Doctor Who Quilt Update #6

What to do on a rainy day? Quilt, of course! And, it's high time, too. It's been a while since I worked on my 11th Doctor quilt, but I got to it today, working on the "mechanical," but important, stuff rather than the creative stuff.

The center of the quilt, the TARDIS itself, is now almost completely quilted, just have to figure out how I want to quilt the light.

Here's the TARDIS layered on batting and backing, pinned in place, laid out on my work table and ready to quilt. 

Frankly, I enjoy the piecing more than the quilting, which is part of why it took me so long to get into this step. Before I pinned the quilt down, though, I did some stitching around the panes of glass and around the St. John Ambulance decal. I used a machine stitch that looks like a blanket stitch on both areas.

I wanted to make sure they stayed put over time. The decal is held down with transfer adhesive, and the tulle is sewn into the seams, but you never know! Better safe than sorry later. 

Today, I quilted the vertical and horizontal seams. As I said earlier, I still have to decide on how to  - and how much to - quilt the light, but the center section of the quilt is essentially done. Here it is! The tiles in the picture are around 12-inches square, which gives you an idea of the center panel's dimensions.

 Quilting done!

 Baptism by cat!

 Backing fabric: Planets are cool!

Now that the center panel is essentially finished, I can start planning the right and left panels. I have several options: (1) Create a rectangular border of red bow tie squares; (2) Create a rectangular border of the Doctor's plaid jacket fabric interspersed with the Gallifreyan text images; (3) Somehow combine bow ties and Gallifreyan images together into one rectangular border: or, (4) Create something asymmetrical using both bow ties and Gallifreyan images. And, that what just come to me at the moment. I'll need some time to think about it. I suspect I will create the individual bow tie and Gallifreyan squares (4.5 inches) and place them around the center panel to find a look I like before I do any actual sewing.

Whatever, I decide, I'm still waiting for my order of the Doctor's plaid jacket fabric to come from Spoonflower, and I have to finalize my Gallifreyan images and print them before I can do anything. That should give me plenty of time for thought.