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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Banksy's Balloon Girl



A few people have emailed me saying they would like to make a balloon girl too.  Unfortunately I wasn't the clever one who thought of this. I saw this on the Feeling Stitchy Flickr stream ages ago.  It had suffolk puffs instead of balloons.  At the time I recognised it as a Banksy image so I just googled Banksy balloon girl

downloaded the image (this version is from Cheryl's blog An Embryo of Hope), printed it out the size I wanted, traced the outline and stitched away.  I plan to stitch the girl with the heart balloon too.

I have searched the Feeling Stitchy Flickr group a few times to acknowledge the person who originally thought of the idea, but have not been able to find the image again, admittedly there are over 76,000 images now.  Sometimes I make myself a cup of tea (or a gin and tonic, depending on the time of day) set the stream on Slideshow and sit and bathe in the inspiration.

FABULOUS FREE STUFF
With the weekend here it gives some of us a bit more time for sewing so I thought I'd share a few patchwork projects I've discovered while playing in blogworld.

 A gorgeous colourful Starflower block from Jennifer at Ellison Lane Quilts.  There is a brilliant tutorial and you must pop over to see the whole quilt.
and


A super cute patchwork bag tutorial over at A Quilting Life.  Thanks so much Sherri.

and


A fabulous tutorial and template for this stunning Whirling Star block. Made by clever Faith at Fresh Lemon Quilts.  Many thanks.


12 comments:

  1. the girl with the balloons is very cute Mel and i love how you have used buttons,boy look at that whirling star block,love it.xx

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  2. oooolala I love that bag from Sherri! Thanks for the send over!

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  3. Thanks Melody.. I'll go over and check these sites out. Love your balloon girl too and the clever use of buttons. :)

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  4. The balloon girl is sweet - what a great idea!

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  5. Thanks for the links. I really love the start block.

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  6. I agree, awesome idea using buttons for the balloons! And I just love the two blocks you shared. Thanks for the links!

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  7. Thanks for all the details about Balloon Girl! I need to check out that Flickr group! Sound amazing!

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  8. The balloon girl is sooo cute.
    thanks for sharing and the links to the fabulous freebies too.

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  9. Great tutorials, Melody. Thanks for sharing them.I love your balloon girl. too
    Hugs,
    Teresa

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  10. Balloon girl is so cute! Love the buttons. Lots of fun tut's as well!

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  11. Hi Mel,
    Your little girl with the balloon buttons is gorgeous...

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  12. I love your rainbow star..that is one I need to check out. Thanks!

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