Red Cardinal Cuddle 3 Extra Wide Solid Fabric per yard from Shannon Fabrics is the vivid warm red of the Cuddle line — male-cardinal bright, festive and celebratory — the holiday and Valentine plush backing.
Product Details
- Color: Vivid warm cardinal red — brighter than cranberry, pure festive red
- Fabric: Cuddle 3 — polyester minky, 3mm plush pile, ~60" extra wide
- Care: Machine wash gentle/cool, tumble low
- Longarm handling: Standard minky care — load flat, secure, lengthen the stitch
- Best behind: Christmas quilts, Valentine's quilts, patriotic designs, cardinal and winter-bird themes
Frequently Asked Questions
- Why is it the Christmas-quilt plush?
- A holiday-print front over a vivid red plush back is the coziest expression of the season — the quilt that comes out every December and gets used, not displayed.
- Which cotton red does it match?
- Christmas Red Bella Solids — both are bright warm reds, so a Bella-red-accented front carries tonally straight through to the plush back.
- Valentine's fit?
- Equally strong — the same vivid warm red reads romantic behind heart-themed fronts, giving the fabric two gift seasons a year.
- What bobbin on vivid red plush?
- Matching bright red, tested on a strip — saturated grounds expose bobbin mismatches instantly.
- Cardinal-theme tie-in?
- Winter-cardinal fronts — a perennial memorial and remembrance motif — get a back in the bird's own red, one of the most requested thematic pairings in seasonal quilting.

