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







 

 




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.


 




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.