Thursday, August 3, 2023

Malted Mystery ++ Cutting Instructions


Is everyone ready to start cutting their fabrics?  

Welcome to the August set of instructions for the Malted Mystery Quilt! The Malted Mystery Quilt is a free quilt-along that runs from July 2023 through May 2024 with a set of directions revealed the first Thursday of every month. 

There is plenty of time to join in on the quilt along, we are just getting started! You can find all of the information about the Malted Mystery, including schedule, past instructions, links to the Facebook group, sneak peek, and more in the Main Melodic Mystery Quilt Page.


    Easy to Print PDF Instructions

    Now that the Malted Mystery quilt along has ended, you can find a easy to print, full version of the pattern for sale in my pattern shop: Easy to Print Version of Malted Mystery Quilt.



    Cutting Instructions




    FABRIC A

    1. Cut 1 strip 5 ⅜" x WOF.
    a. Cut 1 square 5 " x 5 " from the strip.
    b. Use the remainder of the strip to cut 4 squares  2 ½" x 2 ½" and 8 squares 1 ½" x 1 ½".

    2. Cut 2 strips 3" x WOF.
    a. Sub-cut the strips into 24 squares 3" x 3" (each strip can yield 13 squares).

    3. Cut 3 strips 2 ¾" x WOF.
    a. Sub-cut the strips into 32 squares 2 ¾" x 2 ¾" (each strip can yield 14 squares).





    FABRIC B

    1. Cut 1 strip 5 ⅜" x WOF.
    a. Cut 2 squares 5 " x 5 " from the strip.
    b. Use the remainder of the strip to cut 4 squares 2 ½" x 2 ½" and 4 rectangles 1 ¾" x 4 ½".

    2. Cut 3 strips 3" x WOF.
    a. Sub-cut the strips into 32 squares 3" x 3" (each strip can yield 13 squares).

    3. Cut 2 strips 2 ¼" x WOF.
    a. Sub-cut the strips into 32 squares 2 ¼" x 2 ¼" (each strip can yield 17 squares).





    FABRIC C

    1. Cut 3 strips 3" x WOF.
    a. Sub-cut the strips into 36 squares 3" x 3" (each strip can yield 13 squares).
    b. Use the reminder of the strips to cut 1 square 2 ½" x 2 ½".

    2. Cut 1 strip 2" x WOF.
    a. Sub-cut the strip into 8 rectangles 2" x 4 ½".

    3. Cut 6 strips 1 ½" x WOF.
    a. Sub-cut 1 strip into 4 rectangles 1 ½" x 7 ½".
    b. Sub-cut 1 strip into 5 rectangles 1 ½" x 7".
    c. Sub-cut 1 strip into 3 additional rectangles 1 ½" x 7" and 8 rectangles 1 ½" x 2".
    d. Sub-cut 3 strips into 20 rectangles 1 ½" x 4 ½" (each strip can yield 8 rectangles).





    FABRIC D

    Fabric D will be cut in future steps.





    BACKGROUND (bg) FABRIC

    1. Cut 2 strips 5 ⅜" x WOF.
    a. Sub-cut 1 strip into 7 squares 5 " x 5 ".
    b. Sub-cut 1 strip into 1 additional square 5 " x 5 " and 4 rectangles 3 ¼" x 4 ½".

    2. Cut 1 strip 4 ½" x WOF.
    a. Sub-cut the strip into 8 squares 4 ½" x 4 ½".

    3. Cut 6 strips 3" x WOF.
    a. Sub-cut the strips into 72 squares 3" x 3" (each strip can yield 13 squares).

    4. Cut 3 strips 2 ¾" x WOF.
    a. Sub-cut the strips into 32 squares 2 ¾" x 2 ¾" (each strip can yield 14 squares).

    5. Cut 4 strips 2 ½" x WOF.
    a. Sub-cut the strips into 60 squares 2 ½" x 2 ½" (each strip can yield 16 squares).

    6. Cut 2 strips 2 ¼" x WOF.
    a. Sub-cut the strips into 32 squares 2 ¼" x 2 ¼" (each strip can yield 17 squares).

    7. Cut 9 strips 2" x WOF.
    a. Sub-cut 2 strips into 8 rectangles 2" x 7 ½" (each strip can yield 5 rectangles).
    b. Sub-cut 4 strips into 16 rectangles 2" x 7" (each strip can yield 5 rectangles).
    c. Sub-cut 2 strips into 16 rectangles 2" x 4 ½" (each strip can yield 8 rectangles).
    d. Sub-cut 1 strip into 16 squares 2" x 2".

    8. Cut 2 strips 1 3/4" x WOF.
    a. Sub-cut the strips into 16 rectangles 1 ¾" x 4 ½" (each strip can yield 8 rectangles).

    9. Cut 8 strips 1 ½" x WOF.
    a. Sub-cut 4 strips into 16 rectangles 1 ½" x 8 ½" (each strip can yield 4 rectangles).
    b. Sub-cut 4 strips into 32 rectangles 1 ½" x 4" (each strip can yield 10 rectangles).

    10. After cutting, you should have at least ¾ yard of bg fabric left which will be cut in a future step.


    HOW TO JOIN

    This has been my most asked question, how to join in on the Malted 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 September, the 7th.




    14 comments:

    1. Yay! Another Engineer quilter. Lol. I’m an Environmental Engineer.

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      1. Environmental Engineer here as well (:

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      2. I'm a mechanical engineer!

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    2. Excellent! It's going to be fun to see everyone's progress in your Facebook group. :)

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    3. This is so exciting! It's my first quilt along. I couldn't wait to get the instructions.

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    4. I am sew very excited to get started on this quilt. This isn't the first one I have done with Cheryl and I love not only her quilts but her instructions are always very detailed and correct. Thank you Cheryl.

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    5. Whoa................that has come around quickly & although I've a bundle of fabric out, as usual, I'm anxious about if I'm making the right choices for the end result. The few mysteries I've done with you have resulted in great quilts which I've gifted and know they are much loved. Thanks for designing & hosting, take care & hugs.

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    6. I'm looking forward to a new mystery. I might actually get my fabrics cut ahead of time this year.

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    7. How much of each fabric is needed?

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    8. I love this already! I'm an assembly line quilter and fabric economizer so cutting everything first is my love language. I've got two quilts to bind (ugh!) and my reward will be starting on this mystery project. Thank you!

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    9. I have just recovered from COVID and at 80 years old I am slowly getting back to sewing and embroidery. I have down loaded the first post of the instruction for cutting fabrics but will have to do this in late September - to many doctors visits to do before I can really select my fabric and cut it for the next step.

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    10. For Fabric you had us cut 36 squares for C but on the instructions it shows 20 to sew 3x3 would = 40 after cutting into Hst. Is that an error?

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      1. Hi Phyllis - I can't reply directly to you because you are a no-reply blogger, but hopefully you see this. The 36 squares 3" x 3" of Fabric C are correct. 20 are used for HST and 16 are used for flying geese. Thanks!

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