February's temperature block

As my daughter would say, I did all the adulting things....lol....so with all that stuff done, I decided to take some time to play.  There are a few required blocks for January still not done, but oh well.  I can catch up on those pretty easily some time this week.  

I got a late start yesturday, but I am still happy with what I got done.  By the time I went upstairs to make dinner, I had about half of February's block pieced.  I made this paper template that I shared with you a couple of days ago.  Today, I thought I would share with you a bit of the process.  All the wedges are roughly cut into a rectangle, until I determine the position of the seam, at which time, I then trim the one angle and sew it to the paper on the wrong side.

Because this is a circle I made a slit along the 1st and the blank 30th date, so that I can fold back the paper more easily and work with the wedges.  Above is the picture of the good side, or what will be the finished side.  When all the wedges are done, I will then fold the paper along the slit and sew the last wedge to the first one.  Then the circle will be complete.

This next picture is the back side of the completed circle.  I almost took all the paper off, before I thought that maybe some would like to see the process.  The middle seams are ironed up or down, alternating with each wedge, which helps if the position of the seams are the same when they are side by side.  In that case they would then nest easily together.

It was a bit late when I got this circle done.  I still have a few tucks to make here and there, but the circle is pretty much ready to be appliquéd to the background now.  It looks a bit odd at this stage.  Especially when there is a blank space, up toward the top, which represents the 30th day of the month.  Being that the block is for February, means there is no 30th day.  Hence the blank.  I did insert a wedge there, though you can't tell as it is the same colour as the background.

I have all month to get this appliquéd, however as I am excited to be back working on this quilt, I expect to have this done within a few days, baring having to do the adulting things....lol.  I just love that term.  It's a way of making fun of things that can sometimes seem like drudgery.  A positive spin on it....lol.

Take care everyone.  Have a great week.