Starry by Alexia Marcelle Abegg for Ruby Star Society

Starry by Alexia Marcelle Abegg is exactly the kind of basic that refuses to be boring. Tiny, irregular hand-drawn stars are scattered across a fantastic range of Ruby Star Society colors, giving you all the versatility of a solid with just enough personality to make a project feel special. Ruby Star Society describes Starry as a whimsical basic designed to mix easily with other collections or stand completely on its own, and that really is its sweet spot.

The palette moves from soft natural and sunshine tones through vivid pinks, papaya, warm reds, plum, turquoise, bluebell, deep blues and smoky neutrals, with a few particularly excellent versions featuring multicolor or metallic gold stars. The stars themselves shift between tonal, contrasting, white, black and metallic depending on the colorway, which gives the collection a surprising amount of range for such a simple motif.

Use Starry anywhere you might normally reach for a solid or blender: backgrounds, bindings, borders, patchwork, appliqué, bags, garments, or an entire quilt built around color. It plays beautifully with other Ruby Star Society collections, but honestly, a big stack of Starry all by itself is pretty delightful too.