Balloon quilt

It's time to begin! Who's excited!!? Here are the details of the sew along- Time frame (updated) : The block patterns will...

Up Up and Away! Made from scraps.

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I recently finished both of my Tula Pink Modern Quilts. I joined the Saturday in the City "club" about a year ago to make 100 modern quilt blocks out of Tula Pink's book of the same name. This club was offered by Hi Fashion and it was a lot of fun. We were challenged to make 10 blocks a month and we would go each month to share them and learn tips and tricks from Kari. I decided to turn my 100 blocks into two quilts, using 48 blocks in each quilt - they're throw size, so perfect for…

My hot air balloon quilt.

We’re hitting the beach with our summer collection of batiks. That Summer Feelin’ will have you putting on your shades and soaking up the rainbow of bright and happy colors. Hang ten with your sewing machine as you create quilts, home décor, and far-out apparel. To showcase this bright collection we had a fabulous quilt designed by Jennifer Long on display in our booth at Quilt Market. Meet, Balloon Release! This fun quilt pattern is 10″ Stacker friendly and is full of whimsy! Shops can…

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This stunning, textural and colourful quilt - a design by Sue Spargo, last years mystery block of the month "Folk Tails". It is nearly 100% wool, minus a few applique shapes and the backing, Raewyn even chose wool batting! Because the applique shapes are reasonably close together I didn't get too much play space with my quilting, but I did create more texture! Some areas were very very thick, especially where each background piece is joined. I chose one of my fine blending threads in black…

A while back I saw a beautiful vintage balloon quilt on Pinterest that I couldn’t get out of my mind. So much detail and hand quilting, I just had to make a version of my own.