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Monday, January 12, 2026

Temperature Quilt 2026

My main project over the last week was joining the sections of my Temperature Quilt from 2025. I'm excited to be getting very close to having a finished top, and I hope to have photos to share soon. I had such a fun time making last year's quilt that I have started a new Temperature Quilt for 2026. I'm using most of the same fabrics as last year, which are  Glaze and Glaze II by Libs Elliott for Andover Fabrics. Here's my color palette for the 2026 quilt.


A few of the colors were swapped out from last year's lineup, and the order of some of the others was switched around. I have 28 colors, and each one represents a range of 3 degrees going from 21° or lower up to 100° and above. The black fabric shown at the top will be my setting and sashing, although I might switch to a solid black.

This time I am using a Herringbone pattern that is foundation pieced. Here are the first nine days. The strips on the left represent the daily high temps, and the shorter strips on the right are the lows. We've had unusually warm weather for the beginning of January. The three bright yellow strips represent highs of 70 degrees.

Herringbone Temperature Quilt 2026

The Herringbone design that I am using is a free pattern from Tina Craig at Seaside Stitches. I enlarged the pattern a bit and am planning to add sashing between the monthly herringbone panels. I look forward to another year of tracking the weather here in Georgia.


I'm  linking up with:
Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
Monday Musings at Songbird Designs
Wednesday Wait Loss at Inquiring Quilter

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA
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6 comments:

  1. NannJanuary 12, 2026 at 7:35 AM

    Oooh. Lovely array of colors. Are they all the same fabric line? (I want to make a temperature quilt but I haven't taken the plunge.)

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  2. BonnieJanuary 12, 2026 at 9:19 AM

    Looks good... Just curious -- how often does it get around 21ยบ in your part of Georgia? I lived outside Atlanta for several years and vividly remember ice but not much snow.

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  3. Vicki in MNJanuary 12, 2026 at 10:16 AM

    Love that you are using the herringbone pattern for this one, you are off to a good start!

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  4. KateJanuary 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM

    Another fun project. I'm looking forward to seeing how your 2025 temperature quilt turned out.

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  5. Brenda @ Songbird DesignsJanuary 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM

    Beautiful fabrics, Julie. We're just a few hours from each other. Is your weather as schizophrenic as ours? It's been crazy! Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings. Have a great week.

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  6. Jennifer Fulton Inquiring QuilterJanuary 15, 2026 at 8:52 PM

    What an easy way to create a temperature quilt! I love, love the fabrics you've chosen and can't wait to see this grow! Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
    https://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2026/01/14/wednesday-wait-loss-467

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