Monday, January 10, 2022

2021 Temperature Quilt Flimsy

And 2021 is a wrap!


There was such an amazing string of days at the end of December - which continued into the first 2 days of January - where we saw high temperatures in the 70s (yellow) and upper 60s (green).  The other amazing part is the lows were not all that low - look at those greens in the last 3 days of the year which means the low temperature was in the 60s!


Since I used the same fabric 2 years in a row, I've really enjoyed the year to year compares - 2020 on the right and 2021 on the left.  (See the fully quilted 2020 version here.)   The compare really shows how unusually warm 2021 December was!

My flimsy is 36" x 32", 1/2 the size of the 2020 version.  I've not yet decided if I'll make another for 2022.  I've two thoughts so far - one is to just keep extending the 2021 version and end up with a 2 year quilt.  The other is make an even smaller version.


My design documents both the high and low temperature in a block which finishes 1 1/2 '' x 2''.  The improv strip is 1/4'' wide and records the low temperatures.  

Every month takes 2 columns - the 1 through 15 in first column and then 16 through end of month in the second column.  Filler blocks are added to square off the quilt.  The thin strips - 1/4'' wide - are randomly inserted and run 'vertically' for odd days and 'horizontally' for even days.

I'm using the exact same fabric that I did for my 2020 Temperature quilt.  The time I spent organizing is paying off - it takes no time at all to get the prep work done for sewing each block.  I made myself a mini-quilt to show off my temperature grid.  Oranges are 80s, yellows are 70s and sew on.  I've been asked several times what my fabrics are - I used all Painters Palette solids:
100+ is Sangria, 95+ is Real Red, 90+ is Poppy red, 85+ is Burnt Orange, 80+ is Tangerine, 75+ is Pencil Yellow, 70+ is Bright Yellow, 65+ is Apple Green, 60+ is Mint, 55+ is Bright Aqua, 50+ is Turquoise, 45+ is China Blue, 40+ is Lapis, 35+ is Purple, 30+ is Amethyst, and any temp is the 20s is Royalty.


I've written up my basic temperature quilt process in my tutorial including where I source the high and low information.  You can see my temperature quilts for 2018, 2019, and 2020!


Have a wonderful day! Patty

5 comments:

  1. Oh wow, that was a really warm ending to the year! o_O

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  2. It's so bright and colourful. Well done.

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  3. Those are really neat. I keep thinking about making a temperature quilt, but I'm not sure I have the patience to wait all year for it. LOL

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  4. They are both gorgeous. Marking the odd and even days is a nice touch! I've been thinking it would be fun to do a temperature quilt for the year I was born. That would be interesting. Hmmm...

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  5. Your 2021 flimsy is a work of art! I love it... the way those blues/greens asymmetrically frame the center. Perfect! Have you thought about making another year exactly the same block/same size, and then putting four years together into one quilt? Maybe that's not possible because the other years are finished, but wouldn't that make for an interesting large quilt? No matter what you decide, the blocks and layouts you've chosen are spot on for making a not-so-positive year look beautiful in retrospect. Just great!

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