February's Block - Liberated Shoo Fly

Again, it seems a little premature to liberate myself from a discipline I have not yet acquired... but here is installment 2 in our Block of the Month exercize.  I've decided to go "all in" and turn these into a real bed quilt at the end, an owly quilt!

 

I had a hard time with getting this block to end up at 12 and a 1/2 inches, so I had to add borders which look a little more liberated than I'd like, so I may re-do this if I get a chance.   Here it is on my bulletin board next to its January neighbor Owly.