"It's a Jolly Holiday With Mary"?

This week's quilting square has been thoroughly frustrating. I chose to make a Mary Poppins square next for the Broadway Quilt. One reason I chose this is at camp Hannah has been nick named Mary Poppins. The child has an unusual accent that has prompted questions about where she's lived her whole life. She has only ever lived in Mobile, Al and then just three hours away in Northwest Florida, so her accent is not geographical linked. She has been raised by a father from the New Orleans area and a mother from Alabama so she did not pick it up from us either. Many people think she has a British accent, she was even asked to drop the accent when auditioning for her acting final with a Shakespeare Sonnet. After the final, her instructor told the guest graders that she/ had always talked that way as long as he had known her (one year).

I started the square on Monday, since I decided to nap on Sunday afternoon. I was really pleased with how it was turning out. I even was humming some of the songs as I went along. Then I got almost done when I realized that I was not going to have enough of the blue for the sky. Boy was I sick. Oh well, I thought I've got to go to Dothan tomorrow I'll just pick up some more of the fabric while I'm out. No problem. I went to Hobby Lobby only to discover they didn't have anymore of that fabric in stock. Fine, it may take a little longer but I'll just order it online. When I got home I went about looking for it online. Needless to say it was no longer for sale online at any of the fabric dealers in that color. I could get other colors but in the sky/baby blue. Now I had a real problem.

Looking through all my blue fabric from the small remnant scraps to one or more yards of fabric, I found nothing coming even remotely close. Then I found a solid blue that matched the darker blue in the original blue. I thought well maybe it could be her shadow falling over the city as she flies off. Nathan informed me it was too contrasting, but it was the best I had and short of starting completely over I had no other choice. After having to remove  a few of the other blue pieces which required taking out some of the other pieces to get to them, I began to replace and add the new blue to the project. I was NO LONGER singing "It's a Jolly Holiday With Mary". Nathan kept telling me it was weird but I told him we'd let Hannah decide. I have to admit I was no longer happy with this square. Here it is.

The final project is ready for Hannah's choice of use it or scrap it. Anyone else opinion is welcome on whether to keep it or get rid of it. Libby says use it.