When I went to the sewing room to make the Orange Complements Blue Flower for the Project Quilting challenge, I saw a pattern I had printed out of a hot air balloon. I thought it was a great pattern to use and was hoping I could manage to find a way to make it fit whatever the upcoming theme was.
I think it would have been great to use for the challenge, but I had already thought of the flower, and wanted to make that. I realized with the small scraps I have, that I could cut out the zig zags out for the balloon, I could use the scraps for the flower. Then I wouldn't have to choose which quilt to make. I could make both.
So that is what I did. I managed to make both of these early in the week. I could have made them the same day, but I did make them a few minutes a day.
I was afraid I wouldn't be able to cut the zigzags perfectly to make them fit with each other. I was afraid I would wind up with places there may be background. I thought about using a darker background, but instead of cutting zigzags of both the yellow and the blue, I cut the yellow zigzags, and made the blue into larger pieces. This gave me more peace of mind and worked well to avoid any gaps.
