I've got a Northwest Stars Quilt to tell you about and this one has the most amazing texture and drape! This quilt is made with Warp and Weft from Ruby Star Society, so you know it's going to be good.

The Northwest Stars Quilt is a beginner friendly quilt pattern perfect for your favorite fat quarters. Get your copy of the Northwest Stars Quilt Pattern here.

I've made the Northwest Stars Quilt several times. I think this might be my 5th or 6th. I'm still not bored of the pattern. It's such a fun pattern to sew and comes together rather quickly.

This Northwest Stars Quilt was made to show off Ruby Star Society's new Warp and Weft line which comes out March 2025. This line is called Warp and Weft Ooh Lucky Lucky and goes along with their Ooh Lucky Lucky line which will also be releasing in the spring.



Until now none of my other quilts, using this pattern, have really had many striped fabrics. In fact, a couple versions of this quilt have been made with solid fabrics. However, this Warp and Weft line has lots of stripes, like most of the fabrics are directional. I don't mind sewing with directional fabrics, I just usually don't care which direction my fabrics go.

This time since there were so many stripes I decided the quilt needed some organization by making sure the stripes in each star were all going one direction. This really isn't hard, it just takes a little more attention to detail.

You can find a blog post I wrote about how to sew 4 at a time Flying Geese blocks with directional fabric here.

These Warp and Weft Fabrics are known for their buttery soft texture. They are woven with colored yarn which gives them a looser weave than regular fabric.

I don't sew much with woven fabrics because they tend to fray easily. These fabrics were not too bad. I have heard using a starch helps, I didn't have any. I think next time I will try starch spray.

If you are a beginner quilter I would not suggest using woven fabrics until you are a confident quilter. You could find yourself discouraged with quickly fraying blocks which reduces seam allowance. As a tip I suggest to not start pulling threads, trim them if you have some loose threads so you don't pull more loose.

What's my favorite thing about this line of fabrics? Probably the colors and the different designs. Some of the fat quarters were so hard to cut up because the plaid was so pretty. I would never think of putting all the different stripes, diamonds and shapes together but they all work perfectly. It really is a great line of fabric.

 

About the Pattern

The Northwest Stars Quilt was written for the beginner quilter. It's fat quarter friendly so it's easy to grab a bundle, choose background fabric and get sewing.

As I said earlier, the pattern features 4 at a time Flying Geese blocks. If you haven't done these before it's a good pattern to learn and practice. The pattern also features strip piecing for the stripes (center of each block) which saves time.

I don't love trimming flying geese and swear by the Wing Clipper Ruler. It makes trimming flying geese blocks so much easier and I think mine are more accurate as well. 

The Northwest Stars Quilt Pattern is written with 5 sizes!

• Baby 36 in. x 36 in.
• Small Throw 48 in. x 60 in.
• Large Throw 60 in. x 72 in.
• Twin 72 in. x 96 in.
• Queen 96 in. x 108 in.

This gives a wide range of sizes for most quilters. I happen to love sewing the large throw size which is what this quilt is.

This pattern is listed as for the advanced beginner quilter. If you are a new quilter you need to have a consistent 1/4 inch seam and know how to sew a scant 1/4 inch seam. This is important for when sewing your stripe blocks or they won't come out completely square.

More About this Quilt

You will notice the background fabric has a small fleck of pink in it that makes it directional. This fabric is called Flicker Natural in Pink. I did not keep this all one direction in the quilt. I thought it was too small to really notice and the larger stripes were more important.

You will notice the little square in the corner of each block. As the blocks are sewn together a four patch is formed. I generally try to make all the fabrics different in the four patches.

As I said this is a large throw quilt size. So it finished at 60 in. x 72 in.

I sent this quilt to Kait from Knot and Thread Design who helped me choose a panto. This one is called Echoed Curves. I think it added a lot of texture and even though the design is pretty dense the quilt has lots of drape. I love how soft this one is. Right now it's in my rotation on the couch.

This Northwest Stars and Stripes is backed with the Star in Light Blue from the Warp and Weft Line. Having woven fabric on the front and back of a quilt really helps make the quilt soft and snuggly.

 

I used Party Dress Plaid in Rose for the binding of this quilt. It was my absolute favorite fabric from the line and the softest too! I love it looks when cut up for the binding. I like to bind my quilts using 2 1/2 in. strips.

If you have loved the past Warp and Weft lines by Ruby Star Society you will definitely love this new line by Alexia Marcelle Abegg.

Warp and Weft Ooh Lucky Lucky ships March 2025! So be on the lookout!

Quick Details

Pattern: Northwest Stars Quilt Pattern

Fabric: Warp and Weft Ooh Lucky Lucky by Ruby Star Society

Quilted by: Kait from Knot and Thread Design

Panto: Echoed Curves