Is everyone ready to start sewing?
Welcome to the first month of sewing instructions for 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. 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 September instructions, they can found as a free download through my shop:
Cutting Instructions
Nine-Patch Units
FABRIC A NINE-PATCH UNITS
1. Arrange the following fabric pieces as listed and shown:
1 fabric A square 5" x 5"4 fabric D squares 4 ½" x 4 ½"4 bg rectangles 4 ½" x 5"
2. Sew the pieces into rows, then sew the rows together, pressing the seams open or as indicated in the arrows, to make a fabric A nine-patch unit 13" x 13".
3. Repeat to make a total of 4 fabric A nine-patch units.
FABRIC B NINE-PATCH UNITS
1. Arrange the following fabric pieces as listed and shown:
1 fabric B square 5" x 5"4 fabric D squares 4 ½" x 4 ½"4 bg rectangles 4 ½" x 5"
2. Sew the pieces into rows, then sew the rows together, pressing the seams open or as indicated in the arrows, to make a fabric B nine-patch unit 13" x 13".
3. Repeat to make a total of 5 fabric B nine-patch units.
Flying Geese Units
1. Place 2 bg squares 3" x 3" on opposite corners of a fabric C square 5 ⅜" x 5 ⅜" right sides together. The bg squares will overlap in the middle of the fabric C square.
Draw a line diagonally across the back of the bg 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 bg fabric. (You will have two of these intermediate units.)
For each intermediate unit, place a bg square 3" x 3" on the corner of the fabric C triangle right sides together.
Draw a diagonal line on the back of the bg 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 bg fabric.
5. Cut off tabs (also known as dog ears) and trim the flying geese units to 2 ½" x 4 ½" if necessary, making sure there is ¼" between the point of the fabric C triangle and the top edge of the unit.
One fabric C square and 4 bg squares will yield 4 flying geese units 2 ½" x 4 ½".
6. Repeat to make a total of 36 flying geese units 2 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:
- Visit the Meadow Mist Designs blog on the day (first Thursday of each month) the instructions are posted or visit the Main Marble Mystery Page which will contain links to all of the posts.
- 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.
- Follow the Meadow Mist Designs blog via email. You will get all new blog posts (all posts, not just mystery quilt posts) at 10am via email the day they post.
- Join the Meadow Mist Designs Facebook Group. Links to the instructions are always posted in the group.
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 5th.
