Thursday, August 6, 2026

Marigold Mystery Quilt ++ Block 1

Let's get sewing!  Welcome to the first set of sewing instructions for the Marigold Mystery Quilt!! 




Typically we cut our fabrics in August, but for this mystery quilt along we will be cutting and sewing each month.

We are making Dutchman's Puzzle Blocks and Eight Point Star Blocks this month.  Be sure to share your blocks in the FB group and on social media.


The Marigold Mystery Quilt is a free quilt-along that will run from July 2026 through March 2027 to make a throw sized quilt about 60 ½" x 70 ½" (or 60" x 73 1/2") 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 Marigold Mystery Home Page.  You can find all of the pdf downloads in the Marigold Mystery Shop Page. 


EASY TO PRINT INSTRUCTIONS

You can find the easy to print versions of the instructions here:



Dutchman’s Puzzle Block

FABRICS TO CUT

Prints

8 squares 5 3/8" x 5 3/8" of a variety of prints

Fabric A

32 squares 3" x 3"



FLYING GEESE UNITS

1. Place 2 fabric A squares 3" x 3" on opposite corners of a print square 5 3/8" x 5 3/8" right sides together. The fabric A squares will overlap in the middle of the print square.

Draw a line diagonally across the back of the fabric A squares (solid line).

2. Sew a scant ¼" seam on either side of the marked line (dotted lines) and then cut on the marked line (solid line).




3. Press seams towards the fabric A fabric. (You will have two of these intermediate units.)

For each intermediate unit, place a fabric A square 3" x 3" on the corner of the print triangle right sides together.

Draw a diagonal line on the back of the fabric A square (solid line) and sew a scant ¼" on either side of the marked line (dotted lines).



4. Cut on the marked line (solid line) and press the seams towards fabric A.

5. Cut off tabs (also known as dog ears) and trim the flying geese units to 2 1/2" x 4 1/2", making sure there is 1/4" between the point of the print triangle and the top edge of the unit.

One print square and 4 fabric A squares will yield 4 flying geese units 2 1/2" x 4 1/2".



6. Repeat to make a total of 32 flying geese units 2 1/2" x 4 1/2".


DUTCHMAN’S PUZZLE BLOCK ASSEMBLY

1. Sew together 2 matching print flying geese units 2 1/2" x 4 1/2", pressing the seam open or towards the top flying goose, to make a pair unit 4 1/2" x 4 1/2".




2. Repeat to make a total of 16 pair units.

3. Sew together 4 pair units (using a variety of prints), pressing the seams open, to make a Dutchman’s puzzle block 8 1/2" x 8 1/2".



4. Repeat to make a total of 4 Dutchman’s puzzle blocks.



Eight Point Star Block

FABRICS TO CUT


Prints

20 squares 3" x 3" - cut 4 squares each from 5 different prints
5 squares 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" of a variety of prints

Fabric A

5 squares 5 3/8" x 5 3/8"
20 squares 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"


FLYING GEESE UNITS

1. Place 2 matching print squares 3" x 3" on opposite corners of a fabric A square 5 3/8" x 5 3/8" right sides together. The print squares will overlap in the middle of the fabric A square.

Draw a line diagonally across the back of the print squares (solid line).

2. Sew a scant ¼" seam on either side of the marked line (dotted lines) and then cut on the marked line (solid line).





3. Press seams towards the print fabric. (You will have two of these intermediate units.)

For each intermediate unit, place a matching print square 3" x 3" on the corner of the fabric A triangle right sides together.

Draw a diagonal line on the back of the print square (solid line) and sew a scant ¼" on either side of the marked line (dotted lines).



4. Cut on the marked line (solid line) and press the seams towards print fabrics.

5. Cut off tabs (also known as dog ears) and trim the flying geese units to 2 1/2" x 4 1/2", making sure there is 1/4" between the point of the fabric A triangle and the top edge of the unit.

One fabric A square and 4 print squares will yield 4 flying geese units 2 1/2" x 4 1/2".




6. Repeat to make a total of 20 flying geese units 2 1/2" x 4 1/2". There will be 5 sets of 4 matching flying geese.



EIGHT POINT STAR BLOCK ASSEMBLY

1. Sew together the following units and pieces, pressing the seams open or as shown by the arrows, to make an eight point star block 8 1/2" x 8 1/2".

4 matching flying geese 2 1/2" x 4 1/2"
1 print square 4 1/2" x 4 1/2"
4 fabric A squares 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"


2. Repeat to make a total of 5 eight point star blocks.




HOW TO JOIN

This has been my most asked question, how to join in on the Marigold 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.


SHARE YOUR PROGRESS

Facebook: I encourage you to join the Meadow Mist Designs Facebook Group (if you have not already). We now have over 14,900 members in the group and I am so excited for the members to start sharing pictures of their fabric picks. If you want some feedback on possible fabric choices or have any questions during the quilt along, the Facebook group is an excellent resource.

Social Media: Please share your progress pics on social media with the hashtag #MarigoldMysteryQuilt and tag me at @MeadowMistDesigns.


UN-MYSTERY QUILT - SNEAK PEEK OPTION

The sneak peek is now available :)  You can find the un-mystery quilt sneak peek pdf right here: 

Sneak Peek of Marigold Mystery Quilt 



MANY THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

 




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Thursday, July 9, 2026

Marigold Mystery - Sponsors and Prizes



Have you started gathering your fabrics for the Marigold Mystery quilt along?  The 12th annual Meadow Mist Designs mystery quilt along officially kicked off last Thursday.  You can find the fabric requirements here and a sneak peek of the design here.


The Marigold Mystery Quilt is a free quilt-along that will run from July 2026 through March 2027 to make a throw sized quilt about 60 ½" x 70 ½" (or 60" x 73 1/2") 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 Marigold Mystery Home Page.  You can find all of the pdf downloads in the Marigold Mystery Shop Page. 


PRIZES GALORE!

Check out all of our generous sponsors and the prizes they are donating. All prizes will be given out randomly to those that enter the final reveal parade (finished quilt tops or finished quilts).  Be sure to scroll to the bottom for an awesome giveaway.

I want to thank all of our sponsors for generously donating prizes for this quilt along!  Without further ado, here are the sponsors in random order...


Aurifil
Large Spool Collection - 12 Large Spools

Aurifil is a favorite of quilters for their high quality, wonderful colors, and variety of thread weights.  Aurifil thread is made from the finest cottons grown in the Mako region of Egypt and manufactured in Milano, Italy.




Busy Hands Quilts
$25 Gift Certificate - 3 Winners

Myra of Busy Hands Quilts makes custom quilts and designs quilt patterns.  Her patterns include instructions for all sizes from wall to king, including two lap sizes, wherever possible.  Clear instructions with easy-to-read charts and diagrams are also a part of her patterns, as well  as fabric requirements using yardage and precuts when applicable.  She loves strip piecing because it saves time and she includes directions for strip piecing if it works for the pattern.  You can find all of her patterns in her shop, Busy Hands Quilts.






Fat Quarter Shop
$35 Gift Certificate

The Fat Quarter Shop features high quality quilting fabric for quilting, sewing, crafters and fabric lovers of all ages. They have all of the latest prints as well as a huge selection of solids, patterns, notions, quilt kits.



Longarm Quilting for Mystery Quilt (or Equivalent)

Andrea and Caitlin are sisters from the Twin Cities, MN. They did not grow up sewing or quilting but their grandma and mom did lots of quilting and sewing. As they grew older, they decided that we wanted to give these skills a try and fell in love with quilting. As they kept quilting, Andrea and Caitlin decided to start a longarm business to bring people’s quilts to life.  You can visit their website.

Quilted Ever After will provide quilting, thread, and return shipping for the winner. Winner pays to ship the quilt to us and for batting.




Quilting Jetgirl
2 winners of 2 pdf patterns each

Yvonne of Quilting Jetgirl is back as a sponsor! Yvonne blogs at Quilting Jetgirl. She has been quilting for 20+ years and credits quilting with helping her feel balanced and connected to both her local hometown community and a larger global community. Her patterns are available through her shop.







Meadow Mist Designs
2 pdf Patterns - 2 Winners

Cheryl Brickey of Meadow Mist Designs focuses on producing innovative patterns with clear instructions by combining her technical writing and math skills with her love of quilting. She loves teaching computer aided quilt design and basic quilting skills to others. You can find all of her patterns in her shop and she just published her third book, Just Two Charm Pack Quilts.




My Sew Quilty Life
3 pdf patterns

Heather Briggs is the owner and quilt pattern designer for My Sew Quilty Life. She designs one-of-a-kind beautiful quilts using traditional piecing methods for any level maker. She loves a beautiful romantic color palette that tells a timeless story especially with floral based quilt designs and designs incorporating cute details like bows.






BluePip Designs
2 winners of 2 pdf patterns

Karin Pudenz is the owner of BluePip Designs and she loves designing scrappy quilts in bright colors with many different techniques. She takes inspiration from the world around her, which results in a variety of styles of modern quilts. When she's not writing or sewing her own patterns, she offers her services as a technical editor to help other pattern designers release the best version of their own patterns. Shop link: https://bluepipdesigns.com




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Meadow Mist Designs happenings!





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Thursday, July 2, 2026

Marigold Mystery Quilt ++ Quilt Kits


I'm so excited to be kicking off the Marigold Mystery and am sharing all about quilt kits options for the Mystery Quilt Along in this post :)

You do not need to purchase a kit to take part in the quilt along, you are free to use fabric you already have.  But if you are interested in getting a kit of preselected fabrics for the quilt we have a bunch of kits that I personally selected from the Fat Quarter Shop.    

You can find the introductory post all about fabric requirements for the Marigold Mystery quilt here.

In the sneak peek file, you can see each of the kits rendered into the quilt top.


Marigold Mystery Sneak Peek - See Each Kit in a Quilt Top Rendering


The kits are not single kit you can purchase, if you like the fabric combinations listed below, use the links to go to each fabric and place the amount listed into your cart to build your kit (affiliate links).  

Note that ⅛ yard cuts were rounded up to the nearest ¼ yard and these kit options include binding but do not include yardages for backing.  All links are affiliate links





Fat Quarter Shop

**Shipping for orders over $80 (within the US) is free from the Fat Quarter Shop **

Tula Pink Kit


Prints: Tula Pink Floral Reef Layer Cake
https://tidd.ly/4f8z7Xl

Fabric A: Kona Dark Violet
https://tidd.ly/4uY3VPv

Fabric B: Confetti Cotton Lagoon
https://tidd.ly/4gQHBDI

Background: Confetti Cotton Champagne Pink
https://tidd.ly/3SBbnCv

Binding: Floral Reef Delphine School Crossing
https://tidd.ly/4eBZXao



Warm Scraps Kit


Prints: Warm colored scraps from your scrap bin

Fabric A: Bella Solids in White 

Fabric B: Bella Solids in Black 

Background: Bella Solids in Oatmeal 

Binding: Bella Solids in Boysenberry


Trinketry Ruby Star Society Kit



Prints: 7 fat quarters from Trinketry by Melody Miller for Ruby Star Society (min. from FQS is 1/2 yard, you can also find at local shop or Etsy)
or you can use a layer cake: 

Fabric A: Bella Solids Porcelain

Fabric B: Bella Solids Teal

Background: Speckled Metallic Teal Navy

Binding: Trinketry Flamingo Matchbook



Christmas Kit


Prints:  Merry Happy Layer Cake by Ruby Star Society

Fabric A: Bella Solids Home Town Sky

Fabric B: Bella Solids Christmas Green

Background: Bella Solids in White

Binding: Merry Happy Lipstick Christmas Confetti 




I look forward to seeing everyone's fabric selections!


Remember, you can share your fabric selections and ask for feedback in the Meadow Mist Designs Facebook Group or on social media using the hashtag #MarigoldMysteryQuilt.

 




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Marigold Mystery Quilt ++ Fabric Requirements

Welcome to the official kick off of the Marigold Mystery Quilt!!  I am so excited to get started and I hope that you are too! 



Welcome to the official kick off of the Marigold Mystery Quilt, the 12th annual Meadow Mist Designs mystery quilt along!

The Marigold Mystery Quilt is a free quilt-along that will run from July 2026 through March 2027 to make a throw sized quilt about 60 ½" x 70 ½" (or 60" x 73 1/2") 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 Marigold Mystery Home Page.  You can find all of the pdf downloads in the Marigold Mystery Shop Page. 


HOW TO JOIN

This has been my most asked question, how to join in on the Marigold 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.


SHARE YOUR PROGRESS

Facebook: I encourage you to join the Meadow Mist Designs Facebook Group (if you have not already). We now have over 14,900 members in the group and I am so excited for the members to start sharing pictures of their fabric picks. If you want some feedback on possible fabric choices or have any questions during the quilt along, the Facebook group is an excellent resource.

Social Media: Please share your progress pics on social media with the hashtag #MarigoldMysteryQuilt and tag me at @MeadowMistDesigns.



SPONSORS

We have a dozen generous sponsors donating fabric, thread, patterns, and more as prizes.  Sponsors and prizes will be posted next Thursday, July 9th.


FABRIC KITS



You do not need to purchase a fabric kit to take part in the mystery quilt along, but if you would like to use a fabric kit there are many options.  I put the fabric kit information into its own post (also posting today at the same time today) to keep this post from being too long.  You can find the quilt kits here.




UN-MYSTERY QUILT - SNEAK PEEK OPTION


The sneak peek is now available :)  You can find the un-mystery quilt sneak peek pdf right here: 

Sneak Peek of Marigold Mystery Quilt 



EASY TO PRINT INSTRUCTIONS


PATTERN NOTES 

  • The mystery quilt has a main layout and an alternative layout.
  • Width of fabrics (WOF) for this pattern is assumed to be 40".  
  • A scant ¼" (a thread width smaller than ¼") seam is to be used throughout the construction of the quilt unless otherwise instructed.  



FABRIC REQUIREMENTS



  • It is suggested that a solid or a tone-on-tone print that reads as a solid be used for fabric A and the background fabric.
  • Due to the finished fabric piece sizes and piecing methods for the quilt top, it is recommended that fabric prints used have a non-directional design.
  • To help plan your fabrics for the mystery quilt:
  • Prints: Pick prints with a variety of colors and/or prints and have good contrast with Fabrics A, B, and background.
  • Fabric A is next to both Fabric B and the background
  • Fabric B is next to the print fabrics,      Fabric A, and the background fabric.
  • Fabric B can be scrappy too, preferably using a variety of similar colors.







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Thursday, June 18, 2026

Marigold Mystery Quilt Along - Kick off in Two Weeks


Woohoo! I’m thrilled to announce that the next mystery quilt, the Marigold Mystery Quilt Along, will begin in two weeks on Thursday, July 2nd! 🧵✨

This will be my 12th annual mystery quilt along, joining the ranks of Foothills, Midnight, Meadow, Magnolia, Mosaic, Morewood, Macron, Melodic, Malted, Marble, and Magnificent mysteries. How many have you sewn along with?

What's in Store?

  • Free Quilt-Along: Runs from July 2026 through April 2027 with new instructions revealed on the first Thursday of each month.
  • Stress-Free Pace: Plenty of time to gather your fabrics and enjoy the process.
  • Fabric Requirements & Sneak Peek: Available on July 2nd, with the first set of instructions following in August.

How to Join:

No official signup is needed! Follow along: 

✅ Subscribe to the Meadow Mist Designs newsletter, and you will get links to the instructions via email each month.  

✅  Visit this blog or the Main Marigold Mystery Page the first Thursday of each month.  

✅ Join our Meadow Mist Designs Facebook Group, where links and community support abound.

What to Expect:

🎁 Exciting Prizes: Thread, fabric, patterns, long-arm quilting, and more. 

🧵 Optional Quilt Kits: Available for those who love curated options. 

👀 The Un-Mystery Quilt Option: A sneak peek of the design will be revealed on July 2nd (promise to keep it a secret!).

👩‍🎨 Active Community: Join over 13,500 members in our Facebook Group to share your progress and connect with fellow quilters.

Questions?

Just add a comment on this post with any questions you may have or reach out to me at MMDmysteryquilts@gmail.com


Main Marigold Mystery Page

 




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