Gradient is one of those quilts that is successful because of the perfect combination of design and fabric. Years ago, I had purchased four eight-step ombre bundles of Cherrywood fabric. If you have not worked with Cherrywood, it is a beautiful hand-dyed cotton fabric with the look of suede, headquartered in Minnesota (so Mark would of course say it has to be great!). Shortly after that, my dear friend Amanda @crazymomquilts designed several quilts for her second line of fabric and this one was perfect for the Cherrywood fabric. In addition to the four colors, I added pale gray to black, pairing the lightest colors with the black and the darkest colors with the pale gray.
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It was now a rectangle about 30" x 33". I'm not a huge fan of wall hangings so I knew some kind of border was in order. I decided on an asymmetrical border with a few triangles here and there.
I had originally thought I would hand quilt it with white to black perle cotton. But then I decided to do a reverse color order in each quadrant--lightest perle cotton in the darkest colors, moving to darker thread colors in the lightest fabric colors. Honestly, I'm not thrilled with the outcome. The lighest threads look nearly white against the black borders. But it's finished and there is no changing it now.
It wasn't until I was working in the blue quadrant that I realized one of the triangle units was incorrect. The quilt has kind of an Amish feel to it, so we will call this my "humility square."
I used big swatches of color for the backing.
This was the first time I did a big stitch on the binding, changing colors to match each quadrant (but it really does look like white, right?)
We photographed it in front of one of my very favorite murals, Amazing Grace.
Quilt name: Gradient
Design by: Cindy Wiens (with center design by Amanda Jean Nyberg)
Made by: Cindy Wiens
Hand quilted by: Cindy Wiens
Size: 51" x 56"
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