Purple Bella Solids 44"/45" Fabric Per Yard from Moda Fabrics is the true balanced medium purple — neither red-violet nor blue-grape — the regal anchor purple for feature blocks, celebration quilts, and purple-forward palettes.
Product Details
- Color: True medium purple — balanced between red and blue casts; regal rather than pastel
- Fabric: 100% premium cotton, 44"/45" wide — Moda Bella Solids
- Shrinkage: 2–3% first wash
- Pairs with: White or bleached batting to keep the cool regal tone clean
- Best for: Feature blocks, Mardi Gras and graduation quilts, purple-and-white modern designs, floral anchors
- Coordinates with: White, gold, yellow, green, cream, lavender, pink, grey
Frequently Asked Questions
- How does it differ from the soft Bella purples?
- This is the saturated, definitive purple — well past Lilac's pastel and Amelia Purple's soft romance. When a design needs purple to be the statement rather than the whisper, this is the bolt.
- What makes it the Mardi Gras fabric?
- Purple + gold + green Bella Solids build the iconic New Orleans trio — and Bella's dye consistency means the combination repeats identically across annual projects.
- Graduation quilts?
- Purple is one of the most common school colors — with gold, white, or silver it personalizes keepsake T-shirt and memory quilts to the school palette.
- What thread on true purple?
- Matching purple for tonal texture; 10CG3 Cool Grey 3 Glide or 3022 Silver Omni for cool definition that flatters the blue undertone.
- Purple-and-white modern — does it hold up?
- One of the most striking two-color modern combinations — the saturation carries large geometric shapes without needing supporting colors.
