I have been stitching on these quilt square (8" x 9") this summer and just got them finished this week. I have taken them camping a couple of times. It has been simply stitching to secure the balloons to the backers. I created a rough balloon shape on paper, folded it in half and then cut it it out roughly. Made a few adjustments and then cut the bottom part which adds a bit of an area where I will couch down some black strings once the quilt top is finished. I traced the balloons on to solid cotton fabric and them cut them out. I placed my balloons onto my backers - some tilting one way - some the other way. I used daisy stitch with white cotton embroidery thread to embroider the highlight. I stitched the outside edge using blanket stitch with two lengths of stitches using matching embroidery thread which I think will secure them sufficiently to the backers. I have chosen my backing fabric but not yet what I will put around these squares to make them big enough to finish a quilt for Linus Project. I have really enjoyed stitching these and will have to do another simple shape for my next quilt. Therese
