Ruby Star Society's Sunbeam Inspiration

By Remy Nixon, May 19, 2023

Introducing Sunbeam by Rashida Coleman Hale!

I am loving this all-warm-color collection. It reminds me both of warm summer days, and beautiful autumn sunsets. I had a lot of fun putting fabrics together for these quilt mockups, it felt like anything I did looked good with these prints, whether I was plonking the whole collection into something, or keeping it to one particular color-way or another.

My favorite prints are the tigers (somehow named "Burning Bright"?) and the dots ("Eclipse" I get). And it wouldn't be a Rashida Coleman Hale collection if we didn't have a strong female print (the shapes on the faces in "Rebel Rebel" is a really cool touch).

I don't usually use much of the white-on-white prints in a Ruby Star Collection (and indeed didn't for these mockups either), but I discovered something really cool about them a few weeks ago: that you can over-dye them and the white print stands out! We did some ice-dying with Curio's Flicker in Natural recently and it turned out INCREDIBLY. As it happens this collection has TWO white-on-white prints: In Flight in Natural and Beaming in Natural so I've tried to mockup what they might look like after a bout of ice-dying. (P.S. this is a good moment to plug our Ice Dying Class):

In Flight Ice Dye In Flight Ice Dye In Flight Ice Dye
Beaming Ice Dye Beaming Ice Dye Beaming Ice Dye


I am now thinking of these white-on-white prints in a whole new light!


Okay, okay - on to the quilts:


Flicker - Large Throw Sized


Flicker Quilt in Sunbeam

I love all the little suns in this Flicker Quilt from Taralee Quiltery! The all-warm-tones of this collection somehow make this quilt both chaotic and cohesive.

This quilt finishes at 75" x 75" and takes the following fabrics to recreate:


Looper - Throw Sized


Looper Quilt in Sunbeam

I've got two versions of Miss Make's Looper in Sunbeam for you, and I'm a little embarrassed to admit that this first one is inspired by an REI flyer we got in the mail this week. This quilt finishes at 60" x 60" and takes the following fabrics to recreate:


Looper Quilt in Sunbeam

Here's the second Looper. I was never really drawn to quilts with dark backgrounds until I saw some of the kits Tawnee puts together, now I've always got to try! This quilt finishes at 60" x 60" and takes the following fabrics to recreate:


Sky Cabin - Throw Sized


Sky Cabin Quilt in Sunbeam

Always love all the secondary patterns in Toad and Sew's Sky Cabin quilt pattern!

This quilt finishes at 72 x 72" and takes the following fabrics to recreate:


Cross Lake - Baby Sized


Baby Sized Cross Lake Quilt in Sunbeam

The Cross Lake quilt pattern by The Blanket Statement is a great beginner quilt. I was imagining this as a sweet little baby quilt when I was mocking it up.

This quilt finishes at 40" x 40" and takes the following fabrics to recreate:


Circe - Throw Sized


Circe Quilt in Sunbeam

I usually like to take the stripes in the Circe quilt pattern by Miss Make and use the colors in a fabric collection to make a rainbow, but playing with the all-warm-shades of Sunbeam was really fun!

This quilt finishes at 69" x 69" (nice) and takes the following fabrics to recreate


Crumb Coat - Large Throw Sized


Crumb Coat Quilt in Sunbeam

My favorite use of a layer cake is Taralee Quiltery's Crumb Coat! I used Speckled Dove in the background of this because I wanted to see what the Sunbeam prints would look like on a less-warm background. Did not disappoint!

This pattern finishes at 67" x 67" and takes the following fabrics to recreate:


Gamma - Throw Sized


Gamma Quilt in Sunbeam

I love how the 2" stripes in the Gamma Quilt from Miss Make really highlight the patterns in the prints. This would also be a great way to use a Sunbeam Jelly Roll!

This pattern finishes at 72" x 72" and takes the following fabrics to recreate:


Wyld Whirl Quilt


Wyld Whirl Quilt in Sunbeam

Last but not least we have the Wyld Whirl Quilt! A link to a digital copy of this pattern is included with all of our Fat-Quarter bundles. This is a great first quilt and a fun make!

I'm sharing a few colorways of this pattern.

This mock-up finishes at 42" x 56", but with this many Fat Quarters you could make it bigger. To recreate it you'll need:

Wyld Whirl Quilt in Sunbeam

I'm calling this one the Honey Wyld Whirl! It uses all the yellow-toned prints in the Sunbeam collection.

This mock-up finishes at 42" x 56", but with this many Fat Quarters you could make it bigger. To recreate it you'll need 1 Fat Quarter of:

Wyld Whirl Quilt in Sunbeam

And this one I'm calling Strawberry Shortcake! It uses all the pink-toned prints in the Sunbeam collection.

This mock-up finishes at 42" x 56", but with this many Fat Quarters you could make it bigger. To recreate it you'll need 1 Fat Quarter of:


Honorable Mentions

We couldn't help but also add these quilt mockups that were featured in Moda's Sunbeam look-book.

Happy Stars Quilt in SunbeamHappy Stripes by Quilty Love
Fat Quarter friendly pattern!		 Picket Stars Quilt in SunbeamPicket Stars by Everyday Stitches
Lone Star Quilt in SunbeamLone Star by Quiltsmart Orla Quilt in SunbeamOrla Quilt by Kitchen Table Quilting
Jelly Roll friendly pattern!


These mockups are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to things that you all can create with the Moonglow collection from Ruby Star Society! If you end up recreating any of these quilts, we would love to see them! You can always share your makes with us on Instagram or send us over an email. We can't wait to see what you will create!

If you want to mock-up your own quilts using these (or any other) fabrics check out the free Quilt Mock-Up Tool.