Benartex's Snowflake Wishes is winter fabric for the whole season, not just the last week of December. Snowmen villages, cozy sweater-knit prints, wintery woods and word prints in a fresh white, light blue and navy palette — with just enough red and green in the plaids to nod at the holidays without being ruled by them. Every piece at Linda's runs $15.29 per yard.
The Feature Prints
- Snowflake Wishes Panel, Multi — the collection scene, ready for a fast wall quilt
- Boxes, Multi — pre-framed vignettes made for fussy cutting into blocks
- Snowman Village, Light Blue — the allover village print
- Stripe, Multi — an engineered stripe for borders and binding
The Coordinates
- Sweater Weather in White and Navy — a printed fair-isle knit texture that adds instant coziness
- Wintery Snowflakes in White and Light Blue
- Wintery Forest, Light Blue — snowy trees for landscape blocks
- Wintery Words, White — the low-volume text print
- Plaid Wishes in Blue and Green
How I'd Use It
Snowflake Wishes was designed around the panel-plus-coordinates workflow: quilt the panel, or cut the Boxes print into individual vignettes and set them like an attic-windows quilt with Sweater Weather sashing. The blue-forward palette means finished projects stay out through February — my favorite trick is binding in Plaid Wishes Green so the quilt reads Christmas in December and simply "winter" after. Words and snowflake prints in white make excellent low-volume backgrounds for any winter project, not just this line.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Snowflake Wishes a Christmas collection or a winter collection?
Both, deliberately. The palette leads with white, light blue and navy, so quilts stay seasonal all winter; the green and red plaid accents let you tilt it toward Christmas when you want to.
What's the best way to use the Boxes print?
Fussy-cut each framed vignette and set them as blocks — attic windows, simple sashing, or on-point settings all work. One yard yields a full quilt's worth of centers.
What batting suits a winter panel quilt?
An 80/20 cotton-poly blend gives panel quilts body without stiffness and hangs flat on a wall. If it's destined for the couch, wool batting adds loft and warmth.
