Sew Kewpie 10" Stacker 42 10-inch Squares Layer Cake Riley Blake Designs 10-10540-42

Fabric bundle of 42 10-inch squares from the Sew Kewpie collection by designer RBD Designers for Riley Blake Designs. Kewpie is the adorably cheerful and charming character branch whose very name is synonymous with cute! Kewpie was one of the world's first global licensing sensations, created more than a century ago by artist and writer, Rose O'Neill. Originally launched as a comic published in 1909 in Ladies' Home Journal, O'Neill's Kewpie illustrations and stories featured these "little cupids" doing good deeds in funny and unexpected ways. Rose O'Neill described a Kewpie as the baby form of a Cupid -- "a sort of little round fairy who is always searching for ways to make the world a better and funnier place." O'Neill's tiny-winged, wide-eyed, round-bellied Kewpies -- with their distinctive facial expressions and message encouraging merriment, love and kindness -- were an instant hit with both kids and adults. Little did Rose know that more than a century later, Rolling Stone Magazine would write about Kewpie helping to define "pop culture cuteness". Riley Blake Designs is excited to partner with Kewpie and bring this timeless, iconic character to fabric.