PATCHWORK FABRIC COTTON AND STEEL 

Melody Miller is creative director and founding designer of Cotton + Steel, and her story is not unique among creative types. Austin’s Kim Kight, Nashville’s Alexia Abegg, and Atlanta’s Rashida Coleman-Hale, Sarah Watts, and Melody Miller are working under the umbrella of a giant company to shake up a very traditional industry — and to create something beautiful with their lives and quilters everywhere