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Updated 2026
When new fabric collections actually get previewed and hit stores — plus a real, current change to the Quilt Market schedule worth knowing about.
International Quilt Market — the trade-only show where fabric companies previewed collections to shop owners — has been discontinued outright. Quilts, Inc. announced on December 3, 2025 that it would run neither the fall edition (held since 1979) nor the spring edition (since 1981), saying it was putting its focus into consumer shows instead. The April 10-12, 2026 dates at America's Center in St. Louis went ahead, but as Quilt! Knit! Stitch!, a revived consumer show — not a Market. The trade-preview role now sits with International Quilt Festival in Houston (November 12-15, 2026). If you've heard that “Quilt Market is cancelled,” that is what people mean — and for once it isn't an exaggeration.
Quilts, Inc. says further public shows for 2027 will be announced alongside the Houston Festival; no 2027 dates beyond that have been published.
Fabric manufacturers (Moda, Riley Blake, Robert Kaufman, Windham, Michael Miller, and others) preview upcoming collections to shop owners and press at the major festivals — this is the "announcement" moment quilters see referenced online. Retail arrival follows a few months later, once production and shipping catch up to the preview: a collection shown in spring commonly reaches shops by mid-to-late summer, and one shown in fall commonly ships in early-to-mid the following year.
That gap between "announced" and "available to buy" is why a fabric line can generate excitement online for months before your local shop or a retailer like Connecting Threads or Fat Quarter Shop actually has it in stock.
No. Quilts, Inc. announced on December 3, 2025 that Quilt Market is discontinued outright — both the fall edition it had run since 1979 and the spring edition since 1981. The April 10-12, 2026 dates at America's Center in St. Louis went ahead as Quilt! Knit! Stitch!, a revived consumer show, not a trade Market. The trade-preview role now sits with International Quilt Festival in Houston, November 12-15, 2026 at the George R. Brown Convention Center, with classes from November 10 and no Preview Night.
Quilt Market was the quilting industry's trade show — open to shop owners and press, not the general public — where fabric manufacturers (Moda, Riley Blake, Robert Kaufman, and others) previewed upcoming collections to retailers before they shipped. It ran from 1979 until Quilts, Inc. discontinued it at the end of 2025, and it is the reason quilters still see new fabric lines get "announced" months before they're actually available to buy. Those previews now cluster around International Quilt Festival in Houston and the manufacturers' own release schedules.
Typically a few months. A collection previewed at a Festival or trade event commonly reaches quilt shops and online retailers 2-4 months later, once manufacturing and shipping catch up to the preview.
Manufacturer websites and their social accounts post new collection previews close to the major show dates — International Quilt Festival in November above all, now that Quilt Market has ended. Retailer newsletters (Fat Quarter Shop, Missouri Star, Connecting Threads, and others) are also a reliable way to hear about new lines as soon as they're available to order.