(MIN009) Choosing Calm

This whole cloth quilt was created with seven different shades of perle cotton thread to produce an ombré effect. Using a fly stitch, I began quilting in the center with the lightest pink thread, and then added a band of a slightly darker pink on either side, moving outward until I reached deep maroon in the outer bands. Because holding the quilt in my lap, I quilted vertical lines, I always assumed it would hang vertically, but when it was complete, I turned it sideways. The new orientation immediately appealed to me. I asked for reactions on social media and several people noted that the horizontal orientation created a calm feeling while the vertical one was more energetic. Despite many, many hours of viewing it the other way, I opted for horizontal, choosing calm.