Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Temperature Quilt A Long

I had admired the Temperature Quilts that Mary from Needledmom and her sister made last year...Check them out here, so interesting to see the differences in a quilt from California and Alaska!  Mary suggested a QAL this year and so I am IN!

Anyway, I have been wanting to play with a solids quilt and this seems like a fun thing to try...of course I am bending the rules already and am doing HST's instead of the  square in a square blocks they are doing.  I chose a 2 inch finished size and raided my stash for solids to create the temperature range.
 Most don't have labels...should be interesting if I run out of a certain shade!!  :)
This is the first 9 days of January here in northeast Indiana.  

As a sidenote, Fat Quarter Shop had a generous sale on a wool pressing pad and I am trying it out today.  You can see it above, I think I am a fan!
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8 comments:

  1. Siouxzq64@gmail.comJanuary 10, 2018 at 9:59 PM

    Welcome to the temperature QAL. What pressing mat did you get? I got the mega one that is like a wool/fiber blend. Love it so far.

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  2. LindaJanuary 11, 2018 at 7:58 AM

    What a fun quilt! I'm still trying to decide if I want to jump in. I know I don't have that many solids in my stash.

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  3. Patty January 11, 2018 at 8:04 AM

    Love the idea. I started recording temps last year but never did anything with them. And I was only going to do squares which is boring. I like what you are doing!

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  4. JeannaJanuary 11, 2018 at 8:57 AM

    I labeled my fabric a lot like you have and have cut squares from each piece to get started. This is my first time participating in the sew-along, too. I like your half-square triangles. I'm doing the square-in-a-square block but using a paper-piecing method. It will be fun to see the variations in all the quilts.

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  5. Carol SwiftJanuary 13, 2018 at 1:41 PM

    Mary's temperature quilt turned out so beautiful and I love seeing the start of this new one. I'm not sure I could keep up, but I'm sure you will!

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  6. UnknownJanuary 13, 2018 at 5:46 PM

    Love your start to this quilt and also the solids you've chosen for your hst blocks.

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  7. KaHollyJanuary 15, 2018 at 8:16 AM

    With our whacky weather this year, should make an interesting quilt!

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  8. Jocelyn is Canadian Needle NanaJanuary 18, 2018 at 10:11 AM

    Ooh your fabrics are beautiful and do look like temperature gauges. Good luck with the project. Thanks for the tip about the pressing mat.

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