Check Mates by Anna Maria Textiles for Northcott — Alternate – Perfume

Vivid, joyful, and absolutely irresistible — Alternate in Perfume is the most exuberant colourway in the Check Mates collection by Anna Maria Textiles for Northcott. Larger squares arranged in alternating rows of vivid hot pink-magenta, warm coral-orange, bright golden-yellow, and soft dusty lavender-mauve interlock across the fabric, rendered with Anna Maria’s signature woven, linen-like texture. The palette is pure summer festival energy — warm and cool tones colliding in the most joyful, confident way, creating a print that practically radiates happiness from across the room.

Alternate – Perfume reads as a vibrant, sun-drenched mosaic from a distance — bold, warm, and impossible to ignore — and reveals its beautifully structured check arrangement up close. It’s the print that makes every palette feel like a celebration, pairing beautifully with the pinks, oranges, yellows, and mauves that run throughout the Check Mates collection and beyond.

Fabric Details

• SKU: WAMT110-23C
• Colourway: Perfume
• Collection: Check Mates by Anna Maria Textiles for Northcott
• 100% premium quilting cotton, 43/44" wide
• Available in .914 metre / 1 yard and 2.743 metre / 3 yard cuts

Perfect For

• Quilters building bold, warm, summery, or maximalist palettes
• Sewists who love Anna Maria’s painterly, woven-look aesthetic
• A show-stopping feature fabric, vibrant statement block, or joyful quilt backing
• Pairing with hot pink, coral, golden yellow, mauve, and warm tropical tones

Alternate – Perfume is the print that turns every project into a celebration. Add it to your stash and let its bold, sun-drenched colour energy bring pure joy to everything it touches.