My goal for May was to get caught up with my Temperature Quilt. Including the joining of the month rows and May days from the 1st to the 21st. In preparation for doing the "sashing" strips, I cut several lengths of the black solid. Then I sewed them together, pressed and wrapped the entire strip around a piece of lightweight cardboard. It reminds me of purchased bias tape!
I sewed daily "patches/blocks" every day or two. I record the high and low temperature every day on a spread sheet on my iPad.. I use Weather Underground and a location that I found that is closest to my house. The only drawback to that method is the actual history. That particular station only displays history for 2 days prior. If I miss, by chance....I use the Official Reporting location, our county airport. We are only 2 miles from the airport, so the temps are close! I have only had to do that once.
This is how it looks as of today. January through April, all sewn together. May is still being constructed. May 1st thourgh the 23rd. My goal was to get to the 21st! You can see, we almost had Summer on the 14th, then the cool came back. It always surprises me that sometime the low for one day is the same as the high on the next day. See the blocks for May 17th and 18th.
I am really looking forward to some summer days. Tomorrow is supposed to be in the low 70s and then back to 50s and rain!
Linking this to Elm Street Quilts, One Monthly Goal Finish Link Up.
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I like this way of recording the temperature, and it's good that you have recorded both maximum and minimum; it has been cold! How big are your patches?
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be a nice quilt!
ReplyDeleteI did one of those last year -- was just looking at the top today thinking I need to quilt this!! It's so much fun to see the color patterns evolve!
ReplyDeletePretty! Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and congrats on your finish!
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