Robin Pickens laughingly admits that her house belongs to “a quilt lady.” “You definitely know when you walk in,” she says. Though her home sports a neutral palette, Robin introduces color via quilts and pillows: there are quilts hanging on walls in her foyer and bedroom, along with baskets of quilts under her stairs. Eight years ago, all this would have come as a surprise to Robin, who was working as a freelance graphic designer for television. Nearly 20 years before that, Robin and her mom took a quilting class together, which whetted Robin’s appetite for fabric and fabric design. In 2015, she decided to enter the Fabric8 contest co-sponsored by Moda and Spoonflower and won. Her first line, Poppy Mae, came out in 2016 and she’s created 15 lines since, including her popular Thatched basics. Now she’s thrilled to share her newest line, Forest Frolic. Robin is always looking for a flower to feature that ties into the season her fabric will arrive in stores and the focus of Forest Frolic is the Indian Blanket, an orange and yellow Southwestern wildflower. “The petals have such interesting patterns and I mixed them with mushrooms for a woodsy feel,” she says. “I was excited to challenge myself by using a warmer, earthier palette.” Fall foliage and acorns continue the theme. “I always like to mix birds in, too—they seem so innocent and sweet and busy—and besides, my name is Robin!”

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