May temperatures

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A hexie a day!

It only takes a few minutes (6 actually) to attach a pre-made hexie onto temperature quilt.

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 May 16 through May 31.  (May 31 (85+ day) is the orange 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'' x 16''.

May brought us a couple of days in the 90s and plenty of days in the 80s.  There are actually two shades of oranges in there.  The color difference between the two is a bit easier to see in person.

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

I'll be linking up my wip with  Freemotion by the River,   WIP Wednesday's,  Let's Bee Social, Midweek Makers.  Needle and Thread Thursdays, and Finished or Not Friday.

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One Monthly Goal - June Goal Link-up

Welcome to June!  We had 110 projects linked up in May - let's see what this month brings!

New to One Monthly Goal?  Welcome!  To join, share a photo of your project, some words about what you want to accomplish in a blog post, an Instagram post (tutorial) or a post on Flickr and add that photo to the link-up.  Return at the end of the month and share your results.  You can read about the event and the rules on the main event page.

We have wonderful sponsors this month - three (3) winners will be randomly chosen from those that link up in both the goal and the finish event.  Plus anyone linking up will earn an entry for the bonus prize.  (Bonus prize to be awarded in July - you can earn up to 3 entries by joining the link-ups April through June.) 

Fat Quarter Shop offers a tremendous selection of fabric, notions, books and just about anything you will need for your project. Consider their Sew Sampler box to receive a monthly surprise delivery of fabric and fun.  Fat Quarter Shop is offering a $25 gift certificate to one lucky participant.

Make Modern is a digital magazine launched by a collaboration of quilters based in Australia. Their magazine is filled with modern quilt designs and a wonderful source of inspiration. Make Modern is offering a 6 month subscription to one lucky participant.

Green Fairy Quilts  is a wonderful online quilt store that offers precuts, patterns and notions at prices that can't be beat.  They are my source for precuts! Shipping is fast and the selection is wonderful. Green Fairy Quilts is offering a beautiful fat-eighth bundle of Puzzle Pieces by Moda for the 2Q bonus prize.

I am very excited to introduce our designer sponsor for June - Wendi Gratz of Shiny Happy World.  (Isn't that just the best name!)  Her patterns are so delightful - puppies, forest animals, monsters, bears, whimsical houses - each with a personality that you can't help but smile when you see them.  And now there is a new pattern available called Fancy Doodads - hats, bow ties, glasses - anything you might need to dress up your bears, dogs and cats! 

Wendi designs quilt patterns for beginners and creates videos of all the techniques required to complete the quilt to make sure the beginner quilter has everything they need to be successful.  

I love how Wendi focuses on breaking down the quilt making process into easy to understand steps.  Her focus on fusible applique and the quilt as you go (QAYG) method of quilting help a quilter create something fun and fast. Wendi offers a free class called Let's Make a Quilt which is perfect for beginners and more experienced quilters too.  

Her latest pattern Bunches of Bears can be found with the rest of her patterns in her shop.

Photo and quilt credit to Wendi Gratz, used with permission
Cuddly Cats, Playful Puppies, Scary Squares, and Bunches of Bears.

Wendi is offering a $25 gift certificate to her shop to one lucky randomly chosen winner.  You can visit Wendi on her blog, on Instagram, on Facebook and in her pattern store.

My goal for June is to make a total of six of my double-wedding ring blocks - 3 to go!  I am hand-piecing these and really enjoying the process.

Now it is your turn to link up - what is your goal for June?  (A goal could be to finish a quilt but it could also be to attach a binding.  Whatever it takes to help you move forward and make progress on your projects!  And as long as the project involves a needle and/or fabric, you can link up!)

Make sure you visit the One Monthly Goal event page for the specific requirements for links and social tags.  Your blog post (or Flickr post) must contain a photo of your project, a clearly stated goal and a link back to Elm Street Quilts.  Your Instagram post must include a photo of your project, a clearly stated goal and the tag #onemonthlygoal.  (Entries which don't contain the required information may be disqualified.)

And remember, to be eligible for the prize(s) by random drawing you must linkup at both the goal setting and the accomplishment linkup in a given month.   (The One Monthly Goal accomplishment linkup will be available on June 24.)

Make sure you add a link to this OMG post so others can find the OMG link-up from your blog.  Let's make that easy -  just paste this into your post: 
 

Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal June Linkup.

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Thanks for linking up!

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And a new quilt begins!

(Click here for the May One Monthly Goal Finish Link-up!)

Once upon a time, I actively collected charm packs.  As each new line from a favorite designer arrived in my LQS, I purchased the charm pack*.  Some charm packs found their way into quilts - remember Schnibbles? -  but many charm packs did not.

Fast forward to today - I wanted a basic chain piecing project.  I wanted a project that would start eating into my stash.

I looked through all the eye candy I'd been saving from Instagram and two scrappy quilts consistently caught my attention - postage stamp and HRT (half-rectangle triangle).

See what I decided?

After much trial and error using scraps, I figured out the measurements that would yield blocks of the size I wanted.  I looked through my charm square collection and decided to make this quilt an all Moda Sweetwater quilt.  Some of the HRT are paired with low volume fabric from Sweetwater and some are paired with a white.

How big will this get?  I'm not sure yet.  If I go with a basic lap sized quilt - 48 x 60 - I'll need 360 HRT.   But, honestly, I'm temped to make a queen sized quilt for our bed.  Wouldn't it be awesome?  I don't have enough charm packs to get to queen sized but I do have plenty of Sweetwater fabric fat quarters and scraps that could get me closer.

* The only reason I stopped buying charm packs is I started buying those mini-charms.  I am going to make a postage stamp quilt too and use up all the mini charms from any, all designers.  That will be fun!

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