Royal Purple: Shaded in Beauty

When we had kings and queens we dressed them in purple. There were reasons for that. Purple dye was the most expensive and exclusive.

But past that, purple has always been a royal color. The child of red and blue, it's richer and grander than either of them. 

It's stood for passion, for shadows, and beautiful spring flowers have lent their names to purple: lilac, orchid,and iris.

It also goes with anything and is pretty on almost everyone.
Here's some great quilts in purple to inspire you to purple passions of your own.

Lavender and grey baby quilt 

Erica's unexpected grey and lavender baby quilt is a nice weaving of colors.

Flying Purple People Eater

Jessica's Flying Purple People Eater is a great scrappy star quilt with a luscious range of purples.

Purple Poppy Quilt 

A white background  makes such a big difference! The purples that were so dark in the darker quilts brighter and bolder next to white.

Purple Stash Experiment

Finally there's this great purple stash experiment coming out of the North Hampton Area Modern Quilt Guild. Every purple really does go with every other purple.

Do some experimenting of your own. Grab the purple fabric and make a royal quilt!