My Black & Gold Hot Air Balloon design as a 100% silk twill scarf approximately 23” square scarf. Medium weight silk twill with woven texture and perfect drape. Irons up to perfection easily on low. Fabric printed in the UK, drawings & hand stitched rolled hem done by myself, Sihaya Hopkins.
The inspiration, one early morning in October we got out the door well before dawn and drove off to see the balloon flight from the Albuquerque Balloon Festival. We drove around north of Albuquerque and figured out the direction they were going, found an excellent little park to sit at as at least a hundred flew over. As the majority had past over we decided to head home for brunch but along the way we saw several balloons landing in a neighborhood nearby. We couldn’t resist a closer peek and saw this marvelous yellow & black balloon just landing in someone’s driveway!
