My favorite designers are Terry Atkinson and Judy Martin. Their instructions 'fit' my brain and I have a hard time NOT starting a new quilt when I look at their books! I love tone on tone collections, batiks and brights in general. Not a huge fan of reproductions (but like the look of the quilts, go figure!) and Kaffe's fabrics. I don't DISlike them, they just don't YELL at me like the others!