Note: I started this post in April, and then forgot about it. Life got in the way, and before I knew it, we were in June. Sorry about that!

I’m happy to report that the Dr. Who quilt is done! I got it quilted and bound in record time, once I got started. I went with a very simple, loosely quilted design. For the most part, I used short curvy lines, and matched thread to the specific fabric colors.

For the yellow “windows,” I went with a classic diagonal.

Yes, those are tails attached to short thread runs. Yep, I pretty much broke all the rules with this one, but I didn’t mind because even though it’s cute, this is really a utility quilt. I intend for it to be used, a lot, and frequently. That’s pretty much the purpose of all my quilts, and honestly, I don’t get caught up in all the fru-fru stuff like some folks do. I mean, if that’s your thing, rock on, but I am definitely in the, “good enough is good enough,” and, “done is better than perfect.”

For the two borders, I did a walking foot continuous line on each of them. It’s not fancy, but I like it.

I typically use Warm & Natural batting – I buy it by the roll – and it can be quilted at something like 8 – 10 inch intervals. I have said it before, and I’ll keep saying it, I guess. I’m not a fan of the heavily quilted, every square millimeter quilting that is so popular these days. Again, if that’s your groove, rock on. I just done find those quilts to be as snuggly and cuddly as I like a quilt to be.

I am truly happy with the way this quilt turned out. For me, it was done in a reasonable amount of time. Honestly, when I first started quilting, I could have had something like this done in a weekend. These days, with a super demanding job and a husband (I was going through a divorce when I first learned to quilt), I’m a bit slower. I think this one took me a couple of months, start to finish, with breaks in there a couple of times when I ran out of fabric and I had to go out and find more, and our vacation in April. I didn’t work on it at all for most of that week.

And here is the final product.