Time Marches On- Molly completes March's block

March is complete! And I like it. I wasn't too sure at first. The colors were not quite what I envisioned when I first got the package. If I were more familiar with dye and how to get the hue I want I'm sure it would have been closer to my vision. But as I put the finishing touches on it I have decided that I do indeed like the thing. 

I used the dark blue and the green from the tie dye kit, hoping the lime green would be more like a lime, Using that inspiration picture of the cut citrus. In the end I got much darker color than I anticipated. I also had blue hands...

The block itself came from a pattern I drew up myself several months ago for a different idea. I'm thinking it may have worked better paper pieced, I used templates. After piecing them I wanted some sort of embellishment, including the beads that Indigo had sent. The block is quilteed with embroidery thread, with some of the beads added with the blue. I used a running stitch with the blue thread and a crazy quilt inspired stitch with the green. I had known I wanted to frame it with the crazy red print, it made me think of a picnic table cloth. Once I started playing with the shape and size I felt it should all be a little off kilter. 

So here you go, March!