![]() As I worked, an image of light streaming into a canyon emerged in my mind. I pieced a lot of these rectangular units using a controlled palette and began the task of creating a composition.Īfter about a month of manipulations on the design wall, I decided to edit out many of the units. The class was a sampler, but I was particularly intrigued by a technique Maria calls “braided curves”. Crevices (40″ x 45.5″) machine pieced, hand quiltedĬrevices began in a virtual workshop with Maria Shell which focused on freehand curve and circle techniques. ![]() I’m thrilled to announce that it is also headed to QuiltCon in Phoenix next month. ![]() The quilt I’m sharing today is very different from Tiny Bubbles, in style, technique and process. These units finish at one inch and are pretty cute if I do say so myself. I’m using the same rules as last year without the precipitation component. Postscript: I had a lot of scraps from the concave pieces that were just the right size to do a smaller version for 2022. Finally this weekend I dedicated some time to do the work I’d been avoiding and I now have a finished top! I couldn’t decided where to put the key, how to do the borders, etc. On January 1st, I had all the blocks assembled.Īnd then it stalled. The blocks were assembled by machine each month allowing me to take them down and free up space on the design wall. To provide movement to the design, the blocks are rotated based on their relationship to the previous day’s high temperature.Ī calendar layout makes it easy to find specific dates. I traced all of the shapes, cut them out with scissors and pieced them by hand. The convex shape represents the highs, the concave the lows and the smaller curve shows the amount of precipitation. I used my quarter circle templates from Jen Carlton Bailly for the daily units. Each morning, my husband recorded the data for me, making it a collaborative effort. ![]() A neighborhood weather station on Weather Underground gave me a very local source of data. Despite living in Western Washington, our weather is drier due to the rain shadow effect from the Olympic Mountains. Our weather is rather mild here in Sequim, so when I made my key, I chose to do 3 degree intervals except for our most frequent range where I used 2 degree intervals. Both of my squircle quilts were made in this fashion. I love these daily projects that slowly accumulate over the course of a year. I am so very grateful for the time we had together and so very sad it was too short.Īfter seeing all of the temperature quilts appearing on Instagram, I couldn’t resist joining in on the fun. We shared many happy times and a few hard ones, too. Pat taught me how to cut without a ruler, how to dye fabric, how to face a quilt and so much more. I encourage you to see a sampling of her beautiful work in the galleries on her website. It was such an honor for her to have a quilt accepted into Quilt National 2011. She credited her time studying at the Barn as foundational to her work. Pat had attended several Nancy Crow workshops over the years. From the very first time I saw her quilts, I was intrigued by her freehand improvisational piecing, her use of gorgeous hand dyed fabric and her abstract geometric aesthetic. In fact, she completely changed the course of my quilt making.Īfter moving to Sequim, Pat joined our small quilting group which met weekly to hand stitch together. Her inspiration, encouragement and support had a huge impact on my own work. This past week, Pat Oden, a dear friend and mentor passed away. ![]()
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