Temperature

 We're not officially in a drought again.

But parts of a local creek are dry.

Our county is considered "abnormally dry" while nearby municipalities are now officially in drought.  We are being asked to cut back on water use.  That is not difficult at this point.  The price of municipal water has gone up so much that most of us are really stunned at our latest bill.

A few weeks ago, I talked about making a temperature quilt in 2026.  A lot of you had really REALLY good tips and advice.  But I think one reader asked, "what will you do with the quilt afterwards?"   And that made me pause.

Enter Sarah Homfray.  I love her youtube channel on embroidery and other creative projects.  The project I was inspired was on her "Sarah Homfray Creates" channel.  

Instead of a quilt, Sarah chose to do a sampler years ago.  It was essentially a long ribbon of embroidery and can easily be hung up anywhere.  You can see the video here.  She even provides links on how to record your temps and weather.  For rain or snow she added beads or sequins and I'm going to be looking through my notions this weekend to see what I have.

Foruitously, I found some things I can use for this project at the quilt guild show.  The first important piece was this thread binder I bought for 1 or 2 dollars:

It even came with thread!

I also found some striped fabric that I'll use for my temperature lines.  I will sew about 4-6 inches across each line.  You can see the fabric behind the binder above.  I figured this is easy to do in the evening and I want to try and practice some new embroidery stitches.

The daily chart that Sarah shares a link means that I can easily keep track of precipitation and temperatures.  

So technically this will be a temperature sampler but I like the idea and it's much easier to complete.

What do you think?

Have a safe and happy day!