What This Fabric Is
Juju's Petals Stripes Purple 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 the collection's petal and dot prints are soft and scattered, a stripe brings order: straight, repeating lines that give a project direction, rhythm, and a clear sense of movement.
That makes this print a hardworking coordinate. In a collection built around blooms, stripes do the structural work: they frame blocks, separate busy prints, and lead the eye across a quilt top. The purple adds richness without shouting — deep enough to anchor lighter pastels, and lively enough to hold its own next to florals.
What It Is Best For
Reach for a stripe wherever a project needs a border, a break, or a bit of backbone. In quilts it is a natural choice for sashing, inner and outer borders, and binding, where the lines can run continuously around the edge. It also works beautifully as a backing accent strip, as the straight-grain band on a pillow sham, and as a lining or pocket fabric where a glimpse of pattern is a pleasant surprise.
Beyond quilts, the 43"/44" cotton suits apparel details and home decor: a table runner center, tote bag straps, or the cuff and collar of a child's dress. From a distance a stripe reads clean and classic; up close, the purple gives it character a plain solid cannot match.
Cutting and Piecing with Stripes
Direction is the whole game with stripes, so decide yours before you cut. First, lay the yardage flat and note which way the stripes run relative to the selvage. Then choose whether you want them vertical, horizontal, or — for visual energy — cut on the bias.
For sashing and borders, cut strips on the straight grain for stability, and keep the stripe direction consistent around all four sides unless you deliberately want a mitered or alternating effect. If you plan mitered corners, allow extra length and test one corner with scrap first. For binding, bias-cut strips make the stripe spiral attractively around the edge and handle curves more easily, while straight-grain binding gives a neat, ladder-like frame on square quilts.
When piecing striped units such as rail fence or framed squares, align stripes across seams where they will be visible; small mismatches disappear once blocks are joined. Press seams toward the darker neighboring fabric so allowances do not shadow through lighter areas.
Pairing Colors and Prints
Purple pairs generously. Inside the Juju's Petals collection, set the stripe beside the petal prints and the dot coordinates in green, yellow, and cream to build a garden palette that feels planned rather than matched. White and cream calm the purple down; soft green echoes leaves and stems; a touch of yellow adds the sunshine every flower garden needs.
Scale matters as much as color. A stripe sits comfortably between a large floral and a small dot or calico, acting as the bridge that helps different scales coexist. If your other prints are busy, let the stripe be the resting place; if they are quiet, let it supply the movement.
Project Ideas to Try
- Framed floral quilt: Use petal prints in the block centers and run the purple stripe as sashing with cream cornerstones.
- Spiral-bound edge: Bias-cut the stripe for binding on a baby quilt, so the purple wraps the edge in a candy-stripe swirl.
- Table runner: Alternate wide striped bands with floral panels for a runner that needs no complicated piecing.
- Tote and pouches: Use the stripe for straps, gussets, and zipper pouches where straight lines show off good construction.
Care
Care follows the instructions given for this fabric: machine wash cold and tumble dry low. Washing before cutting is sensible, especially when a saturated purple will sit next to pale fabrics — it settles shrinkage in advance. Press with a warm iron as you sew for crisp seams and flat borders.
Planned well, this stripe gives a quilt its structure, frame, and finished polish.
Shop the Juju's Petals Stripes Purple Cotton 43"/44" Fabric Per Yard at Linda's Electric Quilters.
