Rachel's 21st Quilt

I wanted to make Rachel a quilt for her 21st but what to make - what design to choose? 

What to do on one side?As I had already decided to make a Temperature Quilt on the other side.

Her mother (my cousin) suggested that Rachel's favourite colours at the moment were black, grey and white with a splash of colour - and so that's what I did on the reverse - exactly that!

As mentioned, I had decided on a Temperature Quilt on one side - and so I set about doing the research on it. First, I had to find the daily maximum temperatures for each day of her birth year and then calculate how I would "display" them - I settled on a colour for collections of temperatures (in celsius). They being:

a)  10-11-12 = ice blue

b)  13-14-15 = light blue

c)  15-17-18 = medium blue

d)19-20-21 – darker blue

e)  22-23-24 = light green

f)  25-26-27 = medium green

g)  28-29-30 = darker green

h)  31-32-33 = yellow

i)   34-35-36 = light orange

j)  37-38-39 = darker orange

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k)40-41-42 = red

However, I needed another 9 rectangles to complete the set. Problem solved - I chose fabric with musical notes on them in a light shade of white/grey and I placed them at strategic points on the quilt - the birthdays of herself, her siblings and her parents, but because I still needed another 3 placements, I chose New Year's Day, ANZAC Day and Christmas Day coz on each of these days music is played - think about it! And so the quilt below has the 365 days of Rachel's birth year, plus these extras to complete it.