Quilt Vine

I did finish the top of my 2023 Temperature Quilt. I decided not to share it until I have it quilted.

Now, on to my 2024 Temperature Quilt. I have decided on fabric and design. Once again, I will be using Art Gallery Solids for the temperature highs and lows. Lately my fabric choices are becoming increasingly mellow. Not that many years ago my fabric choices could not have been brighter and now I can’t seem to get soft enough.

I started by digging into my box of fabric swatches from Woven and Woolly. Once I finally had what I thought I wanted to go with, I pulled my Art Gallery Solids I had left from other projets to see what I could use. If some of what I had was close enough to swap out, then I did.

This picture is pretty much the fabric I decided on and the temperature range they would be used for. The places where there are two fabrics, I had not quite made up my mind.

I order most of my Art Gallery fabric from Pear Tree Market on Etsy. They had every fabric I needed except Spruce. Yeah, I could order Spruce from another shop but then I would have to pay shipping for just one fabric.

This shows my search for another green with a hint of blue. I wanted Pacific. That happens to be a fabric I also used last year. But again, my favorite shop did not have Pacific. So, I continued my search and came up with Morning Frost and placed my order.

I am now rethinking that decision and I believe I want to use Pacific. Think I will bite the bullet and just order one yard from another shop and pay the shipping.

These are the fabrics that I already have that I will be using.

You can see in this photo that Morning Frost stands out from the other fabric.

Here are all the temperature fabrics laid out on my background. I am using Robert Kaufman Essex Yarn Dyed in Flax. This fabric has been a favorite of mine for quite some time now. I happen to have an entire bolt of it.

By now you are probably wondering what pattern I will be using this year. This one will be a little different than the previous years. I am going to be doing a vine for each month. On that vine will be leaves with points on both ends. Most of you quilters out there may know this shape as an orange peel. My initial thought was to have the vine meandering. While I was drawing it out, I thought I would also give a straight vine a try. I believe my initial thought was right and I am going with meandering.