What is it about truly gifted makers? Hand them a palette— a stack of fabric, a collection of threads, a mood— and somehow, some way, they find a path through it that is entirely, unmistakably their own. We’ve watched this happen enough times to know it’s not luck. It’s vision. It’s years of practice and curiosity and a deep, instinctive understanding of materials. And every single time, it still manages to surprise us.
Earlier this year, we had the joy of sending a group of our beloved Aurifil Partners, Artisans, and Designers something we hoped would spark a little creative delight: a care package built around Liberty’s Emily Belle— those dreamy daisies, peonies, cornflowers, and marguerites— paired with coordinating Cotton 50wt threads selected to travel across the full range of the print’s garden palette. We knew the materials were beautiful. What we couldn’t have predicted was the sheer range of what came back to us.
This post is really a thank you. To every maker who said yes, who spent their time and their talent and their creative energy on something born from this collaboration we are so genuinely grateful. The Aurifil × Liberty story began with two legacies and a shared love of beauty and craft (read that story here and see the collection launch here), and what you’re about to see is proof that it’s still unfolding— carried forward by the hands of this community.
Janice Reimer @prairieandocean— Irish Chain Quilt
Janice had never worked with Liberty fabrics before. And that, as it turns out, was exactly the right starting point. Approaching the Emily Belle palette with fresh eyes and genuine curiosity, she let the fabric’s classic sensibility lead her somewhere equally timeless: the Irish Chain. What she created is a quilt that feels like it was always meant to exist— a pastel rainbow gradient threading through a cream background, its geometry softened by wiggly, wave-like quilting lines that draw the eye gently across the surface. And then she turned it over. The back is a revelation: deep navy background, larger squares, eight different thread colors in the bobbin creating an opalescent shimmer that transforms the whole thing into something new. One quilt, two completely different moods. That’s vision.
“The pattern creates movement and invites your eye to roam around the quilt – which was the little pizzazz that I was looking for.”
Janice Reimer
Lou Orth @louorthdesigns— Paw Tracks
Lou reached into her own pattern library for this one— and her Paw Tracks design proved to be a perfect match for the Emily Belle palette. Each of the prints gets its own moment in the mix, the rainbow of colorways distributed across the quilt’s signature shapes with the kind of considered ease that comes from years of working intuitively with color. A cross-hatch quilting design ties it all together, letting the fabric do the talking. Watching Lou’s process posts unfold, from that first glimpse of the bundle to the full finished top basted and ready, is a little reminder of how joyful the making itself can be.
Mary Burroughs-Mayer @embercraftcompany— Liberty Bell-Sleeve Jacket
Not a quilt. Not a cushion. A jacket… and a showstopper at that. Mary took the Emily Belle fabrics somewhere entirely unexpected, heavily altering a bell-sleeve pattern to create a wearable work of art with Liberty florals at every turn and ruffled details that earned every bit of the attention they received. She pushed her own process further with multi-strand quilting, layering threads in a way that adds dimension and texture to the finished piece. The jacket made its debut at the Aurifil booth at QuiltCon, where it drew exactly the crowd it deserved.
Suzanne Campion @suzanne.campion— Chester Rows Quilt & Zippy Tote
Suzanne is a UK-based quilter with a long, loving history with Liberty fabrics— we’ve admired her work in Liberty booths for years, so when the care package landed on her doorstep, we already knew something special was coming. What we got was a brand new design: the Chester Rows quilt and complementary zippy tote, a triple celebration of folded patchwork motifs and Emily Belle fabrics inspired by Chester’s ancient Tudor rows and its breathtaking cathedral. Pinwheels and cathedral windows work in quiet harmony across both pieces, the Liberty prints settling into the geometry as though they were always meant to be there.
And then, because Suzanne is Suzanne, she kept going. Cathedral windows are a particular specialty of hers, and when Emma Giacalone arrived with a set of exquisitely embroidered panels stitched in Aurifil × Liberty threads, Suzanne built a home for them— framing Emma’s work within her signature cathedral windows to create a collaborative cushion that belongs in a category all its own. Every stitch of piecing, topstitching, and quilting done in Cotton 50wt, with a coordinating thread for every Emily Belle print.
Emma Giacalone @emma_giacalone_textiles— Liberty Jam Jar
Emma’s work has always carried something quietly generous at its center — an eye for the everyday made extraordinary, words of encouragement tucked into the details, a mood of kindness woven through every piece. So it made perfect sense that when she received her Emily Belle care package, she looked at it and saw a jam jar. A Liberty jam jar, to be precise: complete with a hand-crafted front and back label, a painted lid sealed just so, and a nest of Aurifil threads nestled inside. It was an absolute showstopper at both QuiltCon and H+H Americas — the kind of piece that stops people mid-stride and makes them look twice. We’re honestly still in awe.
Vicki Reid @whatvickimade— Voyage Project Bag
Vicki went in with one goal: show off every single one of those fabrics and waste as little as possible. She did both. Her Voyage project bag (Ikatee, size medium) is pieced across its main panels and handles and even has a little patchwork pocket tucked inside— the remnants from the outer fabrics finding a home right where they belong. The rainbow progression of the Emily Belle colorways across the exterior feels almost effortless, each print blending into the next as naturally as a garden in bloom. Practical, beautiful, and completely thought through — this is the bag you want to take everywhere.
Tamara Darragh @remivailstudio— Kiss Lock Coin Purse & Thread and Needle Book
Tamara was drawn to the click of a kiss lock frame long before she knew what she’d make and when the Emily Belle bundle arrived in a palette of layered violets she wouldn’t have instinctively reached for, something clicked. She kept the project small and intentional: a quilted coin purse with a gentle ombré shift from deep damson through crocus and mauve to soft lilac, a diamond grid holding everything in place just enough without competing with the florals. It’s a quiet piece with a lot of feeling.
It traveled to QuiltCon in Raleigh, then to H+H Americas in Chicago in partner with a much revered Thread & Needle Book— gently held, as Tamara put it, between conversations of makers from all over the world. We love that image.
Mariana Diaz @sewmariana— Overlap Quilt
There’s a reason we always look forward to seeing what Mariana makes. An Aurifil Artisan and one of Liberty’s go-to makers, she brings a level of skill and creative instinct to everything she touches that consistently stops us in our tracks. For this project, she turned to her own Overlap pattern — a design that plays with depth and dimension through shifting stripes and a beautifully subtle illusion of layering. In the hands of the Emily Belle palette, that sense of depth takes on a whole new warmth: the garden hues moving across the quilt’s surface like light through a window, the Cotton 50wt threads holding every seam with the quiet precision Mariana’s work always carries. Exactly the kind of magic we knew she’d produce.
Sandy Saengsuk @thaicharmllc— Little Birds Pillow
Some makers have a way of making every project feel considered from the very first stitch. Sandy is one of them. An Aurifil Artisan who has recently stepped into an exciting new chapter as an Aurifil Collection Designer, Sandy brings the same warmth and quiet intentionality to everything she makes — whether it’s a sweeping quilt or, in this case, a beautifully crafted pillow. For her Emily Belle project, she turned to her own Little Birds design: a 16″ x 36″ pillow built around gentle curves, semi-circle blocks, and orange peel shapes that feel right at home cradling the soft florals of the Liberty palette. The curves do exactly what Sandy’s work always does — invite you to slow down and really look.
Leisa Morris @morristextiles— Craft Garden Log Cabin Quilt
Leisa Morris is the kind of maker whose work exudes a precision and a warmth that comes from years of deep, devoted practice. The owner of Morris Textiles in upstate New York and a celebrated Liberty Fabrics maker, Leisa has a relationship with Liberty that runs long and true, and it shows in every choice she made here. For her Emily Belle project, she turned to a custom Log Cabin quilt pattern that she created for Liberty Fabrics— a design that lets the prints do exactly what they do best, each fabric finding its place in the classic rhythm of lights and darks, the whole thing radiating the kind of composed, considered beauty that defines Leisa’s work. That this pattern now lives on Liberty’s own site feels exactly right.
Ten makers, ten care packages, 11 entirely different creative directions— and every single one exceeded our wildest expectations. This is what this community does. Give them beautiful materials and the freedom to make, and what comes back is nothing short of extraordinary.
The Aurifil × Liberty Collection is available now. We can’t wait to see what you make with it.
