Re-setting the temperature —

It's been a while since I talked about my 2020 Temperature quilt.
I had thought I'd be working on it weekly but I had a couple of hiccups with it that have slowed me down.
This is the last photo I shared of it —

January and February blocks. (Blogpost March 25th.)

You can see, to the left of the photo, I started piecing a temperature scale of the fabrics I was using.

This is where I came to a screaming halt.

I decided I didn't like my scale - there were a few fabrics in it that didn't work. They didn't flow in a nice rainbow/colourwheel sort of a way.

And then Lockdown hit and I couldn't do anything about it.

Fast forward two months - last week I was able to sort my fabrics, sort my colours and top up with the ones I wanted to use instead. Luckily they were in stock at my lovely local quilt shop.

I thought I would spend an hour or so on Saturday getting it all restarted again. I cut a whole lot more 2" squares, pieced my new temperature scale (which will be part of the border), and set about remaking my blocks.
Because I'd rejected several fabrics and rearranged a few more, it was a case of doing some unpicking and, depending on the temperatures we had,  just about starting from scratch again!

In this block I have just unpicked the bottom squares.
Depending on the temperature/colour there was a little or a lot of messing
around!

In the end, I couldn't put it down and the other sewing I wanted to achieve over the weekend went out the window!

I've now re-done January —

and February —

and March (this had only been started so there wasn't as much unpicking here) —

Here they are on the wall, with the revised temperature scale —

It may not look any different to many of you but I am a lot happier with it now, particularly when I look at how the colours work in the scale!

The highest temperature in these first three months is the deep red, which is anything over 28°. The lowest used so far is a medium green which is 10-11°.

(I discarded a purple and a light teal, and a dark blue I hadn't yet used. Rearranged the orange/pink. Added in another orange, added a different blue.....)

April-May are ready to sew —

Now that I'm nearly caught up I hope to stay more 'in the moment' with this!

I finished another pair of slippers last week. The first pair I made were for George but were a little small, so Lily got them instead. Hopefully these ones will be just right for him.

I was asked what I use for the soles. I used offcuts of sheepskin (usually purchased in scrap bags)...I had a few pieces in my cupboard and a friend gave me a few extra pieces. Cut out the soles and go around the edges with a leather hole punch.

'til next time,

happy stitches,