Ruby Star Society

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.

Plus Squared is in the Quilty Love pattern shop:
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Paper pattern

Materials:
Ruby Star Society Basics
Ruby Star Society Clementine (Try searching Etsy)
Background: Ruby Star Society Metallic White Gold
Sashing: Kona Snow
Binding: Ruby Star Society Speckled Cactus
Background: Kona Peach

Pieced on a Janome MC6700p

Flying quilt – A flying geese quilt pattern

Today I’m sharing another Flying geese quilt! I didn’t realize I made so many of these quilts…lol. I still have one more to share. Flying is fast, easy and satisfying to make.

Flying is in the Quilty Love pattern shop.

Whatnot fabric by Ruby Star Society

This version of Flying is made up using this darling Whatnot fabric line by Rashida Coleman Hale for Ruby Star Society. Whatnot will be shipping to stores in October.

Whatnot is full of fun little motifs like toothbrushes, radios, butterflies and flowers. This line will be perfect for fussy cutting.

Choose six half yards

The throw size of this flying geese quilt needs just six half yard fabric cuts. So choose your six favorite prints in a single line like I did here or choose from the half yards already in your stash.

Flying geese quilt

Flying uses the four at a time flying geese method for fast construction and no waste! If you have never made flying geese like this, it’s super easy and really quite slick.

All the quilt sizes

Flying is a modern flying geese quilt pattern that includes instructions for all the quilt sizes! Make either a crib size, throw size, twin size or queen size quilt. The flying geese size up and down for each quilt so the layout stays the same.

Check out the cute little scrappy baby size flying quilt I made here.

Long arm quilting

This quilt was sent off to Knot and Thread for long arm quilting. I had Kait surprise me with the quilting and I love this design she chose! The swirls complement the sharp lines of the flying geese in this quilt so well!

Background and binding

I finished off this Flying geese quilt with a black binding in the Ruby Star Society grid fabric (color is panther). I love this grid fabric! It’s the perfect neutral. I used it as the background also in the color cloud. Cloud is a little harder to find these days.

Flying was pieced on my Janome MC6700p.

The colors in this Whatnot fabric line make for such a fun quilt. I love this one!

Here’s a close up of the background fabric. This Ruby Star Society grid in the color cloud is my recent favorite background choice. I want to use it on everything! It’s the perfect white replacement for quilts.

I actually took this quilt outside for some photos! The lilacs were in full bloom right around the time it was finished so they made for a pretty quilt backdrop.

Star Fall Quilt – The Ruby Star Society Speckled one

I have another Star Fall quilt to share with you today 🙂 The Star Fall quilt pattern is available in the Quilty Love pattern shop.

I worked with a lot Ruby Star Society fabric for this latest round of patterns. Specifically, these speckled basics. This was the first time using these basics and I sure am hooked. It’s the perfect middle ground between a solid and print. It’s a very subtle print. I love that.

Specked colors used in this star quilt are Soft blue, Teal, Turquoise, Soft Aqua and Emerald Green.

Star Fall Quilt Pattern

Star Fall is a bold and modern star quilt pattern using 5 of your favorite prints, solids or scraps! Be sure to check out this scrappy version.

Quilt sizes

This quilt pattern includes instructions for a crib size, a throw size and a king size. The layout stays the same with each size but the block grows. So it starts out smaller for the crib and gets much larger for the king.

This blue and green star fall quilt was quilted by my local quilter.

It’s backed with another Ruby Star Society basic. This is grid in the color Peacock. The binding is Speckled in the color Cactus.

The colors in this quilt are some of my favorites! I asked my husband to choose between some mock ups and he chose this one because it’s basically Seattle Mariners colors. Ha. He’s not wrong about that.

This Speckled version of the Star Fall quilt pattern is the throw size of this quilt. It’s a nice generous size but goes together fairly quickly. I would call this an ambitious beginner quilt mostly because of the flying geese.