O suns and skies and clouds of June,
And flowers of June together,
Ye cannot rival for one hour
October’s bright blue weather;

October’s Bright Blue Weather – Helen Hunt Jackson

 Stasher Helen has become a fabric meteorologist. She has recorded the high and low temperature of each day this year with color. There are three months left to go.

Using Kona Cotton, certain colors are assigned to represent a temperature range. The high and low temperature of each day is then recorded for a year. On days with less than 31 days, the row is completed with a filler color.

There are many creative ways to make a temperature quilt. Check out these ideas from artofit.com :

A felt advent calendar was created for 200 sisters in Kay’s stake. When the Relief Society presidency needed help making them, Kay was there. She explains, “I like to use my sewing skills to serve others.”

Stasher Kay says, “My life has certainly been changed by my ‘quilting friends’ who invited me to join their Stashing Sisters group many years ago. They are very tolerant of the fact that I rarely work on quilts at our retreats. The love we share and the bonding has definitely changed my life.”

Q. When is the right time to make a quilt for Christmas? A. Definitely before December. That leaves about 11 months of sewing. Stasher Helen is making a Christmas Quilt in March. She says,

“I’m working on a Christmas Quilt using all my scraps. I love the idea of using what’s left over to make something. The Pattern is ‘Star Spangled Variation’ by Trisha Perry, modified by Jenny Doan. I simply changed their original color palette to be for Christmas. I hope to give this quilt to one of my kids!”

“I’ve saved kids’ worn out jeans, cut squares years ago and was encouraged to finish by my sister stasher Cindy. I don’t know where the idea came from – we laid out a row at a time, so there is no real pattern”, Carey comments.

She continues, “I hope my kids will be touched by this quilt but who knows? I’m pretty sure one of my daughters will be pleased because she’s as sentimental as I am. The quilts I own represent love, so that affects my world in positive ways each time I consider”.

“I’ve always wanted to make a Bargello quilt – here we go!” says stashing sister Bridget. Asked about her favorite color Bridget responded, “Blue. . . mostly. It’s my favorite color and one that I find peaceful”.

“Creating quilts makes my spirit happy, calms my mind, and I love to take little pieces of something, put them together in a pattern and make something beautiful. It also satisfies my detail brain 😊”

Top Pic – Organizing the bargello strips with color coding.

Bottom Pic – The finished bargello quilt top!