Doctor Who Quilt Update #12 (and last)

FINALLY! My Eleventh Doctor quilt is finished! It's taken months - since last August - to design and finish, but worth every hour I spent on it. I don't know how many hours I spent on it, but it has been substantial. I hope you enjoyed following my journey.

Check out the label at the bottom LEFT!  Matt did sign my block at New Orleans Comic Con!

Doctor Who Quilt Update #11

It's been a while since I posted an update on the Doctor Who quilt, but I have been working on it . . . slowly. It took a while to figure our how I really wanted to finish it because I kept changing my mind.

In Update #10, I wrote about how I had planned to put a current image of Matt Smith as himself. But, I thought, I'm planning a 50th Anniversary quilt, so I might want an image from that episode. Better to finish the quilt later. Early in December I thought, the 2013 Christmas special is coming up. Maybe, there will be something I want from that episode. Again, I put off finishing the quilt. It just never seemed to be the right time.

Spring semester started in January, and I just didn't have time to work on the quilt anyway. And, then came the big moment. I decided to go to ComicCon in New Orleans because Matt Smith would be appearing. Suddenly, I really wanted to finish the quilt. I used an image of the Doctor reading  Advanced Quantum Physics from the 50th in the upper right corner above the Gallifreyan text images (shown in Update #10). The printable fabric came in handy again. I decided to use an image of the crack in the fabric of the universe at the bottom of that same strip.

There was also the problem of what to use as a quilt label. I had three possibilities. One was an image of the Doctor from "Cold War" (because he looks so great in those sunglasses) with the quilt title "Raggedy Man, Goodnight." The second was an image of the Doctor from "The Time of the Doctor" - Doesn't that episode just make you cry every time?! - with the title "When the Doctor Was Me." Then, there was also my first idea, a 50th Anniversary label with an image from "The Day of the Doctor" with him kissing River. How to choose? I finally decided that, while quilts traditionally have only one label, there was no rule that said my quilt couldn't have more than one. So, the finished quilt will have all three labels. Traditionally, the label is on the back of the quilt, but again, no rule. So, I'm putting one on the front, the "When the Doctor Was Me" label.

Here's the bottom of the quilt with the last row pinned in place:

Last strip layout

I was really looking forward to ComicCon! If only I had time to finish the quilt before I leave! But . . . I have an autograph ticket . . . maybe . . . Matt Smith will sign one of my quilt blocks! I can't finish the quilt yet!

Well, wish me luck. I'm here in NOLA and the autograph session is TOMORROW!!!