I started tracking the daily temperatures for 2024 in Jan/2024 and continued for the first few months. I did a detailed post about making the first block for January, back on Dec 13/2025 called Started a temperature quilt for the days of 2024, in case you want to read more about it.
I mentioned on Jan 4th's post, that this is a paper piece block that is then appliquéd to the background fabric. I was going to start this back up in February, as a BOM, as I have January's block already complete, however as you can see, I am getting a head start on it.
In the picture below, the top sheet of paper shows all of my colours to represent the temperatures. The bottom sheet is the paper template I made for the month of October. Over the past few days, I've been working on finishing off the paper templates for the whole year. I had most of the outlines done from before, and all I needed to do was draw the lines in each date, to show where my highs and lows were going to be positioned in the wedge. Those are now all done for each month.
Now I am starting to cut the coloured fabrics. Yesturday I started and finished all the days in December. Today I did the same for October. If you want to get an idea of what these blocks will look like, check out the post of Dec 13/2025, where I posted the finished block of January.
This next picture is the top half of the wedges that will represent the temperature for each day. The first day starting at the top of the circle. As this is paper piece the colours are currently in reverse. They are laying on the sewing side and when sewn will be on the other side of the paper.
This circle look quite different than January. This one is where the temperature is starting to cool off in October, with some nice days in there too. The above picture is of all the highs in October and the picture below is where I have introduced the lows in October. This is where you really see that the temperatures are getting cooler.
What I've done with these fabric pieces, to keep things organized is taken, in reverse, each day and sewn the seam for the high and the low, to keep them together. I didn't break thread, just kept sewing them, day by day, until I finished all of them. I folded them, stacking them on top of each other. The little packet in the picture at the very top, is how I am storing each month. This way if I have them all cut, I can put all the fabrics away and only have to handle the packet when I need to work on it.
I'm hoping to make the packets for all the months in the next few days, so that I can find my sewing room again....lol. I really do know how to make a "creative" mess....lol. At least that is what I am calling it...lol. I'm enjoying this process. Taking my time to put everything together. After this part is done, I can then make February's block. It will be so much easier to do each block with all the prep work done.
I am looking at the last picture above and I like the play of the colours that make up the circle. I can't wait to see how the other months turn out!!
Take care everyone.
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