A Leaf Print That Grounds a Floral Collection
Juju's Petals Leaves in Green is a quilting cotton from the Juju's Petals collection by Judi Madsen for Riley Blake Designs. It is 100% cotton, measures 43"/44" wide, and is sold by the yard. Instead of large blooms, this print features an allover design of leaves, making it the foliage that supports the flowers elsewhere in the collection. Riley Blake Designs describes Juju's Petals as great for quilting, apparel and home decor, and this green leaf print works well in all three roles.
Every floral collection needs a print like this one. Flowers draw the eye first, but leaves give a quilt its setting — the way stems and greenery fill out a real bouquet. An allover leaf pattern reads as texture from a distance and as clear, recognizable foliage up close, so it adds interest without competing with the larger floral motifs it sits beside.
What This Fabric Is Best For
Leaves Green is at its best as a supporting fabric. Use it next to the floral prints in Juju's Petals when a block needs a restful area between busy blooms, or when you want a green that clearly belongs to the same collection rather than a solid pulled from a different color family. Its allover repeat means there is no single motif to center, which makes it forgiving in patchwork of almost any scale.
It also works on its own. A leaf print in green suits garden-themed quilts, spring and summer table runners, cushion covers, and simple apparel pieces where you want pattern that feels fresh but not flowery. Because the design is allover rather than directional in an obvious way, it is a practical choice for borders and sashing as well.
Cutting, Piecing, and Color Pairing
Press the fabric before cutting, and check the repeat as you lay out your pieces. Allover prints do not require fussy cutting, but a quick look at how the leaves fall across a large piece — a border strip or a quilt back section — helps you avoid an awkward cluster at a seam. For small patchwork pieces such as squares, rectangles, and half-square triangle components, simply cut efficiently; the repeat is dense enough that each piece will carry a pleasing mix of leaves.
For color pairing, start inside the collection. Combine Leaves Green with the floral, dot, and mosaic prints from Juju's Petals for a coordinated palette that shares the same green. If you are mixing beyond the collection, pair it with soft creams and whites to keep the look light, or with lilac and purple tones for a garden feel that echoes flower beds. Avoid adding a second, unrelated leaf print in a very different green — two competing foliages can clash where one leaf print and one floral would harmonize.
In piecing, this print is a natural choice for the background or secondary pattern in blocks built around a feature floral. It also makes effective sashing and inner borders, framing brighter blocks the way greenery frames flowers in a border planting.
Project Ideas and Care
Try Leaves Green as the sashing in a floral sampler quilt, as backing for a spring table runner where the reverse side will show, or cut into strips for a garden-themed throw. In home decor, it makes cheerful cushion covers and simple curtain accents. For apparel, its quilting-cotton weight suits casual skirts, aprons, and lined tote bags.
Care follows the instructions given for this fabric: machine wash cold and tumble dry low. Washing in cold water and drying on low helps preserve both the green color and the cotton's hand, especially in quilts that mix this print with lighter florals you want to keep bright.
Shop the Juju's Petals Leaves Green Cotton 43"/44" Fabric Per Yard at Linda's Electric Quilters.
