A bee block for Angela

Angela from My Three Sons sent her fabric for our bee this month.  She gave very few requirements, simply saying she wanted everyone to make a block that is "You".  This was so hard for me.  I have been thinking about her block all month and sketched dozens of designs.  A few nights ago an idea came to my head, and I went with it.

In my quilting I like to do various projects--some quite precise work and some definitely wonky.  I love this block because it is precisely wonky.  I wanted the block to appear wonky, but I wanted each intersection to match perfectly.  I decided to sketch this on paper first and then paper piece the block.  The whole time I worked on it I just hoped that it would all come together in the end.  I was really happy when every seam matched up fairly close.  I had a lot of fun putting this together. It reminds me a lot of my Day at the Aquarium quilt. The final size is 16.5" square.

In process.

From the back you can see my design I drew.  This block took quite a while to put together, but I think I'll try it again sometime for a pillow.