Luciferous Returns

I first posted about my newest AHIQ "Yellow" challenge here.

Since then the project was set aside and then resurrected but as a possible baby girl quilt.

After cutting the pink side triangles and getting them laid out on the design wall, my initial reaction was NO -- it felt flat and contrived and I couldn't help but wonder about the gender-stereotyping of such an intensely pink quilt (especially since Little Man's favorite color has been and continues to be "pink" since he could first answer the question).

So I raided the stash of leftover scrap slab triangles and tried adding two columns of green to see how they would change the vibe.

Better but still not making me excited.

I removed the green and pink so I could try another idea.

Since the originally planned black and white side triangles had been redirected to Razzle-Dazzle . . . 

I pulled out the leftover scrappy side triangles from Kefi and arranged them on the design wall.

Still not making me excited.

So I tried adding one column of leftover pink triangles.

Again, better but not something I wanted to move forward after determining that it was the floating yellow triangles themselves that were my problem.

Backing up a bit, I had pulled this box of yellow scraps and strips for the original plan to make enough yellow scrap slab triangles for a lap quilt.

What if I took a more "scrap vortex-ish" approach?

So I took the existing yellow triangles and sewed them into a long strip.

This made me want to move forward.

But when I dug out much of what was in the yellow scrap box, I knew the all-yellow idea was not going to happen.

But what if . . . 

I quickly pulled out all of the leftover scrap slab triangles and sorted them loosely into RO[Y]GBIV order.

Hmmm . . . after counting the triangles, I decided to go for it (finally).

Here you can see the "red/red-orange" column sewn together alongside one-half of that long yellow strip of triangles.

Clearly this will not be an all "yellow" quilt top as in the theme of the challenge, but that's totally okay with me. 

And I'd much rather USE the mountain of leftover scrap slab triangles instead of storing them in a box for "someday."

Interestingly enough, the definition of Luciferous meaning "bringing or giving/providing light or insight" which was originally targeted at the challenge's yellow remains valid for this more colorful approach.

Yes!

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