Ruby Star Society's Winterglow Inspiration

By Remy Nixon, July 3, 2023

Introducing Winterglow - a collaborative Ruby Star Society collection!

I love looking through these collaborative collections and trying to figure out which designers had a hand in which prints. Strange how my life has come to this point where distinguishing Rashida Coleman Hale from Alexia Marcelle Abegg is something I can even conceive of, where 3 years ago someone asked who my favorite fabric designer was and I think I responded "uh... idk... Moda?"

But I digress. Wintery fabrics! Gotta love planning a good cuddly fireplace quilt in *checks notes* July. But we gotta have time to sew so we can actually get to snuggling when the cold weather sets in!

I kind of had three different theme ideas when putting these mockups together - Low Volume/Ice Princess, Warm Cozy Fireplace, and Scrappy Cabiny Hodgepodge. (Cabiny is a totally real adjective okay! Language, like time and reality, is merely a construct.) At first I thought I would fall into a "Christmasy Quilt" extravaganza but as I played with the colors I realized they really are just wintery without being Christmasy so way to go RSS!

I don't usually use much of the white-on-white prints in a Ruby Star Collection, 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. So I tried taking this collections white-on-white Snowflakes print and photoshopping (or whatever you call it when you're using a random free drawing application) some ice-dyed colors into it: (P.S. this is a good moment to plug our Ice Dying Class):

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


Okay, okay - on to the quilts:


Cosmic Feathers - Small Throw Sized


Cosmic Feathers Quilt in Winterglow

I couldn't resist doing Taralee Quiltery's Cosmic Feathers in this collection - It looks like a big snowflake! This quilt finishes at 64" x 64" and takes the following fabrics to recreate:


Looper - Throw Sized


Low Volume Looper Quilt in Winterglow

I've got two versions of Miss Make's Looper in Winterglow for you. This first one is more of a low volume/ice theme. This quilt finishes at 60" x 60" and takes the following fabrics to recreate:


Warm Looper Quilt in Winterglow

Here's the second Looper. I can just see this quilt folded over a wing-backed chair in front of a roaring fire in a cabin snow gently falling in the forest outside the window. (*comes back to reality and looks out window* oh yah, still July) This quilt finishes at 60" x 60" and takes the following fabrics to recreate:


Garden Glow - Throw Sized


Garden Glow Quilt in Winterglow

Loving Toad and Sew's Garden Glow Quilt in Winterglow. Is it gardeny? Is it wintery? Yes and yes! This quilt finishes at 64" x 64" and takes the following fabrics to recreate:


Clava - Baby Sized


Baby Sized Clava Quilt in Winterglow

Here's Miss Make's Clava Baby Quilt in blue Winterglows. I had to find a good way to show off this large chicken print, and I'm loving it in the big moon here, and the Star print as the background. This quilt finishes at 39" x 48" and takes the following fabrics to recreate:


Clava - Throw Sized


Throw Sized Clava Quilt in Winterglow

Here's Miss Make's Clava Throw in the most Christmasy of all my Winterglow mockups here. I'm digging it. This quilt finishes at 57" x 57" and takes the following fabrics to recreate:


Sparrows


Sparrows Quilt in Winterglow

Look at these adoreable birds! This Pen + Paper Pattern's Sparrows Quilt looks like little birds looking for red holly berries in the snow. This quilt finishes at 57" x 57" and takes the following fabrics to recreate:


Picnic Quilt


Picnic Quilt in Winterglow Fabrics

I love this scrappy Ruby Star Society Picnic Quilt in Winterglow. This quilt finishes at 67.5" x 67.5" and takes the following fabrics to recreate:


Fresh as a Daisy - Throw Sized


Fresh as a Daisy Quilt in Winterglow

I was trying to see if I could make these flowers in Pen + Paper Pattern's Fresh as a Daisy Quilt look like snowflakes. Not sure if they really do, but I unexpectedly fell in love with this low-volume layout. This quilt finishes at 59.5" x 63.5" and takes the following fabrics to recreate:


Wyld Whirl Quilt


Wyld Whirl Quilt in Winterglow

Last but not least we have the Wyld Whirl Quilt! This one has all the Winterglow prints we carry at the shop, in addition to the coordinating Speckleds. 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 1 Fat Quarter of:

Wyld Whirl Quilt in Winterglow

I'm calling this one the Icy Wyld Whirl! It uses all the cool-colored prints in the Winterglow 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 Winterglow

This one I'm calling Cozy Fireplace It uses all the warm-toned prints in the Winterglow 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 Winterglow

And this one I'm calling Snowstorm. It uses all the low-volume prints in the Winterglow 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:


These mockups are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to things that you all can create with the Winterglow 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.