by dollygk 23 Apr 2010

April 23, 2010, I have wanted to try making this hotair balloon ever since I saw it at Stitch Delight and when their site had everything on a $3.50 sale, I grabbed it.

I made this one for the birth of my son's second baby, due in July. Hopfully I will be visiting them in Kuwait for the occasion. The pattern stitched out beautifully but I had to make my own changes, I didn't like that every side was the same design lol I changed each side to have a rw baby design.
I love how easy it was to get the round shape, the instructions were very clear.

I didn't know where to get a tiny teddybear for the basket so did a search in my patterns, for the pensil toper toys and used this bunny that was a freebie for Easter. Also the decorative band on the basket was a bit short so I added the cute button to fill the space.

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Comments (20)

by annita1 25 Apr 2010

dolly dit is prachtig werk , je zoon en schoondochter zullen blij zijn met zo'n mooi cadeau!

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by stickmuster 25 Apr 2010

great work ***

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by dollygk 25 Apr 2010

MANY thanks all for the comments! Don't hesitate to give this a try, the only real problem was sewing the pieces together, you have to squish down and push together, challenging!

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by holly12 24 Apr 2010

This is great & I love hot air balloons. Maybe some day I'll try something like this. I positively love it. Arlene

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by claudenicolas 24 Apr 2010

Well done, beautiful!

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by borduurmiep 24 Apr 2010

heel erg mooi.

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by read180 23 Apr 2010

Dolly what a beautiful gift. So cool, that you made the sides different. It is amazing when several ideas can come together and create such a great gift.
Cindy B.

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by gayle950 23 Apr 2010

beautiful. very well done.

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by dlonnahawkins 23 Apr 2010

Dolly - this is great, and I love that you personalized it. It is good that we can do that and change things if we want to. LOL I also got one while they were on sale, but it is in my "TO DO" stack, and hope that someday I will have a "TO DONE" stack.

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by mad14kt 23 Apr 2010

WOW! The things that can be made with embroidery ;D *2U

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by shirlener88 23 Apr 2010

Dolly, I like that you made it your own - with the changes - it is so special and I am sure that when you take it to your son - they will love it and it will be a wonderful addition to the nursery in Kuwait.