The Box is Black

While this doesn't look like much, it's actually the result of quite a lot of work. I've revamped the way the rays attach to the box on the left side. I've replaced the very decorative box fabric with my original fabrics - a solid black and a black-on-black. I've re-made most of the flaps on the box, and the fabrics surrounding them.  I've re-sized the box. (This one is shorter.) I've modified the rays at the bottom of the box.

I'm not finished - the center seam is not sewn up yet.  My body ran out of gas and my back was hurting, so I had to stop for the night.

In THEORY, sewing the center seam of the box last will allow me to keep the panel flat and also allow me a bit of "wiggle room" if I need it.

We'll see.  When I finish this panel, I'll sew it to the "Before you can think" and the "you have to start with a box" panels and... the quilt top will be finished!

Which will be pretty cool, considering I started working on it eight months ago.