Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Marble Mystery Quilt - My Fabrics



Are you taking part in the Marble Mystery quilt and have you picked out fabrics yet? Here are the fabrics I have decided to use...

I love using solids and blenders and so I decided to use some solids in this quilt.  Connecting Threads was generous and provided me some Color Wheels solids.  

If you would like to make the same quilt I am, here are the colors and links to the fabric (all affiliate links).


MY QUILT FABRICS





Fabric A - ¾ yard - Color Wheel Solids in Admiral Blue
Fabric B - ½ yard - Color Wheel Solids in Magenta
Fabric C - ¾ yard - Color Wheel Solids in Ocean Mist
Fabric D - 1 ¼ yards - Color Wheel Solids in Grey
Bg Fabric - 3 ¾ yards - Color Wheel Solids in White
Binding Fabric - ¾ yard - Faux Linen Tonals Navy


MYSTERY QUILT LINKS


Main Marble Mystery Page

Marble Mystery YouTube: Fabric Picking Tips

Fabric Requirement Blog Post 

Fabric Requirement pdf Download

Marble Mystery Sneak Peek (contains renderings of each quilt kit)

Fabric Quilt Kits Post

 

 




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Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Marble Mystery Quilt ++ Quilt Kits

I'm so excited to be kicking off the Marble 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 and Connecting Threads.    

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

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



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 1/8 yard cuts were rounded up to the nearest 1/4 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 **


Strawberry /Ruby Star Society Kit

Fabric A - ¾ yard - Pixel Playful
Fabric B - ½ yard - Lil Peony Lil Foulard
Fabric C - ¾ yard - Picture Book Storytime Strawberry Toss
Fabric D - 1 ¼ yards - Bella Solids Flax
Bg Fabric - 3 ¾ yards - Bella Solids White Bleached
Binding Fabric - ¾ yard - Rise and Shine June Heat Shimmer





Tula Pink Kit

Fabric A - ¾ yard - Moon Garden Lunar Baby Geo
Fabric B - ½ yard - True Colors Frolic Fairy Dust
Fabric C - ¾ yard - Daydreamer Kiwi Forbidden Fruit Snacks
Fabric D - 1 ¼ yards - Tula Pink Designer Essentials Celestial
Bg Fabric - 3 ¾ yards - Kona Cotton White
Binding Fabric - ¾ yard - Neon True Colors Spirit Tent Stripe





Cool Blue Kit

Fabric A - ¾ yard - True Blue Flora Cascade Cool
Fabric B - ½ yard - Dutchy Blues Batiks Arctic Vines
Fabric C - ¾ yard - Bella Solids Nautical Blue
Fabric D - 1 ¼ yards - Bee Backgrounds Blue Cross Stitch
Bg Fabric - 3 ¾ yards - Bella Solids Steel
Binding Fabric - ¾ yard - Sunrise Side Light Blue Stripe




Peachy Pink Kit

Fabric A - ¾ yard - Bee Cross Stitch Barn Red
Fabric B - ½ yard - Spotted Lemon
Fabric C - ¾ yard - Lazy Afternoon Marmalade Knitting
Fabric D - 1 ¼ yards - Meadow Star Peach Sprout
Bg Fabric - 3 ¾ yards - Bella Solids Pale Pink
Binding Fabric - ¾ yard - Flowerhouse Daisy's Redwork Red Plaid





Eggplant Kit

Fabric A - ¾ yard - Kona Cotton Orangeade
Fabric B - ½ yard - Kona Cotton Pomegranate
Fabric C - ¾ yard - Kona Cotton Ballet Slipper
Fabric D - 1 ¼ yards - Kona Cotton Bahama Blue
Bg Fabric - 3 ¾ yards - Kona Cotton Eggplant
Binding Fabric - ¾ yard - Kona Cotton Sangria





Christmas Kit

Fabric A - ¾ yard - Cozy Christmas Red Gingerbread
Fabric B - ½ yard - Once Upon a Christmas Princess Sugar Cookies Sprinkles
Fabric C - ¾ yard - Cozy Christmas Green Main
Fabric D - 1 ¼ yards - Beyond Bella Dark Teal
Bg Fabric - 3 ¾ yards - Bella Solids White Bleached
Binding Fabric - ¾ yard - Once Upon a Christmas Snow Peppermint Stick





Halloween Kit

Fabric A - ¾ yard - Bella Solids Chrome
Fabric B - ½ yard - Kona Cotton Flame
Fabric C - ¾ yard - Kona Cotton Cerise
Fabric D - 1 ¼ yards - Noir Whispering Webs White on Ghost
Bg Fabric - 3 ¾ yards - Eerie In the Dark
Binding Fabric - ¾ yard - Sophisticated Halloween Black Ticking





Connecting Threads
**Shipping for orders over $75 (within the US) is free from the Fat Quarter Shop **

MMD Kit (This is the kit I am using for the Marble Mystery Quilt)

Fabric A - ¾ yard - Color Wheel Solids in Admiral Blue
Fabric B - ½ yard - Color Wheel Solids in Magenta
Fabric C - ¾ yard - Color Wheel Solids in Ocean Mist
Fabric D - 1 ¼ yards - Color Wheel Solids in Grey
Bg Fabric - 3 ¾ yards - Color Wheel Solids in White
Binding Fabric - ¾ yard - Faux Linen Tonals Navy





Lilac Kit

Fabric A - ¾ yard - Color Wheel Solids in Amethyst
Fabric B - ½ yard - Color Wheel Solids in Freesia
Fabric C - ¾ yard - Color Wheel Solids in Honeysuckle
Fabric D - 1 ¼ yards - Faux Linen Tonals Silver
Bg Fabric - 3 ¾ yards - Faux Linen Tonals Black
Binding Fabric - ¾ yard - Faux Linen Tonals Wisteria





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 #MarbleMysteryQuilt.


 




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Marble Mystery Quilt ++ Fabric Requirements

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


Welcome to the official kick off of the Marble Mystery Quilt, the tenth annual Meadow Mist Designs mystery quilt along!

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 (except for this month due to the July 4th holiday).  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.   


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.


SHARE YOUR PROGRESS

Facebook: I encourage you to join the Meadow Mist Designs Facebook Group (if you have not already). We now have over 12,500 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 #MarbleMysteryQuilt and tag me at @MeadowMistDesigns.



SPONSORS

We have a dozen generous sponsors donating fabric, thread, patterns, and more as prizes.  You can read all about the sponsors here.


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 Marble Mystery Quilt.  

Remember to please keep the design of the mystery quilt a secret.


EASY TO PRINT INSTRUCTIONS

You can find the easy to print set of this month's instructions right here: 




PATTERN NOTES 
  • 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 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.
  • Scraps or multiple fabrics can be used for any of the fabrics, but would be the most successful for Fabrics A-C.  Most of the pieces for these fabrics are less than 5". 
  • To help plan your fabrics for the mystery quilt, be sure that all fabrics that are next to each other have enough contrast between them.


Within these quilt instructions, the following colors will be used to represent the fabrics.  You can use the blocks below to paste your fabrics.








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Friday, June 28, 2024

Woodshire Pattern Release

🌱It's pattern release day!  Woodshire is now available!



You all know I love charm squares and I'm back with another fun design!  Woodshire follows the same format as my Just Two Charm Pack Quilts book using 2 charm packs (or 8 fat quarters) plus an additional fabric and a background fabric.

The skinny striped sashings add interest to this on-point, throw sized quilt.

The digital version of Woodshire is available in my shop and Etsy and the print version of Woodshire is available in my shop for only $9.98 through Tuesday July 2nd.



BONNIE AND CAMILLE VERSION

For the throw sized cover version of Woodshire, I did not use charm packs, but instead used a bunch of my scraps from Bonnie and Camille collections throughout the year.  I mainly focused on the reds, pinks, greens, and aquas paired with Moda Bella Solids in white and gray. 

The soft colors have made this a favorite quilt to drape on my couch for the early summer.

For the quilting, I used an all over stipple design. I have not washed the quilt yet, but when I do it will get a wonderful crinkly look.



I normally do not piece backings as I want to get to the quilting as quickly as I can after finishing the quilt top.  However, for this backing I wanted to use up a bunch of older Bonnie and Camille yardages.


 

RUBY STAR SOCIETY VERSION

Woodshire had the honor of being selected for the Ruby Star Society lookbook for the Favorite Flowers collection.  For this version I used 8 fat quarters from the collection along with a low volume print from the collection and a black speckled background.   

You can see the quilt in the Ruby Star Society lookbook, page 114 (shows as pages 116-117 on Issuu).

I really like how the dark background makes the design look so different than the softer Bonnie and Camille version.  





LOVE NOTES VERSION

Woodshire also had the honor of being selected for the Banyan Batiks lookbook for the Love Notes collection.  For this version I used 8 fat quarters from the collection along with a white and burgundy batik blenders. 

You can see the quilt in the Banyan Batik lookbook, page 8-9 (Board and Batten was also highlighted in this collection).

This would be a perfect Valentine's Day decoration or gift.



 


ABOUT THE PATTERN

Woodshire contains instructions for a throw size and uses 2 cham packs or 8 fat quarters along with an additional fabric and a background fabric.

Woodshire is on sale in my pattern shop (digital and print versions) and on Etsy (digital version) at a special introductory price of $9.98 now through Tuesday, July 2nd (midnight ET).

In both my pattern shop and Etsy, you can combine this intro sale price with an additional coupon for more savings. Use the code "TWOPATTERNS" for $2 off 2 patterns and "THREEPATTERNS" for $4 off 3 patterns.







MANY THANKS

I would like to thank Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl for her amazing tech editing skills!!  I will also linking up to Yvonne's Favorite Finishes for the month of June.









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Thursday, June 13, 2024

Marble Mystery Quilt Starting in Two Weeks ++ Sponsors & Prizes


Only two weeks until the kick off of the Marble Mystery Quilt Along!  I am so excited and I hope that you are too!  You can find out all about the quilt along here including dates, the un-mystery quilt option, and the Facebook group.


**KICK OFF DATE CHANGE**

For the Marble Mystery quilt along, each set of instructions are posted on the first Thursday of each month. The first Thursday of July happens to be the 4th, so the kick off will be a day early, on Wednesday July 3rd.


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.


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.







The Chilly Dog
Custom Table Runner

In addition to teaching and designing knitting patterns Ellen, from The Chilly Dog, is also a skilled weaver. Merging sustainable design practices and Finnish-American craftsmanship, she primarily weaves with deconstructed, used textiles on the rug loom built and used by her grandfather. See what Ellen is weaving today on Instagram. Elle is giving out an fabulous Handwoven 12 x 35" cotton/linen/nettle fiber/silk table runner. You can see behind the scenes of her process and loom in her video.






2 Winners - Zipper Pouch

Since 1984, Darcy Falk as been creating original artworks from textiles, using a wide variety of techniques, including a full range of surface design processes, including dyeing, painting, and embellishing.

Her work has been included in national and regional juried and invitational exhibits in New Mexico, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Colorado, Oregon, California, extensively throughout the state of Arizona, including at the Coconino Center for the Arts (Flagstaff), Tohono Chul Park (Tucson), and Sky Harbor International Airport and in international exhibits in Japan, Europe and Australia. She recently exhibited her work at the Visions Art Museum in San Diego.

Darcy creates beautiful home accessories and bags through her shop Tallulah Art Head. She is generously giving away 2 small zipper pouches using oilcloth fabric.







$50 Gift Certificate

Backside Fabrics specializes in wide quilt backing fabrics that are both beautiful and affordable. I love wide back fabrics so I do not have to piece a backing and Backside Fabrics has the largest selection I have ever seen.




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.






North Star Quilt Shop
$50 Gift Certificate

North Star Quilt Shop is your trusty sidekick on all your quilting escapades! With a hand-picked array of fabulous fabrics, notions, and boundless inspiration, we're here to ignite your creativity and breathe life into your quilt projects. Visit North Star Quilt shop, Instagram, and Facebook.



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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.



Quilting by Anne-Marie
$100 longarm quilting voucher

Quilting by Anne-Marie offers custom and digital edge-to-edge long arm quilting services to quilters nationwide. Whether you're modern, traditional, or somewhere in between, Anne-Marie will work with you to select a design to complement your quilt. She strives to provide excellent customer service in a timely fashion.


Prize details: $100 will cover many designs of edge-to-edge longarm quilting of mystery quilt (or equivalent size quilt). Winner responsible for shipping (both ways) and batting.




InkTorrents Graphics
$20 Gift Certificates - 2 Winners

Soma of InkTorrents Graphics is a multitalented artist creating intricate paper pieced designs, beautiful paintings, and stunning photographs.  You can visit Soma on her website to see her artwork and in her shop where you can purchase her art and photo prints, journals, and quilt patterns.  Soma is offering a $20 gift certificate to quilt patterns from 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 of BluePip Designs is a pattern designer who loves experimenting with color, scrappiness, and new techniques. She finds it hard to resist a quilt-along and is excited to be both participating and sponsoring this year's Marble Mystery Quilt. She faithfully blogs all of her quilt projects along with a monthly progress report to hold herself accountable to her quilting goals and manage that WIP list!





$50 Gift Certificate

Connecting Threads is known for their excellent in-house fabric collections and kits, shipping speed and prices around the world, and fabulous blenders and matching thread.




Sign-up for the Meadow Mist Designs Newsletter to make sure you don't miss any 
Meadow Mist Designs happenings!



 






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Friday, May 17, 2024

Willow Lily Pattern Release

🌱It's pattern release day!  Willow Lily is now available!



You all know I love charm squares and I love half-square triangles and Willow Lily is the perfect combination of the two.  It is simple to make, beginner friendly, and can highlight your favorite prints.

If you liked my Just One Charm Pack Quilts and Just Two Charm Pack Quilts books, then you will love Willow Lily.  The pattern contains instructions for 3 sizes: lap, throw, and twin.

The lap size uses just one charm pack plus an additional fabric and a background fabric.  The throw and twin sizes use just two charm packs plus an additional fabric and a background fabric.

The digital version of Willow Lily is available in my shop and Etsy and the print version of Willow Lily is available as pre-order in my shop.

Willow Lily - Digital Pattern: Meadow Mist Designs Pattern Shop and Etsy

Willow Lily - Printed Pattern PRE-ORDER: Meadow Mist Designs Pattern Shop Note: The pre-order printed patterns will ship around May 24th.

LOVE ALWAYS VERSION

The main (lap sized) cover version of Willow Lily used the Love Always collection by Anna Maria Horner for FreeSpirit Fabrics along with Moda Bella Solids in white and charcoal. I used a fat quarter bundle that I cut into charm squares.

I love the colorfulness of this collection and how it pops against the dark gray. I used some leftover fat quarters and some yardage of an older Anna Maria Horner print for the backing.

For the quilting, I used an all over paisley design. I thought that curved quilting played well with the straight lines in the piecing.





FLOWER GARDEN VERSION

I made a second lap sized version of Willow Lily using the Flower Girl collection by Heather Briggs for Moda Fabrics along with Moda Bella Solids in white and gray. This is Heather's debut collection for Moda Fabrics and I love how soft the colors are.

I am always amazed at how different a quilt looks by changing out the colors and prints!

For the quilting, I used an all over meandering design. I love the crinkly texture that a meander gives a quilt. It make it look like it is already been loved and washed.




ABOUT THE PATTERN

Willow Lily contains lap, throw, and twin sizes and uses 1 charm pack (lap) or 2 cham packs (throw and twin) along with an additional fabric and a background fabric.

Willow Lily is on sale in my pattern shop (digital and pre-order print versions) and on Etsy (digital version) at a special introductory price of $9.87 now through Tuesday, May 21st (midnight ET).

In both my pattern shop and Etsy, you can combine this intro sale price with an additional coupon for more savings. Use the code "TWOPATTERNS" for $2 off 2 patterns and "THREEPATTERNS" for $4 off 3 patterns.

Note: The pre-order printed patterns will ship around May 24th.






MANY THANKS

I would like to thank Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl for her amazing tech editing skills!!  I will also linking up to Yvonne's Favorite Finishes.








 



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