I saw a quilt like this in an antique shop in Oregon when I went on a Bus tour that took in the special quilt show in Sisters, Oregon. I thought that wouldn't be too hard to make. Wrong! It wasn't hard, just took a long time. I started it in 2012 and finished it barely in time for the Moab quilt show in 2015. It involved cutting circles, running a gathering thread around the edge and pulling it tight, then ironing it with starch, then appliquing the balloons in the pattern. Then embroidering the strings. I hand quilted it in long lines, avoiding the balloons with the stitches. Amazing quilt, not for bed use.
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