diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/tiled_multi_diffusion_denoise_latents.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/tiled_multi_diffusion_denoise_latents.py
index 5d408a4df7..edb7691e4d 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/tiled_multi_diffusion_denoise_latents.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/tiled_multi_diffusion_denoise_latents.py
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ class TiledMultiDiffusionDenoiseLatents(BaseInvocation):
         _, _, latent_height, latent_width = latents.shape
 
         # Calculate the tile locations to cover the latent-space image.
+        # TODO(ryand): In the future, we may want to revisit the tile overlap strategy. Things to consider:
+        # - How much overlap 'context' to provide for each denoising step.
+        # - How much overlap to use during merging/blending.
+        # - Should we 'jitter' the tile locations in each step so that the seams are in different places?
         tiles = calc_tiles_min_overlap(
             image_height=latent_height,
             image_width=latent_width,
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/stable_diffusion/multi_diffusion_pipeline.py b/invokeai/backend/stable_diffusion/multi_diffusion_pipeline.py
index 0ddcfdd380..6c07fc1c2c 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/stable_diffusion/multi_diffusion_pipeline.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/stable_diffusion/multi_diffusion_pipeline.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class MultiDiffusionPipeline(StableDiffusionGeneratorPipeline):
             # full noise. Investigate the history of why this got commented out.
             # latents = noise * self.scheduler.init_noise_sigma # it's like in t2l according to diffusers
             latents = self.scheduler.add_noise(latents, noise, batched_init_timestep)
+            assert isinstance(latents, torch.Tensor)  # For static type checking.
 
         # TODO(ryand): Look into the implications of passing in latents here that are larger than they will be after
         # cropping into regions.
@@ -122,19 +123,42 @@ class MultiDiffusionPipeline(StableDiffusionGeneratorPipeline):
                     control_data=region_conditioning.control_data,
                 )
 
-                # Store the results from the region.
-                # If two tiles overlap by more than the target overlap amount, crop the left and top edges of the
-                # affected tiles to achieve the target overlap.
+                # Build a region_weight matrix that applies gradient blending to the edges of the region.
                 region = region_conditioning.region
-                top_adjustment = max(0, region.overlap.top - target_overlap)
-                left_adjustment = max(0, region.overlap.left - target_overlap)
-                region_height_slice = slice(region.coords.top + top_adjustment, region.coords.bottom)
-                region_width_slice = slice(region.coords.left + left_adjustment, region.coords.right)
-                merged_latents[:, :, region_height_slice, region_width_slice] += step_output.prev_sample[
-                    :, :, top_adjustment:, left_adjustment:
-                ]
-                # For now, we treat every region as having the same weight.
-                merged_latents_weights[:, :, region_height_slice, region_width_slice] += 1.0
+                _, _, region_height, region_width = step_output.prev_sample.shape
+                region_weight = torch.ones(
+                    (1, 1, region_height, region_width),
+                    dtype=latents.dtype,
+                    device=latents.device,
+                )
+                if region.overlap.left > 0:
+                    left_grad = torch.linspace(
+                        0, 1, region.overlap.left, device=latents.device, dtype=latents.dtype
+                    ).view((1, 1, 1, -1))
+                    region_weight[:, :, :, : region.overlap.left] *= left_grad
+                if region.overlap.top > 0:
+                    top_grad = torch.linspace(
+                        0, 1, region.overlap.top, device=latents.device, dtype=latents.dtype
+                    ).view((1, 1, -1, 1))
+                    region_weight[:, :, : region.overlap.top, :] *= top_grad
+                if region.overlap.right > 0:
+                    right_grad = torch.linspace(
+                        1, 0, region.overlap.right, device=latents.device, dtype=latents.dtype
+                    ).view((1, 1, 1, -1))
+                    region_weight[:, :, :, -region.overlap.right :] *= right_grad
+                if region.overlap.bottom > 0:
+                    bottom_grad = torch.linspace(
+                        1, 0, region.overlap.bottom, device=latents.device, dtype=latents.dtype
+                    ).view((1, 1, -1, 1))
+                    region_weight[:, :, -region.overlap.bottom :, :] *= bottom_grad
+
+                # Update the merged results with the region results.
+                merged_latents[
+                    :, :, region.coords.top : region.coords.bottom, region.coords.left : region.coords.right
+                ] += step_output.prev_sample * region_weight
+                merged_latents_weights[
+                    :, :, region.coords.top : region.coords.bottom, region.coords.left : region.coords.right
+                ] += region_weight
 
                 pred_orig_sample = getattr(step_output, "pred_original_sample", None)
                 if pred_orig_sample is not None:
@@ -142,9 +166,9 @@ class MultiDiffusionPipeline(StableDiffusionGeneratorPipeline):
                     # they all use the same scheduler.
                     if merged_pred_original is None:
                         merged_pred_original = torch.zeros_like(latents)
-                    merged_pred_original[:, :, region_height_slice, region_width_slice] += pred_orig_sample[
-                        :, :, top_adjustment:, left_adjustment:
-                    ]
+                    merged_pred_original[
+                        :, :, region.coords.top : region.coords.bottom, region.coords.left : region.coords.right
+                    ] += pred_orig_sample
 
             # Normalize the merged results.
             latents = torch.where(merged_latents_weights > 0, merged_latents / merged_latents_weights, merged_latents)