Green Grunge Basics Pear 44"/45" Fabric Per Yard

Green Grunge Basics Pear 44"/45" Fabric Per Yard from Moda is the ripe-Bartlett yellow-green of the Grunge line — fresh, botanical, and lively, the foliage fabric of garden quilts with texture that reads like real leaves.

Product Details

• Color: Fresh medium-bright yellow-green — between lemon-lime and true green
• Pattern: Grunge Basics — organic near-solid texture, 44"/45" width
• Fabric: 100% premium quilting cotton — Moda
• Shrinkage: 2–3% first wash
• Best for: Leaf-and-stem work in floral quilts, garden appliqué backgrounds, spring palettes, botanical bindings
• Coordinates with: Pink, coral, white, yellow, navy, purple, brown, cream

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is it the foliage fabric?

Real leaves aren't flat-colored — Grunge's tonal variation mimics natural leaf surfaces, so stems and foliage cut from Pear read organic where a flat solid green reads cartoonish.

Pear or a deeper green for garden quilts?

Pear is the spring-fresh register — new growth. Deeper greens (Juniper, Basil territory) read as mature summer foliage. Many garden quilts use both as light and shadow within the greenery.

Appliqué background use?

A pear ground puts the whole design in a garden — flowers appliquéd on it read as growing rather than mounted, which white backgrounds can't do.

What thread on yellow-green?

Matching green for tonal work; 20001 Cream Glide for warm organic definition against the botanical ground.

Green binding logic?

On floral quilts, a green edge mirrors what leaves do in a garden composition — frame the blooms — making it the most botanically coherent binding choice.