Joy ~ Fabric Collecting & Free Pattern Friday

To Sew or Not To Sew?

This is always the question with my fabric treasures.

This part of my stash is, literally, "from the Vault"

in my fabric closets.

As a lover of fabric, I freely confess to having

my own carefully curated fabric collection.

This book has also been in my private quilt library for some time,

while I decide if I will ever be equal to the task.

I am wondering if I should choose a simpler, more doable project for me.

I am also wondering if I should even think about taking on another project

 as I have so many "works in progress."

If I were to add one more to the endless list it would be this lovely free BOM ...

Joy in the Ordinary BOM by Jenny Elefantz

The first block is ready for download ... 

Joy in the Ordinary ~ January Block Here

I love Jenny's patterns and just reading her blog.

Click Here for more of Jenny's Free Patterns

I have saved the January block and am cross stitching as I dither

about this fabulous fabric and free pattern.

What about you?

Will you stitch and sew along, too?

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Here is my little tree block for my Temperature Quilt for today.

Light Green Top ~ High of 45 degrees F 

Dark Green Trunk ~ Low of 30 degrees F

Mostly sunny and relatively mild today for January

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Major Rainstorm Forecast for tomorrow.

Possible power outages due to high winds.

Local flood warning.

There is serious coastal flooding in the waterfront communities

 near us from the last storms.

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May everyone stay safe ands well from the storms.  

I Like Thursday ~ Julep & Jubilee

 The Wordless Wednesday photo yesterday was a top view of this

Tilda Bit by Bit Stash Builder from Serendipity Woods

which is one of my fabric treasures.

I have had this Fat 16ths bundle in my stash for a long time now

and I have had difficulty unrolling and using it.

I have a nice collection of Tilda fabrics in my stash.

I admit to being a bit of a collector.

Jubilee ~ Tilda Fabrics is celebrating 25 years!

with a special new collection to be released soon.

Your know what this means ... many wonderful new free patterns also coming soon! 

This year I have decided to sew some quilts

 with these beautiful fabrics in my stash,

starting with this plan to make a 2024 Temperature Quilt plan.

I am going to use my Tilda prints for the daily temperature colors.

For the background I will be using the ... 

Kona Color of the Year for 2024, which is Julep. 

I purchased my 

Kona Color of the Year @ Fat Quarter Shop

I love this pretty light green fabric. 

While Katniss cat naps on her favorite bed on my cutting table,

I sewed the first 10 blocks for the year.

The tree top is the high temperature of the day.

The trunk is the low temperature.

These angle pieces are cut with my

EZ Tri Recs Ruler Set @ Fat Quarter Shop

This is a favorite ruler set of mine over the years.

This little pine tree block is easy to make.

The block finishes at 4" by 5.5" and I add a 1.5' by 5.5" spacer piece

to each block on the right as I sew.

Then I am adding each block to the strip.

I think I will make strips of 15 blocks 

and there may be some other small blocks between the months. 

Not all the trees in my quilt will be pine trees.

I am designing as I go with this project, although my quilty muse

 has an image of what we would like the completed quilt to be. 

My long time followers know I started a temperature quilt a few years back.

That one is still in pieces and now in storage.

I am hoping 2024 is the year I complete a Temperature Quilt.

Wish me luck!

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visit my friends @ Not Afraid of Color

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