I'm just going to go ahead and say it ...scrap quilting feeds my personality! I was tempted to say "disorder", but I think it's more my creative personality, not a disease or addiction. I don't know about you, but I have about 5 projects going at once and then another few enter the brain, and I can't stand it until I at least put a few pieces of fabric together to test it out.
This is a Temperature Quilt idea that I decided to start on my birthday, February 26th. Take a look at Pinterest and do a search on them and you will see all kinds of ideas.
I'm using the very simple exploding square method, so each day only take 2 - 3" squares of fabric.
There will be a block a day for a year. Each little block signifies the high temp and the low temp for the day. Because I live in two places, I'm making 2 quilts. The little blocks are 3 1/2" each so the little quilts should end up a good lap size. It will be fun to see the difference between Omaha NE and Mercedes TX.
I'm always on the lookout for a good use of the mountain of scraps I have in both my sewing rooms.
I'm currently on Day 14 of my year's journey making these tops. I am making it a habit to make both little blocks first when visiting my sewing shed each morning. They are quick and easy. Each row will be 18 blocks wide and there will be 20 rows. That leaves 5 left over. Liks the example on the web, I've decided to use the five extra blocks on the back with the label and the color chart. I will reserve Easter, Jeff's wedding day (June 3) Thanksgiving, Christmas and News years Day for the five on the back. Special days for sure!
Here are the first 12 days for each row. Omaha is top row; Texas is bottom row. I'm so excited!
