Hot air balloon quilt

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My hot air 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...

It's hot, y'all! No, you don't get it. It's H-O-T, hot! 101 degrees yesterday--real temperature, not heat index factored in. And people work. Outside. In the sun. With no a/c. Those poor people. I'm not one. I mean, I could go out there and die, but honestly, I just don't. It's HOT out there. I brought ice water out to Richard because he was cutting grass and I feared the heat got to him, so he didn't have the sense to come in for water. My first idea was to go with a bucket of water and…

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I finished putting together a long-awaited Gridster Bee project, and simply neglected to share until now. 😊 However belated, it's such a fun quilt; and I appreciate all the wonderful blocks my friends from afar contributed. I'm going a little backwards here, but I'm showing off the full reveal and then the components. I used a solid white for sashing between the balloon blocks. I refrained from picking a blue background, as solid blues tend to vary; and I prefer a more synchronized look. I…

Welcome back Rise quilters! I got a little crazy with the pattern this round. If you've ever used half square triangles before, you know the possibilities for arrangement are endless, and I didn't want to restrict you to just one. So the pattern is a bit open ended, and leaves lots of room for creativity! I'm so excited to see what you come up with. Block 8 Pattern Unfortunately, this one was kind of a flop for me. I totally missed the mark on the design, it looks like half one, half the…

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