Temperature Quilt 2024 Update

 

I am  happy to say that I am up to date on my 

Temperature Quilt  2024 Tree Blocks

It has been below freezing at night here

and in some cases not getting above the freezing point

 in the daytime the past week. 

Mostly it has been sunny but it has also been very windy

adding a wind chill factor to the cold.

Occasionally we have bits of snow flurries blowing around,

 but we have little new snow on the ground

except for piles along the streets and walks that are not melting.

All in all though, it has been a mild February so far here.

My blocks have been shades of blue and purple to reflect the cold.

The green tree shows it actually went a few degrees above freezing that day.

I added some Tilda Gardenlife 

to my Windy Days and Hibernation fabrics, 

though it is still very much winter in my garden.

I am staying snug and warm inside sewing

and dreaming of spring.

May you stay well and safe an warm in your own happy quilty place. 

Saturday Sewing

 

Catching up with my Temperature Quilt Tree Blocks.

Last weekend and much of the week, I felt under the weather,

which started snowy, got wet and wild and then turned to ice.

After that is was cloudy and gray all week 

and the temperatures went up and down.

I was not really ill but very blah 

and mostly stayed tucked under the quilts and read

and dreamed of better days.

So here is my week's worth of blocks sewed yesterday and today.

The heart block is a spacer block to mark the beginning of February.

Here is today's block,

low temperature in the 20s and high in the mid 30s Fahrenheit.

The next few days are forecast to zig-zag above and below the freezing mark.

I have also been working on sewing the rows 

and will have more photos of what the quilt may look like soon.  

I hope you are having and happy quilty weekend.

My Temperature Tree Block ~ Free Block Pattern

Here is the cutting for this little Pine Tree Block

that I am sewing for my 2024 Temperature Quilt.

For the background, I cut 4" by WOF strips

and cut the triangles with these 

EZ Tri Rec Rulers by Darlene Zimmerman.

Then I cut 2" strips into 2" squares.

I cut 1.5" strips and cut into 1.5' by 5.5" strips for the side spacer piece.

I keep these in my three section organizer by my sewing machine

so I can easily sew my daily block.

I sew the first side triangle to the 60 degree triangle

and one of the 2" squares to the trunk section. 

I press outward.

Then I sew the second side on both pieces and press outward.

The I sew the top to the bottom and press toward the trunk.

Then I sew the side piece to the right and press outward.

Maestro likes to help me cut while Katniss likes to cat nap in the kitty bed.

Here is my completed sample block which measures 5.5" square.

Here are my blocks for this week so far.

Yesterday and today it stayed in the 34-39 degree Fahrenheit range,

so I sewed twin blocks with the same fabrics switched trunk to tree top.

My second January row is growing.

Happy Sewing!