Autumn Rising Fabric by Sweetfire Road for Moda Fabrics

Autumn Rising Fabric by Sweetfire Road for Moda Fabrics

Welcome autumn with Autumn Rising by Jackie MacDonald of Sweetfire Road for Moda Fabrics, a warm and nostalgic fabric collection inspired by everything we love about the changing season.

Autumn Rising captures those first crisp evenings when the days grow shorter and thoughts turn toward pumpkin patches, fallen leaves, warm soups, spiced cider, candlelight and cozy evenings at home.

Jackie translates that feeling into a sophisticated autumn palette of rich plum, harvest pumpkin, cardamom, chestnut and creamy neutrals, accented with softer blush, coral and muted green.

The result is unmistakably autumn—but with the romantic, story-driven personality that makes Sweetfire Road fabric so special.

A Sophisticated Autumn Color Palette

Autumn Rising moves beyond the traditional orange-and-brown fall palette.

Deep plum adds richness. Harvest pumpkin and warm gold bring the glow of changing leaves. Chestnut and brownground the collection, while cream and ivory provide light and contrast.

Hints of blush, coral and muted green appear throughout the florals and botanical prints, creating a palette that feels layered and collected rather than predictable.

These colors can be used together for a complete Autumn Rising project or mixed with other autumn fabric to create your own fall palette.

Autumn Florals with a Sweetfire Road Touch

Flowers are an important part of Autumn Rising.

Large-scale florals feature sunflower-like blooms and loose botanical sprays in pumpkin, blush, cream and gold, accompanied by leaves and smaller floral elements. The collection also includes delicate scattered florals and tiny botanical prints that provide quieter companions to the larger designs.

Jackie MacDonald's romantic approach keeps the flowers graceful while the autumn palette firmly grounds them in the season.

That combination makes Autumn Rising particularly appealing for quilters who love fall fabric but want something softer and more sophisticated than traditional novelty prints.

Pumpkins, Acorns and Signs of the Season

Of course, an autumn collection wouldn't be complete without pumpkins.

Autumn Rising includes charming pumpkin prints in coordinating shades of cream, pumpkin, plum and gold. Tiny acorn motifs add another unmistakable sign of fall.

Because many of these seasonal motifs are relatively small in scale, they work beautifully in patchwork. Cut them into quilt blocks, use them in borders and bindings, or allow them to peek through a scrappy fall quilt.

Moons and Stars for Crisp Autumn Nights

One of the particularly charming elements of Autumn Rising is its moon-and-star print.

Tiny stars and crescent moons scatter across several colorways, evoking the clear night skies that arrive with cooler autumn weather.

These prints add a touch of whimsy while remaining versatile enough to function as coordinates. They're a wonderful example of Sweetfire Road's storytelling approach—using individual motifs to reinforce the feeling and story behind an entire fabric collection.

Autumn Rising Word Fabric

Autumn Rising also includes word prints that add typography and texture to the collection.

Rather than functioning as a large novelty design, the lettering creates an allover surface that can work beautifully in pieced blocks, backgrounds, borders and other areas of a quilt.

Word fabrics can be especially effective in seasonal projects because they introduce another layer of detail without competing with larger florals and pumpkins.

Woodland-Inspired Tonal Prints

Look closely and you'll find still more detail in Autumn Rising.

Several darker prints incorporate tonal woodland and botanical imagery, creating texture through silhouettes and subtle contrast.

These deeper fabrics are particularly useful in quiltmaking because they provide the darker values needed to create definition against the creams, golds and lighter florals.

Together with the smaller coordinates, they give Autumn Rising the variety of scale, color and value needed to create a beautifully balanced quilt.

“Autumn Is the Season of the Soul” Fabric Panel

One of the highlights of Autumn Rising is the beautiful fabric panel, measuring approximately 36" × 40".

Surrounded by florals, leaves and pumpkins, the panel features the sentiment:

“Autumn is the season of the soul.”

The cream center allows the lettering to take center stage, while the surrounding autumn colors and motifs coordinate beautifully with the rest of the collection.

Use the panel as the centerpiece of a fall quilt or wall hanging, then add coordinating Autumn Rising yardage for borders, blocks and binding. It would also make a beautiful starting point for a handmade autumn housewarming or hostess gift.

Make an Autumn Quilt with Autumn Rising

Autumn Rising lends itself beautifully to seasonal quilts.

Use the collection as a complete palette for a bed quilt or lap quilt, or combine individual Autumn Rising prints with fabrics already in your stash.

Pumpkin blocks, leaves, stars, traditional patchwork and appliqué would all feel at home with this collection.

Looking for the perfect project? Browse our Autumn Patterns & Books for quilts, table runners, wall hangings and other fall projects featuring pumpkins, colorful leaves, harvest motifs and more.

Autumn Rising Precuts

Autumn Rising will be available in an excellent assortment of Moda precuts, giving you several ways to bring the coordinated collection into your sewing room.

Look for an Autumn Rising Fat Quarter Bundle, Jelly Roll, Layer Cake, Charm Pack and Mini Charm Pack.

Precuts are particularly appealing with Autumn Rising because the collection offers such a beautiful range of scale and color—from larger florals and pumpkins to tiny botanicals, stars, words and tonal designs.

A precut lets you work across that coordinated assortment without selecting every print individually.

Autumn Rising Fat Quarter Bundle

The Autumn Rising Fat Quarter Bundle is an excellent choice when you want larger pieces from across the collection.

Fat Quarters provide enough fabric to showcase larger florals while still giving you plenty of flexibility for pieced blocks, borders, appliqué and other quilt elements.

Pair your bundle with one of our Fat Quarter Quilt Patterns.

Autumn Rising Jelly Roll

The Autumn Rising Jelly Roll brings together coordinated 2½" strips from the collection.

Jelly Rolls are wonderful for strip piecing and quilts where you want the plum, pumpkin, gold, chestnut and cream palette distributed throughout the project.

Find your next project in our Jelly Roll Friendly Quilt Patterns.

Autumn Rising Layer Cake

The Autumn Rising Layer Cake features 10" squares from the collection.

The larger square format gives many of the florals, pumpkins and other motifs room to shine while providing the convenience of precut fabric.

Browse Layer Cake Friendly Quilt Patterns to find a project designed around 10" squares.

Autumn Rising Charm Pack

The Autumn Rising Charm Pack offers coordinated 5" squares that are ideal for patchwork and smaller seasonal projects.

Use the collection's florals, pumpkins, stars and coordinates in a scrappy fall quilt or pair them with one of our Charm Pack Quilt Patterns.

Autumn Rising Mini Charm Pack

For tiny patchwork and smaller projects, look for the Autumn Rising Mini Charm Pack.

These small squares make it easy to incorporate many different fabrics from the collection into compact blocks and scrappy designs.

Browse Mini Charm Friendly Quilt Patterns for project ideas.

Create an Autumn Home with Fabric

Autumn Rising isn't limited to full-size quilts.

Its warm palette and seasonal motifs are wonderful for table runners, wall hangings, placemats, pillows, bags and other fall home décor.

Imagine the large florals on a table runner, tiny pumpkins in placemats or the “Autumn is the season of the soul” panel welcoming the season on a wall.

Explore our Autumn Patterns & Books for even more ways to sew for the season.

Discover More Autumn Fabric

Love the colors and motifs in Autumn Rising?

Explore our complete selection of autumn fabric for even more pumpkins, leaves, harvest colors, florals and seasonal designs.

Mixing collections can be especially useful when you need additional yardage for backgrounds, borders, backing or binding while maintaining the warm fall palette of your project.

Explore More Sweetfire Road Fabric

If you love the romantic florals, nostalgic details and story-driven style of Autumn Rising, discover more Sweetfire Road fabric by Jackie MacDonald at Shabby Fabrics.

Jackie's collections for Moda Fabrics are inspired by home, gardens, treasured memories, nature and the changing seasons, with thoughtful color palettes and coordinating prints designed to tell a story through fabric.

Explore other Sweetfire Road collections, yardage, seasonal fabrics and precuts to discover another collection that speaks to you.

Shop Autumn Rising Fabric at Shabby Fabrics

Celebrate the quiet magic of fall with Autumn Rising fabric by Jackie MacDonald of Sweetfire Road for Moda Fabrics.

From romantic florals and tiny pumpkins to moons, stars, acorns, word prints and the beautiful “Autumn is the season of the soul” panel, Autumn Rising captures the warmth, color and nostalgia of the season.

Shop Autumn Rising at Shabby Fabrics for yardage, the fabric panel, Fat Quarter Bundle, Jelly Roll, Layer Cake, Charm Pack and Mini Charm Pack, and start planning a quilt that welcomes autumn home.