{"product_id":"cream-floral-cotton-fabric-by-the-yard-44-wide-5-yard-cut-meadowsweet-wilderness-delights","title":"Cream Floral Cotton Fabric by the Yard, 44'' Wide - 5 Yard Cut - Meadowsweet, Wilderness Delights Collection","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e5 yard cut\u003c\/strong\u003e, 180'' long by \u003cstrong\u003e44'' wide\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e100% cotton quilting fabric\u003c\/strong\u003e, one continuous piece\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuilt shop weight\u003c\/strong\u003e, closely woven and heavier in the hand than our Everyday cotton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeadowsweet, small sage flowers scattered wide apart on warm cream\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilderness Delights Collection, from our Sunday Best line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSunday Best is the cotton we reach for when the quilt is going to be kept. It is denser and heavier than our Everyday line, closely woven, and it takes a crease and holds a quarter inch seam the way quilting cotton should. This one arrives as a single 5 yard cut, 180 inches long, ready to cut into from wherever you like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout this cream\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeadowsweet is a warm cream, not a white. The flowers on it are small, sage green with a fine blush centre, and they are scattered a good distance apart. There is more empty ground here than print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat emptiness is the point. A background fabric has one job, which is to be quiet, and most florals cannot do it because there is a flower every inch. Cut this into small pieces and some of them will have a flower, some will have half of one, and some will have none at all. Across a quilt top that reads as cream with something living in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere this print works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a background fabric. It is what goes behind the piecing: the plain blocks in an \u003cstrong\u003eIrish chain\u003c\/strong\u003e, the light in a \u003cstrong\u003enine patch\u003c\/strong\u003e, the alternate squares in a chequerboard setting, the ground for \u003cstrong\u003eapplique\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is also the safest low volume print to buy in quantity, because one background across a whole quilt is what holds the design together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the light end of this collection. Understory sits in the middle and Nightwood at the dark end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOne thing to weigh up\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA printed background is prettier than a solid and it hides more. It also hides your quilting. If the quilt is going to a longarmer for something you want to see, a plain cream or white shows the stitching better. If the quilt is going to be pieced, machine quilted and slept under, this is the nicer choice by a distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat to put beside it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUnderstory and Nightwood\u003c\/strong\u003e, the mid teal and the deep navy in this collection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSage and olive\u003c\/strong\u003e, which are already in the flowers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBlush and dusty rose\u003c\/strong\u003e to bring the flower centres forward\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlmost any dark\u003c\/strong\u003e, because a cream this quiet works as a neutral\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eGood to know\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e44 inches is the standard width for quilting cotton, which is what this is. It is not wide backing. If you are backing a quilt more than about 42 inches across, you will need a seam down the middle or a piece of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/quilt-backing-fabric\"\u003e108 inch wide backing\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBuy two or more cuts and the quantity discount comes off on its own at checkout. Two cuts take 10% off, four take 15%, six take 20%.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCream low volume floral cotton fabric by the yard, cut and shipped from our own warehouse.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Fabric Hut","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43596618498109,"sku":"FA-HLW2102-8-5Y","price":45.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1875\/7971\/files\/wilderness-delights-meadowsweet-5-yard-44-wide-hero-the-fabric-hut.jpg?v=1788894178","url":"https:\/\/www.thefabrichut.com\/products\/cream-floral-cotton-fabric-by-the-yard-44-wide-5-yard-cut-meadowsweet-wilderness-delights","provider":"The Fabric Hut","version":"1.0","type":"link"}