol hell. The framed squares needed to essentially replace the patchwork squares at their location. That meant that my measurements for the squares + frames needed to be divisible my 4″ both in width and height. That meant the frames are irregular and I really like that. The patchwork squares are sprinkled around the frames of the appleville fabric. There’s just something about a simple patchwork quilt that feels so inviting and comfortable. It reminds me of being a little girl. My mother. And all the comforts of home. I hope this quilt will be such comfort to Kirrah as she journeys through her next few months at Kapio’lani Medical Center and she continues to grow.
Finished Layout:
Appleville + Hello Kitty Layout
This just might end up being one of my favorite quilts. {36″ Finished Square}
Girly. Quirky. Yummy.
♥ R
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