A Geometric Print With a Soft, Floral Heart
Juju's Petals Mosaic in Lilac is a quilting cotton from the Juju's Petals collection by Judi Madsen for Riley Blake Designs. It is 100% cotton, 43"/44" wide, and sold by the yard. Where many fabrics in a floral collection lead with large blooms, this print features a circular geometric design — a mosaic-like arrangement of circles that gives the fabric structure, rhythm, and movement. Riley Blake Designs describes the collection as great for quilting, apparel and home decor, and this lilac colorway works well across all three.
The lilac color keeps the design feeling gentle rather than stark. Up close, you can follow the repeating circles as they interlock. From a distance, it reads as a textured lilac surface with a regular, tiled pattern — interesting enough to hold its own, and orderly enough to mix with other prints.
What This Fabric Is Best For
Mosaic Lilac works in two roles, and it helps to decide which one you want before you cut. As a feature fabric, its circular design can carry a simple quilt top built from large squares, rectangles, or strips, where each piece shows enough of the repeat for the geometry to be visible. As a supporting fabric, its regular structure acts like a textured blender beside larger florals from the Juju's Petals collection, adding color without introducing a competing large-scale motif.
It is also well suited to apparel and home decor, including simple garment pieces, pillow fronts, cushion covers, and table runners where you want pattern that looks deliberate but not busy.
Cutting, Piecing, and Color Pairing
Geometric repeats reward a little planning at the cutting table. Press the fabric first, then decide whether you want the circles aligned across neighboring pieces or simply cut efficiently without matching. For large blocks and borders, aligning the repeat can make the finished top look especially polished. For small patchwork pieces, perfect matching is usually unnecessary — the overall mosaic effect will still read clearly, and trying to match every small piece wastes fabric.
Cut on a flat surface with a sharp rotary blade, and keep pieces oriented the same way as you work. Circular designs can look different when turned, so consistent orientation helps blocks flow in one direction across the quilt.
For piecing, pair Mosaic Lilac with the floral and dot prints from the same Juju's Petals collection first — they were designed to coordinate. Its lilac tone pairs comfortably with creams and soft neutrals for a light, garden feel, with deeper purples for contrast, and with soft greens that echo foliage. A quiet low-volume print makes a good resting place between sections of Mosaic, while a coordinating solid works well for binding.
Audition pairings first: lay fabrics together in natural light and step back. If the circles still read clearly and other prints do not fight them, the combination will sew up well.
Project Ideas to Try
- Simple large-block quilt: Cut generous squares or rectangles so the full circular repeat shows, then separate them with narrow cream or neutral sashing.
- Alternating patchwork: Alternate Mosaic Lilac blocks with floral blocks from Juju's Petals for a quilt that balances geometry and garden motifs.
- Pillows and cushions: Use a single large piece as a pillow front to showcase the mosaic pattern, with a coordinating floral or solid on the back.
- Table runner: Use Mosaic Lilac as the main fabric with a solid or cream border — the repeating circles create movement down the runner.
- Apparel and small decor: Try it for simple garment projects or small home-decor pieces where a soft lilac geometric is preferable to a large floral.
Care
Care follows the instructions given for this fabric: machine wash cold and tumble dry low. That simple routine suits quilts, apparel, and home decor made to be used and washed regularly. Press after washing to keep the cotton smooth and ready for accurate cutting.
If you love floral collections but want one print in the mix that adds order and structure, Mosaic Lilac is that print — circular, geometric, and softened by its lilac color.
Shop the Juju's Petals Mosaic Lilac Cotton 43"/44" Fabric Per Yard at Linda's Electric Quilters.
