(Star Wars) Houston, We Have plan!

I have a plan! It took some serious figuring out over the last couple of days - and it will require the tackling of not one but 3 extra blocks (fortunately not character blocks) but behold, my initial layout for Star Wars: the Quilt. You'll note it features actual blocks because, well, that's when & how I came up with it.

Basically, the plan is to pick the best 6 of my 7 original character blocks, and pair them with 3 new ones: I've already made a Star Wars logo block for the center, (just in case the characters themselves don't make it obvious). Everything will be sashed in my old-go-to color of black (which in this case is quite appropriate), and for the blank spaces on either side of the logo, I am thinking Light Sabers will provide just an appropriate amount of space-filling goodness.

Not that I have designed them yet, mind. I'm not that organized.

But I am making other progress! My husband was out of town for work this weekend, So I had plenty of time to move forward with things. Here's my center logo, completed:

And here's where my character blocks stand:

Yoda, Chewbacca, and Leia: you've seen them before

NEW! Han Solo, Jango Fett, and Twi-lek!

In Progress: Luke, my final character. His helmet is still forthcoming.

With the exception of Luke they are all assembled and wonder-undered, so the next big phase is the blanket stitching. Leia and the SW logo are done on that front, and everybody else is being batch-processed thread color by thread color.  Also in this phase, I will be adding details like noses, mouths, and wrinkles to some of the characters. Fingers crossed that I don't mess it up!

This quilt remains a labor-intensive bear that is at moments exhilarating, and at moments exhausting depending on how well things are coming together. But, if I don't think too hard about those light saber blocks, I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel!