Thursday, November 7, 2024

Marble Mystery ++ Nov ++ Square in a Square Units


Who likes making square in a square units?  

Welcome to the November sewing instructions for the Marble Mystery Quilt, the tenth annual Meadow Mist Designs mystery quilt along!  This month we will be making some square in a square units.  I must admit that square in a square units are not my favorite to make but they did sew up faster than I thought they would.

The Marble Mystery Quilt is a free quilt-along that will run from July 2024 through March 2025 to make a throw sized quilt (about 65 ½" x 65 ½") with a set of instructions posted the first Thursday of every month.  The quilt pattern is at an advanced beginner level containing basic piecing techniques (no applique, Y-seams, or paper piecing).

The directions and all of the other information relate dot the mystery quilt can always be found on the Marble Mystery Home Page.   


Easy to Print PDF Instructions

If you would like easy to print instructions for the November instructions, they can found as a free download through my shop:  






Cutting Instructions



Square in a Square Units

A/bg SiaS UNITS


1. Cut 40 bg square 3" x 3" (3 ¼" x 3 ¼" if oversized) in half once diagonally to form 80 bg triangles.




2. Center a bg triangle along one side of a fabric A square 3 ⅜" x 3 ⅜" right sides together.  

Sew along the edge with a scant  ¼" seam (shown as a dotted line), pressing seam open or towards the bg triangle.




3. Sew another bg triangle on the side of the fabric A square opposite to the first seam, pressing the seam open or towards the bg triangle.

Note: you can sew both of these triangles on then press instead of pressing after each addition.



4. Continue by sewing two more bg triangles onto the remaining outside edges of the fabric A square, pressing the seams open or towards the bg triangles.

5. Trim off the tabs (dog ears) formed by the sewn on triangles and square the unit to 4 ½" x 4 ½" if necessary making sure there is ¼" between the corners of the inner square and the outer sides of the unit.  



6. Repeat steps 2-5 to make a total of 20 A/bg SiaS units 4 ½" x 4 ½".



bg/A SiaS UNITS

1. Cut 8 fabric A square 3" x 3" (3 ¼" x 3 ¼" if oversized) in half once diagonally to form 16 fabric A triangles.



2. Center a fabric A triangle along one side of a bg square 3 ⅜" x 3 ⅜" right sides together.  

Sew along the edge with a scant ¼" seam (shown as a dotted line), pressing seam open or towards the fabric A triangle.



3. Sew another fabric A triangle on the side of the bg square opposite to the first seam, pressing the seam open or towards the fabric A triangle.

Note: you can sew both of these triangles on then press instead of pressing after each addition.



4. Continue by sewing two more fabric A triangles onto the remaining outside edges of the bg square, pressing the seams open or towards the fabric A triangles.




5. Trim off the tabs (dog ears) formed by the sewn on triangles and square the unit to 4 ½" x 4 ½" if necessary making sure there is ¼" between the corners of the inner square and the outer sides of the unit.  

6. Repeat steps 2-5 to make a total of 4 bg/A SiaS units 4 ½" x 4 ½".







HOW TO JOIN
This has been my most asked question, how to join in on the Marble Mystery quilt?  There is no official sign up, list, or cost to join in the mystery quilt along.  Each set of instructions will be posted to this blog as a post on the first Thursday of each month.

To ensure you do not miss any of the posts, you can do any of the following:

  • Join the Meadow Mist Designs Newsletter, the newsletter typically is sent out the day after the instructions are posted with a link to that month's instructions.



Many thanks to our generous sponsors!



Any questions? Leave them in a comment below or post them to our Facebook group page. I look forward to seeing everyone's cut fabrics. The next set of instructions will be published on the first Thursday of December.

 


 

 






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Monday, November 4, 2024

Gratitude and Grace Blog Hop and Giveaway

I am so happy to be the blog kicking off Pat Sloan's new fabric line for Benartex called Gratitude and Grace.  It is a great collection of greens, blues, and oranges (and the plaid prints are fabulous!!).  

Hint, hint - this post is long but there may be a super awesome fabric giveaway at the end...





WELCOME

If you are visiting my blog for the first time, welcome!  I'm Cheryl, a chemical engineer that writes patents during the day and quilts and sews at night.  I live in South Carolina with my husband, two high school aged children, and 4 cats.  

I love the online community and host a yearly free mystery quilt, have an active Facebook group, and create modern traditional quilt patterns.  I hope that you will join me!  You can sign up for my newsletter here to keep up with all of the happenings.


Marble Mystery - my current (and tenth annual) free monthly mystery quilt along.  I even offer a sneak peek of the design :)



CATHEDRAL WINDOW PINCUSIONS USING GRATITUDE AND GRACE FABRICS


Pat asked if we could make something with her fabric and my mind started to think of all of the possibilities, should I make a quilt, bag, or something else?  I decided that I wanted to make something that I could use and see everyday in my sewing room, a pincushion :) 

I used my Cathedral Window Pincushion pattern from my shop and started picking out some fabrics.  I love this pattern because it is charm pack (5" square) and scrap friendly, you only need (3) 5" squares plus some background fabric to make a pincushion.

To celebrate the release of Pat's collection, I am offering the digital Cathedral Window Pattern on sale now through Friday, November 8th for only $9.45 (no coupon code needed).


The Gratitude and Grace fabric collection is now available in shops so check out your local quilt shop or online at the Fat Quarter Shop (they have 10" packs, fat quarter bundles, and 1/2 yard bundles in stock as well as yardages).

Here are each one of the pincushions I made, I love how each highlight the prints from the collection.







QUILT RENDERINGS

I loved Pat's new collection so much that I had to play around with the fabric images to see how it would look in some of my quilt patterns.



Woodshire - throw size  - 2 charm packs or 1 layer cake or 8 fat quarters plus yardages




Wharf Street - throw size - 1 jelly roll or 12 fat quarters




Irish Puzzle - throw size - 2 charm packs or 1 layer cake




GIVEAWAY!!

I want to thank Pat for including me in her fabric blog hop, I had a great time playing with her beautiful fabrics.  I also want to thank everyone that has stopped by my blog hop post!  

If you are new to Meadow Mist Designs, I hope that you will take a few minutes looking around and consider joining my newsletter list (I send out each of the monthly mystery quilt instructions via the newsletter).


The giveaway prize, sponsored by Pat Sloan and Benartex, is a Gratitude and Grace 10" pack (layer cake) and one digital quilt pattern from Meadow Mist Designs (my shop).

The giveaway will end at 10:00 pm on Friday, November 8th EST and is open to everyone worldwide.

Note: if you are reading this post via e-mail or on your phone you might have to click over to the website site to enter.



OTHER TOUR STOPS

Plus be sure to stop by each of the other bloggers in the Pat Sloan's Morrison Park Tour (each with a chance to win fabric or thread)

November 4th - By Annie & Meadow Mist Designs
November 5th - Auriful & Snuggle Bug Stitching
November 7th - Ivory Spring & Pat Sloan

Remember to enter the giveaway and grab your copy of the Cathedral Window Pincushions (they make excellent swap and holiday gifts) for only $9.45.



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Sunday, October 27, 2024

Charity Quilt Sale

Hi from Greenville, South Carolina! The hurricane Helene visited us here a few weeks ago. Our damage was not near as bad as Asheville and Western North Carolina, but we had some flooding along widespread power outages from thousands of downed trees.

We were very lucky in our house that we escaped with almost no damage to our property and our power came back on within a day. Most of my friends were out of power and internet for over a week. School was shut down for 8 days.

One of the affected local organizations was Greenville Animal Care. They were without power to take care of all of their animals for over a week. Many people came to the rescue fostering animals and the Greenville Humane Society (which did have power) took over 100 animals to their facility.

I love supporting both of these agencies as they provide free TNR (trap-neuter-release), low cost spays and vaccinations, provide pet food to those who cannot afford it, and run excellent adoption agencies.

To support these two organizations, I am having a charity sample quilt sale from my book, Just One Charm Pack Quilts.

100% of the profit from the sale of these quilts will be split between Greenville Animal Care and the Greenville Humane Society.

See all of the charity quilts here.

Here are my cats that I have adopted...


Reeses (6 years old) - from Greenville Animal Care

Oreo (6 years old) - from the Greenville Humane Society



Piper (5 years old) - from the Greenville Humane Society




Turtle (2 years old) - from a parking lot :)




I hope that you will join me in supporting these two worthy organizations.  Here are a few of the quilts that are included in the charity sale.








You can find all of the charity quilts for sale here.




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Friday, October 4, 2024

New Camden Road Quilt

In honor of the Fat Quarter Frenzy digital quilt pattern bundle that is now on sale, I thought that I would make a new version of my Camden Road quilt that is part of the bundle.

I hosted a quilt along for the Camden Road pattern many years ago and I will admit that I never finished my quilt during the quilt along.  I had all of the pieces cut out and the flying geese made and then had to put the quilt on hold.  

I am so excited that I can cross this new version of Camden Road off my in-progress quilt list :)


I made this new, throw sized version of Camden Road using a bundle of older Maureen Cracknell for Art Gallery Fabrics combined with some Moda gray and white solids.

For the quilting, I used Aurifil Dove, a really soft gray thread in a paisley design.  


 For the backing, I did not really have any yardage that worked and almost purchased some wide back fabric for the backing, but instead decided to use my stash.

I had a lot of large scale prints from Maureen Cracknell that I loved, but had trouble using in my quilts.  It took some extra time, but I pieced those prints together into the backing.  I do not love making a pieced backing, but I do love a pieced backing.


Here is a close up with the binding, another Marueen Cracknell print.


Here is the original cover quilt and more information about the pattern:




I hope you enjoyed seeing my finally finished Camden Road quilt.  The colors remind me of fall so I am going to get the quilt washed and on my couch to snuggle with :)





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Thursday, October 3, 2024

Marble Mystery ++ Oct ++ Hourglass & Triple Units

Who likes making hourglass units?  

Welcome to the October sewing instructions for the Marble Mystery Quilt, the tenth annual Meadow Mist Designs mystery quilt along!  This month we will be making some hourglass and triple units.

The Marble Mystery Quilt is a free quilt-along that will run from July 2024 through March 2025 to make a throw sized quilt (about 65 ½" x 65 ½") with a set of instructions posted the first Thursday of every month.  The quilt pattern is at an advanced beginner level containing basic piecing techniques (no applique, Y-seams, or paper piecing).

The directions and all of the other information relate dot the mystery quilt can always be found on the Marble Mystery Home Page.   


Easy to Print PDF Instructions

If you would like easy to print instructions for the October instructions, they can found as a free download through my shop:  






Cutting Instructions



Hourglass Units

B/bg HST UNITS

1. Place a fabric B square 5 ½" x 5 ½" and a bg square 5 ½" x 5 ½" right sides together (or 5 ¾" x 5 ¾" squares if they were oversized). 

Draw a diagonal line using a removable marking device on the back of the bg square (shown as the solid line).

2. Sew a ¼" seam on either side of the solid line (shown as the dotted lines). Cut on the marked line and press seams toward fabric B. Do not trim the half-square triangle (HST) units at this point.

3. Repeat to make a total of 8 B/bg HST units approx. 5" x 5" (approx. 5 ¼" x 5 ¼" if using oversized squares).




C/bg HST UNITS

1. Place a fabric C square 5 ½" x 5 ½" and a bg square 5 ½" x 5 ½" right sides together (or 5 ¾" x 5 ¾" squares if they were oversized). 

Draw a diagonal line using a removable marking device on the back of the bg square (shown as the solid line).

2. Sew a ¼" seam on either side of the marked line (shown as the dotted lines). Cut on the solid line and press seams toward fabric C. Do not trim the half-square triangle (HST) units at this point.

3. Repeat to make a total of 8 C/bg HST units approx. 5" x 5" (approx. 5 ¼" x 5 ¼" if using oversized squares).






HOURGLASS UNITS

1. Place a B/bg HST unit and a C/bg HST unit right sides together as shown so that the seams nest. 

Draw a diagonal line using a removable marking device on the back of one of the HST units (shown as the solid line) perpendicular to the seam.

2. Sew ¼" on both sides of the solid line (shown as the dotted lines). Cut on the marked line and press seams open.

3. Trim the hourglass units to 4 ½" x 4 ½". Repeat to make a total of 16 hourglass units.



D/bg/D Triplet Units

1. Arrange and sew together the following fabric pieces, pressing the seams open or towards the fabric D squares, to make a D/bg/D triplet unit 4 ½" x 16 ½".

2 fabric D squares 4 ½" x 4 ½"
1 bg rectangle 4 ½" x 8 ½"

2. Repeat to make a total of 12 D/bg/D triplet units.









HOW TO JOIN
This has been my most asked question, how to join in on the Marble Mystery quilt?  There is no official sign up, list, or cost to join in the mystery quilt along.  Each set of instructions will be posted to this blog as a post on the first Thursday of each month.

To ensure you do not miss any of the posts, you can do any of the following:

  • Join the Meadow Mist Designs Newsletter, the newsletter typically is sent out the day after the instructions are posted with a link to that month's instructions.



Many thanks to our generous sponsors!



Any questions? Leave them in a comment below or post them to our Facebook group page. I look forward to seeing everyone's cut fabrics. The next set of instructions will be published on the first Thursday of November, the 7th.

 


 




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