Someone peed in my snow - Building Blocks Tuesday

Skewed pinwheels - 5.5 inches square!

Grandmother's Choice block

I have run into a problem.  While trying to catch up on my How Far Will You Go? QAL blocks, I seem to have run out of background material.  I had enough at the beginning, but I've might have used some here and  there for other things - really I have no self control.  Now, before you start shaking your heads or fingers, I actually realized I was running out last week and put in an order.  HOWEVER, when it came, it wasn't the same color.

I've been using Kona Snow, or at least what I thought was Kona Snow, which I ordered a while ago.  When it first came, I joked in my solids group on the 3 x 6 Bee that someone must have peed in my snow, because it wasn't as white as I thought it was going to be (isn't snow white?).  This is also how I got into my head that it was the "Snow" color.   When my package arrived this week, it looked much whiter.  I began to think to myself that maybe I was wrong initially and it wasn't the "Snow" color I had after all.  A smart woman would have checked the color card I have BEFORE placing an order.  I am not necessarily a smart woman.  BUT, I did check the color card after receiving my new fabric.  My old Snow matches the card.  My new Snow does not.  In fact, I am pretty sure that it is PDF White (which I used in Totally Groovy and what do you know, it matches).  So now what?  I was tempted to use the PDF White for the rest of the blocks, but I think it would be a very noticeable difference.  Snow really looks almost ivory, while PDF white is just barely off white.

I contacted Fat Quarter Shop to see what could be done.  They are willing to swap it out, IF I ship it back to them myself (nearly the cost of a yard of Kona, I might add).  I'm not sure it is really worth 2 yards, plus when I checked their site, they were out of Snow yardage completely.

This is the downside to not having a local quilt shop.

So, I have decided to keep the PDF White, and order some Snow from somewhere else.  I have been TRYING to limit my fabric purchases lately, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do!  Plus it gave me a chance to try out a new online retailer!  Of course, it is another purchase and it might land me on the naughty list.

Has this ever happened to you?

Now then, what have you been working on?

Link up your fabulous blocks.  You put a lot of hard work into them - show them off!  And, don't forget, you have all week to add them if you like.
****BUT, if you are adding them as an additional entry for the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway from Monday, then you need to add your link by Friday, December 7th at 5 pm PST to be included in the drawing.

Rules:

1) Please link up only to the page in your blog showing your wonderful blocks, not just the blog homepage
2) Make sure to put your blog name as the description so people know where they are going or the name of your block!
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4) Visit other linky participants!

If you are looking for the mentioned Sew Mama Sew Giveaway, it is HERE.  And don't forget to return on Saturday for yet another GIVEAWAY!!

Thanks for reading today!

Jen