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White & Cream Quilting Fabric
White and cream quilting cotton — the background workhorses — include Color Wheel Solids in Parchment, Natural, Cream, and Ivory, plus low-volume Monochrome prints. There are 109 white and cream options here from $8.96, with buy links to Connecting Threads.
The right background makes the whole quilt. A soft natural or cream warms a design, a crisp white sharpens it. Here are the whites and creams in one place so you can pick the exact background your quilt needs.
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Showing 60 of 106Color Wheel Solids White 5" squares Quilting Cotton Fabric
Color Wheel Solids White 10" squares Quilting Cotton Fabric
Monochrome Packed Petals White on White Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Monochrome Squash Blossom White on White Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Monochrome Rowan White on White Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Monochrome Sketched Lines White on White Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Monochrome Fig White on White Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Monochrome Houndstooth White on White Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Monochrome Dreamy Daisies White on White Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Monochrome Seedlings White on White Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Monochrome Spring Showers White on White Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Monochrome Fat Quarter Sampler White Quilting Cotton Fabric
Happy Camper Apple Bite White Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Car Novelty Pale Cream Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Mirage Tonals Cream Quilting Flannel Fabric Yardage
Mirage Tonals Natural Quilting Flannel Fabric Yardage
Backing Fabrics Cobblestone Ivory 108 in Wide Backing Fabric Yardage
Backing Fabrics Cobblestone Natural 108 in Wide Backing Fabric Yardage
Backing Fabrics Trail of Stars Ivory 108 in Wide Backing Fabric Yardage
Backing Fabrics Little Vines Cream 108 in Wide Backing Fabric Yardage
Backing Fabrics Newsprint White 108 in Wide Backing Fabric Yardage
Shimmer Tonals Cream Pearl Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Backing Fabrics Flower Bunch Cream 108 in Wide Backing Fabric Yardage
Backing Fabrics Decorative Scroll Cream 108 in Wide Backing Fabric Yardage
Witley Court Lili Stripe Ivory Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Spring Nectar Jeweled Calliope Ivory Multi Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Backing Fabrics Wispy Vine 108 in Wide Backing Ivory Wide Backing Fabric Yardage
Backing Fabrics Polka Dot Paisley 108 in Wide Backing Ivory Wide Backing Fabric Yardage
Backing Fabrics Half Circles 108 in Wide Backing Lt Cream Wide Backing Fabric Yardage
Chesapeake Summer Swaying Leaves 108 in Wide Backing Cream Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Pattern Play Tonals Outlined Dot White Citron Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Pattern Play Tonals Daisy Chain White on White Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Somerset Afternoon Bush Meadow Ivory Multi Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Somerset Afternoon Bloom Ivory Multi Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Butterfly Sonata Cosmos & Primrose Cream Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Butterfly Sonata Flutterby Cream Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Butterfly Sonata Wavy Weave 108 in Wide Backing Cream Quilting Cotton Yardage
Gingerbread & Holly Christmas Cookies White Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage
Perennial Garden Ambling Dark Cream Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage in Dk Cream
Perennial Garden Bias Window Pane Plaid Ivory Quilting Cotton Fabric Yardage in Ivory on I
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Frequently Asked Questions
Should I use white or cream as a quilt background?+
Cream and natural give a soft, warm, vintage feel and flatter most palettes; a true white reads crisp and modern and boosts contrast. Color Wheel Solids offers both, reorderable by the yard.
What is low-volume fabric?+
Low-volume fabrics are pale, near-white prints (like the Monochrome white-on-white line) that add gentle texture to a background without competing with your main prints.
How much background fabric do I need?+
Backgrounds often eat up more yardage than any other fabric in the quilt, so buy generously and from a reorderable solid — running short mid-quilt is a common frustration.
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