Dalek Quilt for Daughter

In 2015, I found some amazing Dalek fabric, on-line.  I could not pass up buying it, as my daughter is a huge Dr. Who fan.  She visited over the holidays (2015-2016), and I gave her the pillowcase, I made out of the fabric.  She loved it.  She says it "exterminates bad dreams".  See it in my post of 3 Jan 2016 .  I think I started the stack-n-whack quilt in 2016.  I completed it in 2017.  I did not make a blog posting when I completed the quilt, because I made it as a gift for my daughter's retirement from the Air Force.  I know she seldom looks at my blog, but she does occasionally, and she looks back aways, so I did not want to chance it. Her twenty years is coming up in December, so I have decided to give it to her now.

It makes me smile when I think she has no idea this amazing thing exists in the universe.  I only took this photo of it last Sunday.  It has been hidden away for a while.  My husband helped me to hang it on the wall in my quilt room, so she can discover it, when she arrives later today.  I must admit, I am excited for that moment.  I am sure she will know it is hers.

I took this photo in February 2017, when I had all six layers pinned together, before cutting it into triangles.  I think this was the second batch, as it took two make that many.  It is not your typical stack-n-whack fabric, but it worked for my purpose.

Design wall photos.  This is the last photo I took (11 Mar 2017), before I put the completed quilt away.  I meant to take a photo a few times, but it just never happened.  Put your mouse on the photo(s) and click to enlarge the photo(s).  The quilt is 67" X 78".

I am so excited she is coming today, and I finally get to make a posting about this amazing quilt.  I did take over a year to make it, because I stopped after I got all the Dalek blocks finished, as I was concerned about making the black/white triangles that go in between.  You have to place them a certain way, so they do not stretch, plus I always want to start a new project before the old ones are complete.  It is the way of creativity!

Dr. Who Quilt

I am looking for my UFO list.  I do have one, but it got packed last year when we were moving and I have not seen it since.  I have two big boxes, in my quilt room, that I have not yet unpacked, so . . . .  Meanwhile, hubby bought some fabric to make a quilt with, so he will be learning all these wonderful skills!  I did get two of the items on my list done in 2016, so I am happy for that.  Unfortunately, I have at least two to add to it.  Now, QN wishes to do a fabric swap thing. Okay, I consent. 
     The Dr. Who quilt is one of the ones I can scratch off my 'to do' list.  I was fortunate to attend a quilting retreat for three days in November, and then one for three days in early December.  I finished up some gifts.  I made my daughter a Dr. Who Quilt.

This is the back of the quilt.  The quilt front is a pattern called Nighttime Blossoms, from Easy Quilts by Fons and Porter; Fall 2015.  

Phyllis Oneal quilted this with a rather squared spiral wave pattern, I really like.  It carries on the timey-wimey swirling through time and space theme of this quilt.

The dimensions are 80" X 80".  The main nighttime blossom fabric is the 'Exploding Tardis' fabric, Dr. Who 2012, by Springs Creative Products Group; Bush Yam X2 by Jeannie Pitjara, M&S Textiles, Australia; several from Derse fabric line; and Grunge Basics for dark background and the binding. I used four fabrics from Marcia Derse line and the 'Line 5" blue reminds me of the tardis door panels.  I used another aboriginal fabric and a batik that I cannot find the information on the lines these came from.
     The pattern was easy, it was just cutting all those rectangles and squares that made the task look daunting.  Perseverance and a 3-day quilting retreat really helped me get it all done.  If you make it with 12 blocks, it will be a lot quicker than doing 25 like I did.  My daughter wanted a 'big' quilt.  Then I went to the Craft Warehouse for backing fabric, where I found more awesome Dr. Who fabric, so I bought some for the back.  I have some left over, so I can make a completely different Dr. Who quilt . . . in the future.