Marble Mystery ++ Dec ++ Doublet and Corner Units

Happy December - Let's Sew :)  

Welcome to the December sewing instructions for the Marble Mystery Quilt, the tenth annual Meadow Mist Designs mystery quilt along!  This month we will starting to put together some units that will form the blocks in our quilt.  December's instructions are shorter because everyone's Decembers tend to be very busy.

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 November instructions, they can found as a free download through my shop:  

Part 6 - December Instructions - Doublet and Corner Units

All Marble Mystery File Downloads

Cutting Instructions

Doublet Units

FIRST DOUBLET UNITS

1.  Sew together the following units, pressing the seam open or towards the hourglass unit, to make a first doublet unit 4 ½" x 6 ½".

1 hourglass unit 4 ½" x 4 ½"

1 flying geese 2 ½" x 4 ½"

2. Repeat to make a total of 16 first doublet units.

SECOND DOUBLET UNITS

1.  Sew together the following units, pressing the seam open or towards the SiaS unit, to make a second doublet unit 4 ½" x 6 ½".

1 flying geese unit 2 ½" x 4 ½"

1 A/bg SiaS 4 ½" x 4 ½"

2. Repeat to make a total of 20 second doublet units.

FIRST CORNER UNITS

1.  Cut each fabric A nine-patch unit in half in both horizontally and vertically in half to make 4 first corner units 6 ½" x 6 ½".

2. Repeat to make a total of 16 first corner units 6 ½" x 6 ½". 

SECOND CORNER UNITS

1.  Cut each fabric B nine-patch unit in half in both horizontally and vertically in half to make 4 second corner units 6 ½" x 6 ½".

2. Repeat to make a total of 20 second corner units 6 ½" x 6 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.

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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 December.