![Digital January 2023 Snowflake Temperature Quilt](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Challenges/2023-Temperature-Projects/i-BHgMJZH/0/368a69f9/M/2023snowflakequiltJAN-M.jpg)
Digital January 2023 Snowflake Temperature Quilt
I couldn't resist doing another digital temperature quilt this year after the wacky highs and lows we experienced in December. Our thermometer has calmed down quite a bit now, but that just forced me to think outside the box.
![My boring village January 2023 temperature quilt](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Challenges/2023-Temperature-Projects/i-DxbSd3S/0/a8694d4f/M/RoxPuffQuiltJan-M.jpg)
my boring January 2023 digital temperature squares
I mean, after all, I liked the month of greens on my 2023 Kona calendar better than my own digital temperature squares!
![Kona's Color Chart is prettier than my digital charm square January.](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Challenges/2023-Temperature-Projects/i-CmmV43Q/0/123a912c/M/IMG_5929-M.jpg)
I am experimenting with different temperature color schemes. I'm getting some interesting results, and I'm learning I need to work with a color scale I love so I don't get tired of it. I'm learning what I like best, which will help immensely when I do finally cut into the gorgeous batiks I plan to one day use in a genuine fabric temperature quilt.
![future temperature quilt](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Challenges/2023-Temperature-Projects/i-nXdQPZ8/0/52181c4e/M/IMG_5234-M.jpg)
Here are the color combinations of which I am not overly fond (and am not terribly motivated to finish).
![my least favorite color scheme](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Challenges/2023-Temperature-Projects/i-PZLhFk7/0/35f40a2b/M/45x35hstJAN-M.jpg)
This one's not bad. It might make a nice quilt back.
![not bad, might make a nice quilt back](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Challenges/2023-Temperature-Projects/i-cBJZ7GC/0/309f2e15/M/45x35hstlight2darkJAN-M.jpg)
This is my favorite digital quilt (with my own village temperatures) so far, done with nearly the same scale as above, but a totally different layout. This one also snakes back and forth instead of starting over at the top every 16 days. (It includes December 2022!)
![my favorite color scheme with my second favorite design](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Challenges/2023-Temperature-Projects/i-wVX5Pst/0/6b1978b7/M/dotsnsquaresSNAKEdecC22-M.jpg)
Because my own village temperatures were not giving me the variety I anticipated for a fabric temperature quilt panel I'd like to have printed by Spoonflower for a unique idea I've come up with, I decided to record Gunnison's daily highs and lows. Gunnison once was one of our favorite places to visit. It also has a radically colder climate than the Rockies-nestled village where I live. That white square is because the -22 that night was off my color chart!!!
![Gunnison January 2023 Temperature Quilt](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Challenges/2023-Temperature-Projects/i-R67W79H/0/94d0d837/M/GunnyPuffQuiltJan-M.jpg)
Gunnison January 2023 Digital Temperature Quilt
I also tried Fraser, which is billed as the icebox of the nation, and The Wave on the Arizona/Utah border, which, not surprisingly, does not have an official weather station. Fraser did not have the jumps I wanted. I got quickly bored with the temperatures recorded in Cody, Wyoming, even though I love visiting there, because there wasn't much difference between the high and low and not much variety at all throughout my experimental week. I tried to think of another location I love that might have a wider variety in daily readings, and on a whim, I tried Pikes Peak.
![Pikes Peak Summit Digital Temperature Quilt January 2023](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Challenges/2023-Temperature-Projects/i-fq7FKPd/0/42d4edb8/M/PikesPeakPuffQuiltJan-M.jpg)
Pikes Peak Summit January 2023 Digital Temperature Quilt
Can you believe 14,115-foot Pikes Peak actually was warmer than my little village the last two days of January! (I'm just shy of 6,000 feet.) What a riot!
Pikes Peak temperatures are better than what I got with my own temperatures, but for now, I've decided to stick with Gunnison. I really like this color palette!
![Gunnison January 2023 Digital Temperature Quilt](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Challenges/2023-Temperature-Projects/i-4c6ttFT/0/1dd16880/M/GunnyCompassQuiltJan2023-M.jpg)
Gunnison January 2023 Digital Temperature Quilt
I also came up with this beautiful new design I absolutely cannot wait to finish with an entire year of Gunnison highs and lows. I think this is going to make the most beautiful Spoonflower panel!!!
![legend](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Challenges/2023-Temperature-Projects/i-Pc2QwCf/0/2a31fe23/M/jan2023e-M.jpg)
my new color chart with my village highs and lows for January 2023
Wow, I had no idea that digital quilts were a thing. These are so fun, especially the last two.
ReplyDeleteHa, ha! I don't know that digital quilts are a thing, but I sure enjoy doing them!
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