Up Up and Away!

Today is reveal day for our fourth challenge pieces over at the Tangled Textiles blog.  Our theme was "look up" - this is another theme that can result in a lot of different interpretations, so our results should be fun.  Check in regularly so you don't miss anything.
Several years ago we were vacationing in New Brunswick.  We arrived late at night to our hotel in Moncton -  about 1:30 am.  My DH had heard that there was a hot air balloon festival going on in Sussex, with the final day being the next day.  So, after very little sleep, we were up and on the road far too early.  As DH wanted to catch the balloons on lift off, he wasn't even letting me stop at Tim's for a coffee!
Luckily, it turned into a beautiful clear sunny day, and we made it in time.  One of the pictures my DH took was this one, which I have always wanted to try to capture in cloth.

photograph by K Griffiths, used with permission

This challenge gave me the opportunity to do just that, as we were definitely looking up!
Here is my progress, in photographs (my photos aren't nearly as interesting as my husband's!)
The plan:

Main piecing complete

progress shots

piecing and applique complete

trimming away the excess batting

doing the quilting

the basket

and here it is,

Up Up and Away

Don't forget to check out the other reveals!


(I'm also linking up to Amy's One Thing, One Week Challenge this week - go check out some other finishes here)

Happy quilting!