They Call Me Mellow Yellow...

I knew from the start that yesterday was going to be a short day -

We'd made an appointment with the bank person over some finance stuff (so NOT exciting!) for 4pm, so I needed to be home by 3pm...it short sheeted my creative play by a couple of hours, but some progress was made on the next thing.

You just had to KNOW there was going to be a scrappy backing for my X-Plus quilt, didn't you?

I am tackling the scrap stash as never before. And here is a bin that really needed sorting out because where do you draw the line at what is yellow, what is gold, caramel, or pushing orange/cheddar?

Let the sorting begin!

I've pulled a bunch of backing block possibilities into this pile.

I sorted out the orange-y ones and put them in with the oranges -

But this caramel color?

It's not brown.  It's deeper than gold.  My heart sank a bit as I made the decision to give this lot a bin of its own.

I added a bin instead of getting rid of a bin!

BUT!

I'm thinking this color needs a place to land - perhaps mixed with navy.  I'm keeping that in mind for a possible plan to sew some of this stuff up.

Do you have colors that you don't know what to do with?

And then there are these - The blocks that didn't make it into the quilt.

By the time I had rethought my plan and decided that half of the blocks needed dark backgrounds, and half light to make things more interesting, these had already been made.

And quite a few of them had more 'yellow-y" backgrounds that really made them incompatible with the butter yellow sashing so I set those ones that wouldn't play nice aside.

But we can use them up here!

And even some of the leftover sashing and cornerstone units could be used up in here as well!

I want NOTHING from the front left to have to find a purpose later.  It's going in.

And I have this yellow abundance to work with.

And I'm still considering it a win to have gone through that whole bin of hunks and chunks and sorted them further instead of ignoring the whole situation, even if I had to put the caramels into their own bin.

Snoozing out in the open!

Care of Tula's eye continues, and we've developed a routine that she is no longer really fighting.

Except for the oral antibiotic.  She hates that.

And it must be terrible tasting because she gags and drools and tries to spit it back out.  Poor thing.

Tried giving her treats after - no dice. But we endure.

And she is finally feeling more comfortable with being in the Studio to crawl up into the comfy cat bed with her pink minky blankie and snooze away, even with the sewing machine running.

The past several days she would hide in a corner, crawl beneath the shelving units or get in behind my batting rolls. Just anywhere to find a place she felt safe.

This is progress.

And I've got something else for you - Forest Jane has sent in the logos for our Lupine & Laughter mystery. Right click on them and save them where you know where to find them.  From there you can print them onto fabric for your labels, post them where you want on your socials to let people know you have participated!

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When you click to the Quiltville Zazzle Store  you will see something like this.
Forest Jane has just started to add our logo to merchandise.  More will be added. 
But you can also click the "Create your own product" with this logo depending on what you want, yourself.

Every year my friend Forest Jane creates our wonderful mystery badges. I send her some images of the quilt, and away she goes -

And then she goes one step further.  She places the logo on things that are useful and needful in our Quiltville Zazzle Store – marking items at the LOWEST possible profit margin, and then thanks to your purchases, all proceeds go to benefit those in need – from children to adults, in giving them the gift of creativity.

The funds raised have gone to everything from fabric, to batting, yarn and more.  It's been a different year with Covid, classes at the Library where Forest Jane teaches have been impacted by everything that we all have dealt with, as you can imagine.

I am looking forward to the day when classes are back in full swing!

For more info on what this program provides, click to read THIS POST.

And yes, items from previous mysteries are also available in case you didn't get them last time around!

Thank you so much for helping to support Forest Jane as she continues to help spread creativity amongst those who can little afford it.

Creativity changes lives!

If you missed it! 

Monday was the kick off Gift-Away for Stardust!

Click to the Gift-Away post to get your entry in!

Create a stunning 2-color string star quilt with 3 simple units! Full color photos, diagrams and extensive instruction for string piecing success!

Quilt Size:88’’ X 88’’

I'll be drawing for 2 winners who will each receive a Stardust PDF pattern from me and a Facets of Blue color roll from our friends at  Cotton to Quilts!

And yes, they have awesome neutral rolls on hand - I love the color rolls!

Each contains 20 pieces measuring 8'' X 22'' and are so great for enhancing your stash.

Introductory Pricing: The PDF pattern for Stardust is currently 25% off in the Quiltville Store - no coupon needed!  Pricing good through 1/31/26.

I'll be back at the yellow backing block making today - our weather is supposed to get really bad over the next couple of days so I'm happy to be sewing up some sunshine yellow inside where it's warm (With Tula in her pink bed by my feet.)

How about you?

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

If anything describes where I am right now in my journey - this is it!

Have a wonderful Wednesday, everyone -