I think this tall started with Kaffe Facet(sp) and is gaudy fabrics with so much flowers and design, your eye had no where to rest. Valorie Well's has the same style as do some others.They are all medium tomes even tho the fabric is busy. I won't buy it! As for patterns in magazines. All these patterns have been being published for years, it is the fabric that make them look different. I have started not renewing my subscriptions when they come due! Besides that they are starting to go to bi-monthly.Quilters newsletter did this when I had just renewed for 3 years, so basically I am getting half what I subscribed for. To me that is a ripping off of their customers. I also do not like the new format of their new magazine. So I will do my pattern looking online or look at my old magazines.