This quilt was made for the first child of parents with very eclectic tastes. The parents are big fans of Dr. Who and Star Wars as well as being birdlovers of the toucan species.
Making a tardis quilt took some work on graph paper but as it was all rectangles or squares, it was not terribly complicated. Instead of pure white fabric that would have better emulated the warning sign, I found the I Love Mommy/Daddy fabric in blue shades. It also comes in pink for girls.
The two upper windows of the police box revealed parrot fabric which is as close as I could originally find to actual toucan motifs.Then I discovered that Kelloggs Cereals had licensed their characters
and I was able to find a Toucan Sam polarfleece which made a great
backing.
I was also able to find a small tardis repeating design fabric for the lower panels. It was a very stretchy Lycra so it had to be backed as I would do with a t shirt. This quilt had a variety of different materials. The parrot windows, the planet background fabric, the Police Box sign (which I actually used Star Wars designs) are all cotton. The warning sign and the cobalt blue are flannels. And as mentioned before, polarfleece and Lycra were also incorporated.
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