Tilda

Tilda is the Norwegian design house whose fabrics are instantly recognisable across the quilting world — Tone Finnanger's soft, storybook prints in dusty roses, sages and creams that somehow all belong together, collection after collection. That deliberate colour harmony is the secret to Tilda's devotion: prints from different ranges mix effortlessly, so a quilt, a cushion set or a patchwork project composes itself.

The quality matches the prettiness — fine, densely woven quilting cotton with a smooth hand that presses crisply and pieces accurately, which is why Tilda pieces become the heirloom quilts rather than the practice ones.

Fair warning from experience: Tilda is a collector's fabric. Customers rarely buy one print, because the whole point is how they sing together.