Bee White Black-January

I'm super excited to start my first quilting bee through Flickr. Actually, I've joined two but have only started to piece the first January block. This block was a little difficult for me. Usually I like to have a pattern to go off of. However, she wanted a block something like Gee's Bend Quilts with only straight lines, and I have never made something that abstract.

I started out by trying to plan out the block, 12.5x12.5 in my sketch pad, but in the end decided to just wing it. And I couldn't be happier with the results. I'll admit I was a bit scared to wing it but, I think that's the point of Gee's Bend Quilts, to have fun and to be abstract.

January Bee White Black Block for Crackpot