Ombre Quilt

I had to make a manly quilt.  My husband was looking a little longingly at the quilts I made my parents for Christmas.  His birthday is in the beginning of January and so I surprised him with a quilt of his own.
It took me a long time to lay out all of the squares and get it to to the point where I felt it looked like an ombre. 

When I quilted it, I sewed straight lines horizontally across the quilt. It was very simple.  I made the stripes different sizes to give it some personality.

I used grey fleece for the back of the quilt.

It was a success.  I love it.   

The best picture I could get with the two of them.