Need suggestions on embellishing new quilt
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I wanter a summer looking quilt and found this pattern for hot air balloons.
Now I would love some suggestions on how to proceed from here. Have to say this was the fastest quilt I ever made - only took about 3 days. It was Fun to do.
Just have to decide how to embellish it now:
Not happy with baskets on smaller balloons so will have to experiment with scraps on how to blend the colors or make more lines so they appear smaller ????
Make a strand of beads or ??? to run down where each color strip ends on large balloon
Make a tassel of some sort (from embroidery floss ?) from balloon to basket on large balloon and let hang from bottom of basket or ???
Put hot fix crystals on the smaller balloons
OR ???????????
Thanks for any suggestions.
Karen
Now I would love some suggestions on how to proceed from here. Have to say this was the fastest quilt I ever made - only took about 3 days. It was Fun to do.
Just have to decide how to embellish it now:
Not happy with baskets on smaller balloons so will have to experiment with scraps on how to blend the colors or make more lines so they appear smaller ????
Make a strand of beads or ??? to run down where each color strip ends on large balloon
Make a tassel of some sort (from embroidery floss ?) from balloon to basket on large balloon and let hang from bottom of basket or ???
Put hot fix crystals on the smaller balloons
OR ???????????
Thanks for any suggestions.
Karen
Hot Air Balloon Quilt
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Center of quilt
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Look at pictures of real hot air balloons.
As mentioned: sand bags and land lines trailing. Lines connecting the basket to the balloon.
But also:
the burner
lines across the balloon to show the structural lines (they appear to go across the balloon)
The largest one you might consider a silhouette of a person waving.
Or silhouette of a person on the ground waving to the balloons.
When I quilt it, I would do lots of wind blowing across the quilt.
As mentioned: sand bags and land lines trailing. Lines connecting the basket to the balloon.
But also:
the burner
lines across the balloon to show the structural lines (they appear to go across the balloon)
The largest one you might consider a silhouette of a person waving.
Or silhouette of a person on the ground waving to the balloons.
When I quilt it, I would do lots of wind blowing across the quilt.
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I like the idea of a person watching. Hope that something like that isn't hard to find.
Thanks for the ideas so far
Karen
Thanks for the ideas so far
Karen
Originally Posted by sgardner
Look at pictures of real hot air balloons.
As mentioned: sand bags and land lines trailing. Lines connecting the basket to the balloon.
But also:
the burner
lines across the balloon to show the structural lines (they appear to go across the balloon)
The largest one you might consider a silhouette of a person waving.
Or silhouette of a person on the ground waving to the balloons.
When I quilt it, I would do lots of wind blowing across the quilt.
As mentioned: sand bags and land lines trailing. Lines connecting the basket to the balloon.
But also:
the burner
lines across the balloon to show the structural lines (they appear to go across the balloon)
The largest one you might consider a silhouette of a person waving.
Or silhouette of a person on the ground waving to the balloons.
When I quilt it, I would do lots of wind blowing across the quilt.
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