Scattered Flowers on Cream: How to Use the Awe of Autumn Flower Toss in Fall Quilts
Every autumn quilt needs a print that brings the season's flowers into the mix without overwhelming everything around them. The Awe of Autumn Flower Toss in Cream is that kind of fabric: a 100% cotton quilting fabric from Riley Blake Designs, designed by Sandy Gervais for The Awe of Autumn collection. At 43"/44" wide and sold by the yard, it features scattered flowers tossed across a soft cream background.
That cream ground is what makes this print so versatile. Instead of a dark, heavy fall fabric, you get a light, airy field with flowers spread across it, so the print brightens a quilt top while still reading clearly as autumn. Because the flowers are scattered rather than packed in rows, the design works in any direction — you do not have to worry about keeping a one-way motif upright in every block.
What This Fabric Is Best For
The Awe of Autumn collection is described as great for quilting, apparel, and home decor, and this flower toss fits all three. In quilting, its strongest roles are as a feature print in large blocks, a background for appliqué, or the light fabric in a scrappy autumn layout. The cream base gives darker fall prints — deep rusts, browns, and muted greens from the same collection — a place to rest, so the finished quilt feels balanced instead of busy.
It is also a lovely choice beyond the quilt top: a table runner or placemats where the flowers can show at full scale, pillow shams and cushion covers, or light apparel and home decor projects that want a gentle seasonal touch rather than a bold novelty print.
Cutting and Piecing Tips
Cut this standard-width quilting cotton on the straight grain for squares, rectangles, and strips that stay true to size as you sew. A rotary cutter, ruler, and mat give you clean, accurate edges. Because the motif is a toss, you can cut efficiently with very little waste — there is no directional repeat to match from piece to piece.
If you want a particular flower to land in the center of a block, try fussy cutting: center a clear ruler over a favorite bloom, cut your piece, and build a block around it. Fussy-cut flower toss squares make charming alternating blocks between nine-patches or simple pieced blocks in coordinating Awe of Autumn prints.
When piecing, pair this cream print with medium and dark values so the contrast does the work. A quilt made only of light prints can look washed out; adding a tonal grid, a leaf print, or a solid in a deeper fall shade beside the flower toss makes the flowers stand out and gives the layout structure.
Color Pairing Ideas
Stay inside Sandy Gervais's Awe of Autumn color story for the easiest matches — the collection's coordinating prints were designed to work together. The cream background also pairs naturally with warm neutrals, soft golds, and muted oranges from your stash. If you are mixing collections, pull one color from the scattered flowers and repeat it in a binding or border; that small repetition ties the whole project together.
For a richer harvest feel, increase the proportion of deep tones and let this fabric serve as the light relief between them.
Care
Care is simple: machine wash cold and tumble dry low, following the instructions given for this fabric. Washing on a gentle cold cycle helps preserve the cream background and the colors of the scattered flowers through repeated use, whether the finished piece is a bed quilt, a table runner, or a home decor accent that gets regular wear.
If you are looking for a light, flower-filled print to anchor your next autumn project, the Awe of Autumn Flower Toss in Cream offers a soft cream ground, an easy non-directional scatter, and the flexibility to work as a feature print, a background, or a bright counterpoint to deeper fall fabrics.
Shop the The Awe of Autumn Flower Toss Cream 43"/44" Fabric Per Yard at Linda's Electric Quilters.
