Ruby Star Society

Stash Buster Fat Quarter Dash quilt

I have another Stash buster Fat Quarter Dash quilt to share! This Fat Quarter Dash quilt is sewn up using the brand new Ruby Star Society Purl fabric line.

Fat Quarter Dash is the second in the Quilty Love Stash buster quilt pattern series. It’s fast, easy and stash friendly.

Fat Quarter Dash is fat quarter friendly. No background fabrics needed for this quilt! Mix and match fat quarters from your stash or use up a ready made bundle you have sitting around.

My goal with this stash buster quilt pattern series is to help you start sewing through your fabric stash!

Fat Quarter Dash is available in the Quilty Love pattern shop.

Ruby Star Society Purl Fabric

I was so excited to make this Fat Quarter Dash with the brand new Ruby Star Society Purl fabric line.

Purl is a fun and whimsical fabric line with knitting motifs. The jewel colors in this line are so beautiful. There are hints of metallic throughout this this fabric line too.

Stash buster Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern

Fat Quarter Dash is a stash buster quilt pattern! So while I technically didn’t dig into my stash for this one, it is perfect for that! Recently, I replenished my fabric stash with a ton of new bundles.

I mostly collect fat quarter bundles and write most of my patterns around them. I don’t have an overwhelming amount of fabric myself and try to keep it manageable at all times. Personally I feel overwhelmed when I have too much fabric in my stash.

But I know that is not the case for all quilters! I know so many of you have more fabric than you know what to do with and even struggle to use it at times. That is why I started the stash buster quilt pattern series!

My hope is that you can grab one of the stash buster quilt patterns, a stack of fat quarters and start sewing!

Easy beginner friendly quilt pattern

Fat Quarter Dash is a quick and easy beginner friendly quilt pattern! I have a few beginner friendly patterns in the Quilty Love pattern library but didn’t have an obvious choice for brand new quilters. This quilt pattern is written with brand new quilters in mind.

Fat Quarter Dash is a simple block based quilt and would be a really great first time quilt.

I have been sewing like crazy these past few months because it is one of the few things I can do with the toddler around. Mostly I sew at the kitchen island while she plays nearby. And she is always nearby…haha. Can you spot her in the photo above.

I find if I stand at the kitchen island she will play on her own for the most part. She will have my sewing room torn apart in three seconds flat so I don’t get to spend as much time in there lately. Mostly just nap time.

Long Arm Quilting

I sent this Purl Fat Quarter Dash quilt off to Jenae at Vintage Stitch for quilting. She long arm quilted this beautiful orange peel design. It really pops on that black backing fabric.

Blossoms wideback fabric

I backed this Ruby Star Society Fat Quarter Dash with a wideback… surprise, surprise..haha. This is the the Riley Blake Blossoms wideback in black.

The RSS purl fabric line has some hints of black in it so I thought it would work out well as the backing.

I didn’t quite think through the creamsicle binding color though. It looks a little too Halloween for me..haha. I made the binding while the quilt was at the quilters and didn’t think about how it would look next to the black. The binding is Kona cotton in the color Nectarine.

Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern sizes

Fat Quarter Dash includes instructions for all the quilt sizes baby through king! You can sew this quilt up as a baby size, small throw size, large throw size, twin size, queen size or king size.

I have all of your bed quilt sizes covered in this stash buster quilt pattern. This Ruby Star Society version is the large throw size.

You can see the quilting design below. Isn’t it pretty!? The name of this pantograph is Interlocked Orange Peel.

Ruby Star Society fabrics

I really love quilting with the Ruby Star Society fabrics. They are a lighter weight cotton and make the softest quilts. They are especially soft when you use Ruby Star for both the front and the backing. I think of them as a perfect summer quilt or lighter weight quilt.

Ruby Star fabrics are silkier like a lawn fabric. They can be used for garments or for quilting. What I love about them is that they are silky without being slippery or stiff. If you have never quilted with their fabrics you might be surprised by their lighter weight texture. But I find that they sew up really nicely in quilts.

Materials Used

Pattern: Fat Quarter Dash by Quilty Love
Prints: Ruby Star Society Purl
Binding: Kona Cotton Nectarine
Backing: Riley Blake Blossoms wideback
Pieced on my Janome MC6700p
Long Arm Quilted by Vintage Stitch

Compass Star Baby quilt – The Ruby Star Society one

I have the cutest Compass Star baby quilt to share with you today! I actually made this quilt top last spring but recently had it quilted and finished.

Compass Star is one of my favorite star quilts to make and I’ve made a few of them by now. Recently I made one using my new Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle.

This might be the first Compass Star baby quilt that I have made though! Compass Star is a really great stash quilt as it only uses fat eighths. So for this baby sized star quilt you would only need nine fat eighths from your stash.

I used the leftover Smol Ruby Star Society fabrics from my Hopscotch II quilt. So technically I didn’t even have fat eighths. I just cut each block piece from the fabrics I had left. I ended up using more than nine fabrics to make that work. I also used a solid as an accent since I didn’t have enough fabric.

The Compass Star quilt pattern is available in the Quilty Love pattern shop.

Hopscotch quilt by Emily of quiltylove.com using Smol fabrics

Quarter Square Triangle star block

Compass Star uses quarter square triangles. I love quarter square triangles! They are a no waste method which is always great.

It might seem a little intimidating to make quarter square triangles but they are actually pretty easy! The Compass Star quilt pattern walks you through each step. It also makes the quarter square triangles over sized so you can trim perfectly.

Compass Star Baby Quilt

I couldn’t resist using up the leftover Ruby Star Society Smol fabrics so I decided to make up a baby sized Compass Star quilt. Compass Star is a nice and easy quarter square triangle star quilt pattern. It goes together with quarter square triangles.

If you have never made quarter square triangles, they are fun to make! I also have you make larger and then trim to size for better precision. So you trim them just like you might half square triangles. I personally enjoy trimming and find those precise squares satisfying.

Fat Eighth Friendly star quilt pattern

Compass Star is a fat eighth friendly quilt pattern. I love fat eighth quilts because they really stretch your fabric. Plus a fat eighth bundle is a lot less expensive than a fat quarter bundle when buying an entire fabric collection. A fat eighth is half of a fat quarter. They measure about 9″ x 21″.

I have a few fat eighth friendly patterns in the Quilty Love pattern shop.

Modern quarter square triangle star quilt

Compass Star is a modern quarter square triangle star quilt. It’s a nice and easy quilt to sew up. I think I made this baby version in about a day or two.

Compass Star looks great in solids, prints or a mix of both.

All the quilt sizes

Compass Star includes instructions for a baby size, a throw size, a twin size, a queen size and king size quilt! I’ve included all of the quilt sizes including the bed size quilts.

I don’t make baby size quilts that often but they sure are a fast finish! I love this one so much though that I kind of wish it was a throw size…haha. These Ruby Star Society Smol fabrics are such a beautiful fabric line and definitely a new favorite. It’s those navy prints in the fabric collection that get me!

Ruby Star Society Speckled background

I’ve been trying to branch out from my go-to white backgrounds in quilts lately and have been gravitating towards subtle prints like this Ruby Star Society Speckled fabric. It has just enough print to keep it interesting but is light enough to let the main fabrics shine. Ruby Star has some really great lighter basics that work well for this. Plus these subtle prints are so much more practical than a white fabric.

Peppered Cotton Wideback

I finished off this Compass Star baby quilt with some leftover Peppered Cotton wideback fabric from other quilts. It’s not the most exciting backing but it’s a classic grey and I’m all about using what you have available.

Binding

The binding on this Compass Star baby quilt is a Ruby Star Society grid fabric. I used to use such neutral bindings but over the past year or so I’m finding myself using bolder options that really frame the quilt.

Long arm quilting

I sent this Compass Star baby quilt off to my quilter to be quilted! This is the first time I’ve had a baby sized quilt long arm quilted. I actually don’t mind the quilting process and a baby size is the easiest size to quilt so I’ve always done them myself.

However, my time is a lot more limited these days with the toddler and quilting is the obvious step to take off my plate. I had good intentions of quilting this baby quilt but after it sat as a quilt top for well over six months I decided it was time to send it off.

Jenae of Vintage Stitch quilted this baby quilt for me. She chose this adorable quilting design. I really love how this baby quilt turned out that I may never quilt my own baby quilts again..ha.

Compass Star baby quilt resources

Quilt Pattern: Compass Star by Quilty Love
Fabrics: Smol fabrics by Ruby Star Society
Background: Speckled by Ruby Star Society
Backing: Peppered Cotton Wide Back
Binding: Ruby Star Society Grid
Pieced on my Janome MC6700p
Long arm quilted by Vintage Stitch

Flying quilt – The Ruby Star Society Speckled one

I have another flying geese quilt to share today! Flying is one of the latest Quilty Love patterns. You can find it in the pattern shop here.

I made quite a few of these Flying flying geese quilts! You can view all of my completed quilts here.

This flying geese quilt is made up using Ruby Star Society Speckled fabrics. Speckled is a Ruby Star basics and so good! Subtle prints that read like solids are my favorites to sew with so you know I love these.

I chose six of the warm colors from the Speckled line for this version of Flying.

Ruby Star Society Speckled fabrics used in this quilt

Colors used: Metallic Daisy, Metallic Cotton Candy Pink, Metallic Peony, Metallic Strawberry, Metallic Cactus and Metallic Peach

Flying quilt pattern – a simple flying geese quilt

Flying is a simple flying geese quilt pattern. It looks great in solids or prints. I’ve made a few of both 😉

All the quilt sizes

The pattern includes instructions for a crib size quilt, throw size quilt, twin size quilt and a queen size quilt.

Four at a time flying geese

The flying geese are made four at a time for super fast construction and no waste. I love making flying geese like this because you don’t have any corners to cut off and waste.

The flying geese size up and down with the different sizes so the layout stays the same.

The throw size flying quilt uses six half yards of fabric. Choose six half yards from your stash or find a fabric line and pick six of your favorite prints.

The colors in this flying geese quilt were so much fun to sew up. They are so bright and happy. I’m loving the pop of mustard or (cactus as it’s called) with the pinks and peaches.

Long arm quilting

I sent this flying geese quilt off to Knot and thread for quilting. Kait chose this fun swoopy quilting design which pairs perfectly with the geometric points of the flying geese.

Flying is finished off with a pink binding in the Ruby Star Society grid line up. This color is Strawberry.

Look at that quilting! Such a beautiful design!

You can see the subtle speckle print really well in this photo below. The background of this flying geese quilt is another grid from Ruby Star Society. I love using their grid fabrics as background. The background fabric used here is the color Cotton Candy.

I was back on the kitchen table for this one..haha. The one year old has been BUSY so when I have some serious sewing to do I usually haul everything out to the dining room.

Look how pretty those flying geese rows are all lined up like this.

This quilt is an expansion of a quilt I made years ago for Love Quilting Magazine. It was a surfboard quilt and the surfboards had a single row of flying geese with sashing on each side. I’ve been wanting to expand that into an full quilt for the longest time.

These Flying quilt photos were taken in my daughters room before we rearranged it. It had the perfect lighting scenario before we moved it around..haha. I might need to put it back like this some day and photograph a bunch of quilts.

Flying quilt pattern

Backing and Binding

Both the backing and the binding of this Flying throw size quilt are Grid in the color Strawberry by Ruby Star Society.

I tend to use the backing fabric as the binding in a lot of my quilts. It’s easy and a great way to use up all of that extra fabric you trim off. There is always more than enough for binding the quilt.

Materials used:

Flying quilt pattern
Flying geese: Ruby Star Society Speckled (colors listed individually in the post)
Background: Cotton Candy Grid by Ruby Star Society
Backing and Binding: Grid in Strawberry

Plus Squared quilt – The scrappy Ruby Star Society one

Today I’m sharing this Scrappy Ruby Star Society Plus Squared quilt. It might be a new favorite!

Plus Squared is available in the Quilty Love Pattern Shop.

Scrappy Plus Squared Quilt

I made quite a few quilts using different Ruby Star Society fabric lines recently. That means I had a lot of Ruby Star scraps! I couldn’t resist mixing all of the leftover fabric into this pink and yellow and peach scrappy plus quilt.

Plus Squared is one of the original Quilty Love Patterns! But it’s still a favorite and I was excited to remake it with these warm colors.

Perfect scrap quilt

Plus Squared is the perfect scrap quilt since it’s made up of squares. The pattern includes instructions for fat quarters if you want to use a fat quarter bundle.

Chain piecing quilt

Plus Squared quilt is a chain piecing quilt for sure! I think that’s why I enjoyed making it so much. There was a lot of chain piecing and nice mindless sewing with this one.

Ruby Star Society basics fabrics

The Ruby Star Society fabric lines have been so good lately! Most of the fabrics in this quilt are from their basics line. I mixed in some Clementine also. Clementine is a little harder to get your hands on as it was a super popular line. The Ruby Star basics are readily available though.

This quilt is a fun one to sew together! I love block quilts because each block is so satisfying to finish.

It looks like I had a little help from my super helpful one year old while deciding on the layout for this Plus Squared..lol.

Background fabrics

Here’s another non white background quilt from me! Haha. I’ve been trying to branch out from my standard white more and more. I mean, I don’t branch out too far since I’ve been sticking with subtle print backgrounds but aren’t they good!!? I’ve really loved using subtle prints like this speckled one as backgrounds lately.

The background of this scrappy Plus Squared quilt is Ruby Star Society Speckled in Metallic White Gold.

I love a crisp white quilt background but lets be honest, they aren’t very practical! Mostly, I use white out of convenience since I always have plenty of Kona Snow on hand.

The sashing around these plus blocks ends up being really subtle with the white fabric. It keeps the plus shape the front and center and really allows it to pop.

It’s interesting to look back at these photos taken such a short time ago. This half wall below is now a full wall with a fireplace on it 🙂 We are in the middle of a great room renovation.

The next step of the reno is wood floors and you better believe I can’t wait to have them for quilt photos..haha.

So much kitchen table quilting going on these days! The 1.5 year old is busy, busy, busy and the kitchen table seems to be the only place to actually get any sewing in. I don’t mind being right in the middle of the action though while I’m working and sewing 🙂

She’s always nearby to jump into photos..haha.

Hoping this plus quilt passed her inspection. 😉

I think I took just a few too many photos of this scrappy Plus Squared quilt..haha. I so enjoyed working with these Ruby Star fabrics and couldn’t resist alllll of the photos.

Long arm quilting

I sent this scrappy Plus Squared quilt off to Knot and Thread for quilting. I’ve been sending more quilts off for long arm quilting than usual because I have such limited time with the toddler these days.

It still feels like such a treat to get quilts back after quilting. I had Kait choose the quilting for me again and LOVE this baptist fan she chose. This quilting design has always been a favorite of mine. The baptist fan quilt design is such a traditional quilting design. But this one has nice tight lines making it feel much more modern.

This scrappy Plus Squared quilt is finished with a mustard colored binding from the Ruby Star Society Speckled line.

I did a little quilt styling for these quilt photos. We recently rearranged my daughters room and it isn’t doing my photos any favors..haha. Her bed used to be the perfect quilt photo spot until we moved it. The lighting is way more challenging now but I’ll still make it work 😉

I used a Kona cotton solid in the color Peach as the backing for this scrappy plus quilt. The throw size Plus Squared is pretty large so I stuck with a solid fabric to save a little money on the backing.