The First Ever Black Range International Balloon Festival

A Quilt by Betty Reynolds

Donated to the New Mexico Library Foundation

For the 1999 Fundraising Campaign

Balloon Quilt


Machine pieced and machine quilted (30 x 34 inches)

This quilt began as a paper pieced 3" and 1 1/2" balloon block swap on the internet in 1997, using paper pieced balloon blocks designed by Mary Ann Beattie.

The quilt is made up of balloon blocks meticulously sewn and flown in by:

Tina Andreassen (Norway), Kim Bagala (LA), Sharon Banner (MO), Laura Chasty (CA), Jane Cooper (NS), Margaret Cullen-Erickson (Qld), Lena Dalke (OK), Bev Harrison (CA), Peggy Hartley (NM), Debby Hennessy (TX), Susan Holman (MD), Melba Hoyt (LA), Anita Peeples Jones (NY), Robin Lindquist (ME), Rita Lorenc (AZ), Joan Lush (TX), Judy McCall (MI), Nancy Norton MacDonald (IL), Elizabeth McGee (NSW), Moira McSpadden (AZ), Cathy O'Flynn (LA), Nancy E. Pyter (IL), Betty Reynolds (NM), Kathy W. Semone (MD), Nancy Schilling (OH), Nolley Snyder (FL), Kathy Stewart (IL), Karin Taube (England), Alan P. Taylor (TX), Connie Sue Thompson (VA), Sherry Thompson (TN), Ann Turley (CA), Lindee Vaught (TN), and Barbara Werner (TX)


The label and parachuting cats on the back...

The label parachuting cats



The label on the back is flanked by parachuting cats

Every good balloon festival must have some shaped balloons...

Chinese Cat Balloon Train Engine & Cats Balloons



Here are a few of the shaped balloons: a Chinese good-luck cat, the flying pickle, a toy locomotive, and fat cats



3 more balloons parrot balloon



Proceeds from the 1997 fundraising quilt, Whose Library? brought in more than $2000 for the Foundation's many projects, and the 1998 fundraising quilt, It's a Small World raised another $2100.

The winner of "The First Ever Black Range International Balloon Festival" quilt is, appropriately, from Albuquerque and a hot air balloon chase crew member since 1978: Joseph D. "Joe" Sabatini, Director, Main Branch, et al, Albuquerque Public Library, etc. Congratulations Joe!! This year's raffle raised about $1500 (at preliminary count) for the Foundation.

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