Showing posts with label balloons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label balloons. Show all posts

Saturday, January 27, 2007

Balloon Nine Patch

Judy G quilted this one for Linus. She outlined the balloons with free motion quilting and anchored the seams with stitch in the ditch, then tacked the rest.

Judy has a fast and easy way to tack a quilt. She's written out directions that we will post soon, along with links to other methods of tacking. Quilting doesn't have to take forever -- it just has to hold the quilt together!

Monday, January 15, 2007

Fish & Balloons Nine Patch Panels

One popular quilt kit uses a central panel surrounded by nine patch blocks. Marilyn made this fish one, and we were lucky enough to have some fabric that looked like ocean waves to put on the back.


Here's another nine patch made with a panel of hot air balloons.