I was so inspired by Indiana cornfields when I made Harvest Light, and I love the way it turned out. I also know some of you might not have the same affinity for corn that I do.
That's the thing about a pattern. I can build it, name it, and photograph it exactly how I see it in my head, and none of that means it's going to speak to you the same way it speaks to me. So instead of asking you to fall in love with my colorway, I built nine more into Harvest Light. One of them is probably already sitting in your fabric stash.
Why One Colorway Was Never Going to Be Enough
Indiana Cornfield is the original because it's mine. It's the version I saw first, sewed first, and photographed it as the sun was going down on a late Indiana summer day. But a pattern isn't finished the day I release it. It's finished when someone else makes it theirs. So let's dive in.
The Gradient Colorways
These five move light to dark across one mood, so if you already know the feeling you want your finished quilt to have, start here.
Sunset
Blue fading into yellow, like the sky right before the sun drops below the horizon.
Sunrise
Bright red warming into orange and then yellow, for the version that wakes a room up instead of settling it down.
Ocean
Light blue sinking into dark blue, the kind of gradient you'd find looking straight down into water.
Meadow
Light green deepening into dark green, grass at noon fading into the tree line at dusk.
Twilight Fields
Light purple settling into deep plum, the last color the sky holds onto before it goes fully dark.
The Statement Colorways
These four skip the gradient and go for something a little bolder, or a little quieter, depending on which one you land on.
Elevated Rainbow
Every color of the rainbow, but grown up. Fun without tipping into juvenile, the version you'd genuinely want in your home.
Happy Rainbow
The true rainbow, loud and unapologetic, built for whoever has a love for rainbows they can't wait to show off.
Charcoal & Chalk
Black fading into white through every gray in between. Modern, a little moody, and it'll match nearly anything already in your house.
Wheat & Linen
Soft, warm neutrals with barely any contrast at all, for the quilter who wants the finished piece to feel like a deep breath.
Picking Yours
Here's my honest advice: don't overthink it. Look at what's already in your stash, or think about the room you picture this quilt living in, and let that decide for you. There's no wrong colorway here.
If Sunrise is calling your name, or you have the perfect rainbow already sitting in your stash, the Harvest Light quilt pattern is ready for you. Pick a colorway. Any colorway. Then let's get you piecing.
