The moment we turn the calendar past October, hearts and creative minds naturally drift toward holiday sewing. Quilters look ahead to table runners, tree skirts, stockings, festive quilts, and cozy decor. One of the best ways to kick off the season is by exploring the latest holiday fabric collections—fresh colorways, new motifs, and fabric lines that inspire creative mashups. This year is no exception, with standout releases that blend tradition with modern flair.
Below are several holiday fabric collections to keep on your radar now, along with tips for using them in different styles of quilts and sewing projects.
🎄 Spotlight: Rachel Rossi’s New Line
Rachel Rossi’s enchanting upcoming Winter Haven collection, a true ode to the season’s quiet magic. While this dedicated holiday line is still on the horizon, this fresh release—dropping in spring 2026—immerses quilters in the whimsical hush of winter woodlands, complete with evergreens, deer, owls, squirrels, and snow-dusted red-capped mushrooms. Dive into previews at rachelrossi.design.
Though not exclusively Christmas-focused, Winter Haven’s twilight blues, pine greens, woodland reds, and cozy off-whites weave a nostalgic, nature-inspired palette with midcentury-modern motifs like birch trees, cardinals, and understory fungi—perfect for crafting serene, timeless winter quilts that evoke holiday wonder without the flash. Printed on sustainable, unbleached OEKO-TEX certified cotton for that irresistibly soft hand. Patterns like Near & Deer, Oh, Tannenbaum!, and the block-of-the-month Understory are already stirring preorder excitement.
Until then, snag previews and plan your palette around Winter Haven for that cozy, forest-fresh vibe.
Festive Collections to Explore Now
To help kick off your holiday sewing, we’ve rounded up the season’s standout fabric collections—each one with its own voice, color story, and project-ready personality. Think of these as the trend pages of the quilting world: fabrics worth touching, cutting, and turning into something that will live on your sofa (or under your tree) for years.
Berry & Pine -Lella Boutique
Imagine a brisk walk through an evergreen grove with a handful of fresh cranberries in your pocket: rich berry reds and deep forest greens warmed by candlelit taupes. Lella Boutique’s Berry & Pine leans into classic Christmas color with an artisanal twist—small-scale botanicals, painterly sprigs, and soft-scale geometrics that sing in patchwork or as cozy flannel-backed throws. Use it for a rustic star quilt or a table-setting set that feels both heirloom and now.
Mistletoe & Holly — Beverly McCullough for Riley Blake Designs
Mistletoe & Holly trades loud candy-cane cheer for elegant, workhorse holiday prints you’ll reach for year after year. Beverly McCullough’s motifs—delicate holly sprays, scattered berries, and tiny tonal dots—are ideal for sashing, borders, and those tiny finishing touches that make a quilt feel polished. These prints keep a classic silhouette but deliver updated color choices that read as fresh when mixed with modern neutrals.
Buon Natale — Fig Tree Quilts for Moda Fabrics
Buon Natale feels like a vintage postcard from a European winter—muted cherries, hand-drawn florals, and a warm, slightly faded palette that reads like nostalgia. Fig Tree’s signature soft, homespun aesthetic makes this collection perfect for applique, intimate lap quilts, and projects where the fabric’s story is the point. Pair it with creams and old-golds for an instantly romantic holiday vignette.
Emmitt and Ivy — Sweetwater for Moda Fabrics
Playful, bright, and full of personality, Emmitt & Ivy is the collection that smiles. Sweetwater brings lively characters, small novelty motifs, and a lighter, cheerier palette—ideal for children’s tree skirts, whimsical stockings, or a go-to baby-blanket-with-holiday-flair. Use a few prints together for a playful sampler quilt that reads joyful from across the room.
Winter Wreaths — Maywood Studio
Centered motifs and circular repeats give Winter Wreaths a graphic, gallery-ready quality: think wreaths, garlands, and framed botanical medallions that want to be the hero of a wall hanging or centerpiece quilt. The print scale and composition are perfect for panel-style projects—let one wreath sit proudly in the middle of a table runner or become the focal of a holiday wall quilt.
Glisten — Sandy Gervais for Riley Blake Designs
If shimmer could be translated into cotton, it would be Glisten. Sandy Gervais’ collection uses subtle metallics, frost-like patterns, and whisper-prints to add a gentle holiday glow without relying on saturated red/green tropes. These are the fabrics you reach for when you want a touch of sparkle—binding strips, delicate accents in a modern quilt, or any project that benefits from a holiday hint rather than a headline.
Traditional vs. Modern: How to Use Holiday Fabrics
Traditional Styles
- Christmas Star Blocks (Sawtooth, On-Point Stars): Use classic reds, greens, and metallics in contrast, with backgrounds in cream or soft neutrals.
- Log Cabin & Nine-Patch Layouts: Using strips or coordinating prints makes fast, festive quilts.
- Panel + Border Quilts: Combine a focal panel with coordinating borders and cornerstones.
Modern Takes
- Minimal Accent Pop: Use a festive print as a single accent block in a mostly neutral quilt layout.
- Negative Space + Whisper Christmas Prints: Mix in subtle metallics or tone-on-tone prints so the holiday element whispers rather than shouts.
- Asymmetry & Off-Grid Layouts: Place festive blocks off-center or use offset strip layouts for a fresh, contemporary twist.
Tips for Designing with Holiday Fabrics
- Limit your palette: Choose 2–3 holiday colors plus one neutral. This keeps your quilt cohesive and avoids visual overload.
- Balance novelty prints with basics: If one print is busy or bold, pair it with solids or small-scale collections.
- Test sparkle sparingly: Metallics are lovely, but don’t overuse them in quilting designs (they can distract or show quilting stitches).
- Consider scale: Use larger prints for focal blocks or panels and smaller-scale prints for borders, binding, or filler blocks.
- Mind value contrast: Holiday colors often fall in the mid-tones—make sure you have light or dark neutrals to provide value contrast.
Inspiration & Project Ideas
- A Christmas throw quilt using a modern star block and a metallic accent print
- A table runner + placemat set combining the snowmen print with a coordinating stripe
- A kids’ tree skirt using the panel design as the centerpiece
- Gift quilts or wall hangings with asymmetrical layouts and unexpected color pops