Oak Leaf Medley
Keeping the ancient art of handmade batik alive is essential to strengthening this traditional craft in the 21st century market. Princess Mirah's goal in fabric design is to bring a contemporary sophistication to traditional batik designs. by Michele Crawford for Bali Fabrics

Autumn Blooms
From the rich burgundy of a newly turned leaf to the golds and greens of an old oak tree, Halvorsen's Acorn Hollow collection is a celebration of the Autumn season! by Gerri Robinson for Benartex

Harvest Dance
This quilt was inspired by Luane Rubin's travels to mountain forests in autumn where the brilliant foliage of late afternoon reminded her of the hand-dyed fabrics and thread colors. by Luana Rubin for eQuilter

Garden Path
The fabrics in Dorothea’s Collection, designed by Jennifer Chiaverini for Red Rooster, are inspired by the heroine (Dorothea) in Jennifer’s seventh novel in the Elm Creek Quilts series, titled The Sugar Camp Quilt. This line blends historical designs and contemporary colors to create a mix of patterns as delightful and intriguing as Dorothea herself. by Jan Crane for Red Rooster

Square Business
In Square Business, designer Margie Hankins carries the eye through the color spectrum with a variation of hand dyes, batiks, and woven ikats. by Margie Hankins for Textile Creations

Butterflies are Free
LakeHouse Direct’s Hydrangeas and Raspberries collection, designed by Holly Holderman, plays off the soft blue and green shades of the delicate hydrangea and complements it with butterflies, basket weave, and tiny polka dots. by Pat Forke for Quakertown Quilts

Friendship Stars: All Sizes, All Colors
After Amelia Beadle bought some pricey hand-dyed fat quarters at International Quilt Market in Houston, she began hand dyeing fabric herself, experimenting with techniques and colors, and eventually started selling the collection through Marcus Brothers. This Vegetable Palette, her third line, adapts the colors of vegetables: velvety eggplant, rich avocados, and warm mustards. by Amelia Beadle for Marcus Brothers

Radiant Snail’s Trail
Last year RaNae Merrill was working on a number of quilt designs that used long, narrow triangles and points. She pictured radiating lines in all the colors of the spectrum, blending around the color wheel in different shades to give it depth and dimension, and a feeling of glowing light. When she put that all together, Radiant was born! by Deborah Hearn for Blank Quilting

Garden Crossing
Heather Mulder Peterson mixed in some of her favorite colors with black to amplify the vibrancy of the colors and then added in small and medium florals, as well as tone-on-tone prints. This collection complements her first line, Moonlit Gardens, but has a brighter overall look, which led to the Morning Glories name. by Heather Mulder Peterson for Chanteclaire

Indian Summer
Deborah Mosa’s new collection of bold florals was inspired by the feeling of basking in the warm glow and beauty of an Indian summer day. by Lucy A. Fazely & Michael L. Burns for Classic Cottons

Williamsburg Toile
Windham’s Williamsburg Collection delivers blues and reds in timeless, traditional Southern style, circa 1910. by Retta Warehime for Windham Fabrics

Montecito
The Santa Barbara collection, part of the Celebrating Style with RJR series, illustrates the dramatic Spanish- and Mexican-influenced architecture and colorful foliage of the Santa Barbara area. by Cathryn Tallman-Evans for RJR Fabrics

Still Life in Shades
The Fabric Visions design studio combined traditional black and white with shades of gray to make a truly unique tonal collection. By combining geometric and organic shapes in contrasting shades with aprons and other kitchen shapes, the designers created a retro look with modern undertones, perfect for a stylized quilt like Still Life in Shades. by Always Quilting for Fabric Visions

Emma’s Folly
The Leaving Riverton collection is based on scrap quilt colors and prints used in the mid-1800s. Designer Jodi Barrows created the collection inspired by her love of western history and based on an idea to mix story, quilts, and fabrics. by Jodi Barrows for Sullivans USA

Trip Around Avignon
Designer Sharon Evans Yenter purchased an 1850s era textile painting while in Avignon, France, which became the inspiration for In the Beginning’s Avignon collection. The main border print featured in the quilt is a reproduction of that motif in sunny south-of-France colors.
by Jason Yenter for In the Beginning Fabrics