Jennifer’s newest novel, The Wedding Quilt, inspired this soft and romantic fabric collection. Classic wedding flowers – roses and calla lilies – are set against a creamy, white ground to create the exquisite focal print. The thematic stripe combines wide bands of these same flowers separated by narrow trellis-style stripes. What wedding would be complete without a touch of lace! There is a softly, flowing lace pattern in tonal shades of cream, muted sage and pink. The Double Wedding Ring quilt is the quintessential wedding design! This fabric collection uses that pattern to create a striking, small scale print that combines rose and green rings against a snowy ground. A sweet, tiny rosebud is centered within the center of each ring. What a lovely fabric to consider using not only for quilt borders and binding but also for wedding gift bags, cover of a wedding album or guest book, favor bags, tablecloth for shower or wedding luncheon, ring pillow or to make a basket for a flower girl to carry!
Inspired by the beloved best-selling novel The Christmas Quilt, Jennifer Chiaverini's fifth fabric line from Red Rooster fabrics evokes warm memories of Christmases past. Deck the halls with holly leaves, evergreen boughs, and snowflakes in a rich palette of green, reds, and golds in this timeless traditional collection
Inspired by the heroine of The Sugar Camp Quilt, Jennifer Chiaverini's latest fabric line blends historical designs and contemporary colors to create a mix of patterns as delightful and intriguing as Dorothea herself. The Signature Floral print, featuring the narcissus, water lily, and rose, draws upon the nineteenth-century "Language of Flowers" -- the conceit that every flower has a symbolic meaning and that arrangements of flowers can send coded messages. The Maple Leaf print evokes Uncle Jacob's sugar camp, a sanctuary on the underground railroad, and the Celestial print calls to mind the many runaways who followed the North Star to freedom. From mill engravings to eccentrics, the lovely florals and geometrics of Dorothea's Collection are a beautiful interpretation of mid-nineteenth century quiltmakers' favorites for modern quilters to enjoy.
Jennifer Chiaverini's many readers have been enchanted by Elm Creek Quilt Camp, where women gather each year for quilting, friendship, and fun. The third novel in the Elm Creek Quilts series introduced the Cross-Country Quilters, a group of far-flung friends who pledge to complete a "challenge quilt" -- symbolic of each woman's personal goals -- in one year's time. Now Red Rooster Fabrics offers The Cross-Country Quilters' Collection, beautiful autumnal fabrics that evoke the spirit of these beloved characters. The autumn leaf signature fabric was inspired by the challenge fabric that figures so prominently in the novel. Other prints are inspired by specific characters: the swirling wind design for Megan, an aerospace engineer; stars for Julia, an acclaimed actress; an African-inspired geometric for Grace; twining branches for Vinnie, who cherishes her family tree; and scattered leaves for Donna. The versatile prints and rich hues of Jennifer Chiaverini's third fabric line are sure to become welcome additions to every quilter's fabric stash.
Quiltmakers will love the stirring colors and wonderful textures in "Elm Creek Quilts -- Gerda's Collection," Jennifer Chiaverini's second fabric line for Red Rooster Fabrics. These historical reproduction fabrics are from the 1850s through the 1890s, covering the span of THE RUNAWAY QUILT, Jennifer's fourth novel. Designing this collection challenged Jennifer and Anna Fishkin of Red Rooster Fabrics to research vintage fabric swatches for inspiration and historical accuracy. "I wanted the designs to be typical of those Gerda might have used," Jennifer says, "but I also wanted them to evoke Gerda's personality and the mood of Elm Creek Manor in its earliest years." The resulting fabrics--dazzling florals, paisleys, fern stripes, leaves, and an exquisite portrait of Elm Creek Manor in rich, vibrant hues--will allow Jennifer's legion of readers to recreate the quilts described in THE RUNAWAY QUILT, as well as inspire them to make new creations all their own.
The fabrics in Jennifer Chiaverini's first fabric line for Red Rooster Fabrics were inspired by the lilacs, roses and ivy, elms and other natural elements in the gardens at Elm Creek Manor, Sylvia's ancestral home and the site of quilters' retreats. Quiltmakers enjoy Jennifer's stories because the hopes and dreams of the fictional circle of friends parallel their own. Jennifer understands the humor and sorrow, exhilaration and exasperation that are part of our personal and quiltmaking experiences. She also understands fabric. Quiltmakers will love the romantic colors and wonderful textures in this collection. Sylvia's collection was introduced by Red Rooster Fabrics to independent quilt shop owners at Spring International Quilt Markey May 2-4, 2003, in Portland, Oregon. "Elm Creek Quilts -- Sylvia's Collection" will be available for quilters in August/September 2003 in fine quilt shops everywhere.