BasicGrey Fabric for Moda is one of the many fabric designers we love. Although the BasicGrey fabric studio produces print collections each year, BasicGrey is particularly well known for its Grunge fabrics. Missouri Star offers fabulous BasicGrey Grunge fabric for quilting.

BasicGrey was founded by Rachel Brenchley, its principal designer. BasicGrey designs fabrics for Moda. Notice that the name BasicGrey is smooshed together into one word. In addition, grey is the British spelling of the color word. These factors can sometimes cause confusion when sewists in the USA are looking for BasicGrey Grunge fabric as Basic Gray Grunge fabric.

Why are so many sewists searching for grunge? It’s not because they are fans of Pearl Jam! It’s because BasicGrey fabric for Moda has made grunge glorious and crossed it over to the quilting scene. So, what is grunge fabric?

Moda BasicGrey Grunge fabric is unique because the fabric is dyed first, then it is printed on one side. The fabric achieves a “shabby” or scuffed effect because of the colors applied over the solid. This BasicGrey fabric becomes deeply saturated with dye. Depending on the number of colors applied and the subtlety or contrast of those colors, this “solid” fabric–called Grunge Basics–isn’t solid at all. Two quilt pieces cut side-by-side from the same BasicGrey Grunge fabric might look quite a lot different from each other. This causes visual illusions of texture and depth in a quilt that are not possible to achieve with other fabrics.

In addition to a wide selection of Grunge Basics colors, Missouri Star offers other Grunge fabric by the yard. Moda Grunge Hits the Spot–commonly known as Grunge polka dot fabric–is a patterned Grunge with lighter dots printed over dark solids or darker dots printed over light solids. BasicGrey Grunge Seeing Stars–commonly known as Moda Grunge Stars–are asterisk-shaped stars printed over solids. Sometimes people look for this fabric by the name Basic Grey Grunge Seeing Stars.

You can find popular colors of Basic Grey Grunge such as red Grunge fabric and black Grunge fabric in multiple widths, print options, and shade variations. If you want to glam-up your Moda Basic Grey Grunge, Missouri Star offers Grunge Glitter, Grunge Basics Metallic, Grunge Hits the Spot Metallic, and Grunge Seeing Stars Metallic–all Moda Grunge by Basic Grey.

Moda Basic Grey Grunge fabric provides the sewist unlimited options for expressing creativity. If you haven’t taken a look at Grunge by BasicGrey for Moda, it is time to discover that “shabby” can be very chic.

Try your hand at creating a cute pixelated quilt with BasicGrey Grunge fabric. The hues blend together so beautifully, creating additional interest beyond simple solid colors. When you quilt with BasicGrey Grunge by Moda, you’ll discover a whole new world of color and texture. Shop our selection of Moda Grunge BasicGrey and other Moda BasicGrey fabrics and find yourself inspired!