Friday, May 4, 2018

April Temperatures


I am having more fun with this quilt that I could have ever imagined.  Each night I check the high temperature for the day and then take a few minutes to attach the appropriate colored hexi.  I expect many temperatures in the 80's in the weeks ahead so I've pre-made a bunch of orange hexies!


The first row (of color) on the top is January 1 through 15, next column January 16 through 31 etc which means the last row on the bottom is April 16 through April 30.  (April 30 is the yellow one on the left in that bottom row.)   I'm using a low volume fabric to fill in months that don't have 31 days plus surrounding the overall temperature quilt as you can see surrounding the quilt on left edge, top and bottom.

The quilt measures roughly 32'' high and 13 1/2'' wide at this point.

Those cold days of January seem like a very distant memory at this point.  But there isn't as much yellow (temps in the 70s) in April as I would have expected.

Here is the mapping of color to temperature range - I'm using the high temperature for the day and sourcing the data from here.  




Have a wonderful day! Patty

12 comments:

  1. That is so fun Patty!!! Great idea!!!!

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  2. This is lovely to watch come together for you. :)

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  3. I am enjoying seeing yours come together, I bailed on mine for this year as I have decided not to give myself daily commitments right now but I may jump back in next January, it is a neat idea :)

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  4. I thought about joining you when you first posted about your temperature quilt, but I too did not want to commit. But I am loving yours, so maybe next year I will give it a go.

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    1. Maybe you can start yours on summer solstice ?

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    2. I've also thought about starting on someone's birthday and doing a year in their life, so that could be an option, too.

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  5. Yeah for warmer temperatures. It's looking great.

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  6. It's a very fun project. More warm colors to come I'm sure.

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  7. I like seeing this quilt grow!

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  8. I love how this is looking!

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  9. Wonderful, Patty! Nice range of fabric. I'm doing the high & low of the day with pieced hexies.

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