THE MUNIC MINIQUILT
Today I am sharing my design process for the Munic Miniquilt with you and give you a little behind the scenes about how that pattern came alive and how I work.
Design Process and struggles
When I started out to work on a new quilt pattern, this time I actually wanted to create a pattern that is made out of Half-square-triangles (HST) and a pattern that is block based.
Well, as you can see - this plan didn’t work out quite well. Instead, a Miniquilt with an innovative block construction came alive.
You may wonder how that happend? I was really trying hard to come up with an HST quilt pattern - but the more I tried the more I got frustrated. It’s not that I did not had any ideas - my Adobe Illustrator Canvas was filled with block ideas made with HST. But, non of these blocks were “speaking” to me. They were all OK - well, OK is not good enough for a pattern release, right.
A week or so passed before I got back to my computer. I opened a new Illustrator file - and there it was. Out of the blue - The Munic Miniquilt was born. What changed? This time I didn’t pay any attention whether I can sew it or not during the design process. That literally made my creativity flowing again and I absolutely enjoyed the process. The lesson I learned: sometimes all it takes is to give yourself the permission to just create and allow yourself to explore without any limits and boundaries.
Developing the block construction and learning
So there I was, sitting in front of my computer, absolutely in love with the design without having any idea how to actually sew it. I just knew that none of the quilting techniques I am aware of would work. But, I was fired up and ready to strech my brain and learn. After a lot of quilting technique research on You Tube and the internet in general, I finally figured out how to make it happen. I got back to my sewing machine and practised that block construction like crazy until I was happy with the result and started to actually write the pattern for you.
The writing process and friends
When it comes to writing a quilt pattern and breacking up the steps for a block construction my NUBMER ONE PRIORITY is to make it as easy, as logical and as fast as possible for you to create the block. I want you to enjoy the sewing process and make it feel light and easy for you.
I had two wonderful friends on my side that made sure the pattern is easy to follow, understandable and correctly written for you. For myself it was super easy to follow my own instruction simply because I made that block like 50 times during learning the technique. So, Sally from glasswingstudio and Aurora tested and helped me create the best possible instruction for you.
That’s the story about the Munic Miniquilt. Well, one thing is missing - the name. All my quilt patterns are named after cities/places I have already been or that are on my travel bucket list. Since the design reminds me of departing and arriving airplanes, and the Munic Airport is the one I’ve started most of my journeys the decision was quite easy. Besides that, doesn’t Munic Mini just sounds like fun!
I hope you enjoyed following me through my creative process. If you have any questions please reach out to sonja@stoffart-design.com and I’ll help you out.