Echo Braid by Emily Van Hoff — Moda Fabrics
Echo Braid is Emily Van Hoff's elegant ombre braid-stripe design for Moda — a repeating woven-braid pattern that shifts from light to dark across the width of the fabric, creating a built-in ombre effect. It's a versatile, directional fabric that adds movement and visual interest to borders, sashing, and quilt blocks without requiring any special techniques. The full 45" landscape lives in the 45" quilting cotton guide; other modern texture options include Dotty Thatched and Flow watercolour. Available in 13 solid-tonal colours:
- Ivory — warm cream ombre braid
- Grey — cool neutral grey ombre braid
- Black — deep black ombre braid
- Light Blue — soft sky blue ombre braid
- Royal Blue — vivid royal blue ombre braid
- Navy — deep navy ombre braid
- Teal — rich teal ombre braid
- Acid Green — vivid bright green ombre braid
- Pink — soft pink ombre braid
- Dark Pink — deeper warm pink ombre braid
- Yellow — warm yellow ombre braid
- Orange — vivid orange ombre braid
- Purple — rich purple ombre braid
Echo Braid works beautifully as a quilt border, binding highlight, or directional strip-piecing element. The ombre quality means cutting parallel or perpendicular to the selvedge produces completely different effects.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How does cutting direction change an ombre fabric?
Cutting along the selvedge yields strips of one consistent value; cutting across it yields strips that grade light-to-dark. One fabric produces both a tonal blender and a built-in gradient — plan the cutting direction before rotary cutting anything.
What can ombre strips do that solids can't?
Instant depth — cross-cut Echo Braid in a lone-star or braid-pattern quilt grades each diamond automatically, and an ombre binding shifts value around the quilt's edge. Effects that would take a dozen solids come off one bolt.
How much extra should I buy for directional cutting?
Add roughly a quarter to the pattern's yardage — directional and gradient placement wastes more than non-directional blenders because each piece's position in the ombre matters. The scraps make excellent pieced bindings.
