Even six months ago, finding organic cotton fabrics with style and panache proved more difficult than you might imagine. I know firsthand, because I was on the hunt for interesting, modern organic textiles to create crib bedding for a baby’s nursery. Thankfully, Robert Kaufman fabrics has realized the importance of offering organic fabrics, and they have hired Austin-based green textile designer Nancy Mims to create an entire cotton collection. The result is Pick a Bunch, a series of 24 fabrics with floral and ornamental patterns.

Pick a Bunch Fabric in Olive. Designed by Nancy Mims. Manufactured by Robert Kaufman.

Green Scene: Organic Cotton Fabrics

With bright colors ranging from reds and oranges to pinks and lavenders, aquas and olives to yellows and golds, the Pick a Bunch Collection includes patterns that interpret flowers as diverse as daisies and poppies. Other fabrics present geometric patterns inspired by nature; still others combine florals with repeated ornamentation such as lines, dots, and squiggles. The overall result is a fun, whimsical collection.

Choose the red and orange poppy fabric for a teenage girl’s room, where you can combine it with a black and white houndstooth or zebra print—lively but still edgy. For a Florida sunroom, opt for the aqua and olive flower print paired with the olive basketweave textile—it combines 1970s avocado green kitsch with tropical turquoise flair. In a powder room, the lilac and pink fabrics combine beautifully for a glamorous effect.

About the Manufacturer: Robert Kaufman began his fabric company in 1942 from a Fifth Avenue New York showroom. The Russian immigrant eventually moved his business and family to Los Angeles where the company grew. In the 1980s, sales of Robert Kaufman fabrics grew in two separate markets: quilting and manufacturing. Since then, the company has designed textiles in two separate design studios, catering to the needs and desires of these two customers.