Pretty much every time I see a really amazing quilt on Instagram I think, "How did they come up with that idea?" This used to be accompanied by a little jealousy and frustration, but after some self-evaluation and a little practice, I now just feel happy for them. They created something great, yay!
I can't speak for everyone else's design process, but mine varies from quilt to quilt. Sometime in the near-ish future I will share a post entirely dedicated to how this works for me, but I wanted to share a little about this particular quilt.
This quilt had been saved as a future project for a while. I had it saved in my files as the Rachel Quilt, but I passed it over for a different project because I wasn't sure of the best way to piece the quilt top. Originally it was going to be on-point blocks, but the piecing was a little tricky.
Eventually I re-drafted the project so that it wasn't on point and it worked so much better and eventually became the Willow Quilt.
I sent the project out to pattern testers and received some feedback: too many half square triangles. So I went back and re-wrote the pattern without the HSTs (I don't mind making HSTs so I hadn't really thought about it, but the pattern is much faster without them). Finally it felt done.
One the main things that finally made this pattern happen was the fabric. I am a huge fan of the new Ruby Star Society fabrics, especially the colors in their newer basics, and these Add it Up prints were perfect for this project.
There was quite a bit of evolution to the pattern and I am so happy with how it turned out.
Head over to the shop to pick up a copy - it will be on sale for just one more day!
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