Thursday, July 10, 2025

Magnificent Mystery Quilt ++ Sponsors & Prizes



Have you started gathering your fabrics for the Magnificent Mystery quilt along?  The eleventh annual Meadow Mist Designs mystery quilt along officially kicked off last Thursday.  You can find the fabric requirements here and a sneak peek of the design here.


The Magnificent Mystery Quilt is a free quilt-along running from July 2025 through April 2026 to make a throw sized quilt about 60 ½" x 72 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 Magnificent Mystery Home Page.  You can find all of the pdf downloads in the Magnificent Mystery Shop Page


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...


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.




$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.







$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.




$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.



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.







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.




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.






2 winners of 2 pdf patterns

Karin Pudenz is the owner of BluePip Designs and she loves designing scrappy quilts in bright colors with many different techniques. She takes inspiration from the world around her, which results in a variety of styles of modern quilts. When she's not writing or sewing her own patterns, she offers her services as a technical editor to help other pattern designers release the best version of their own patterns. Shop link: https://bluepipdesigns.com




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Thursday, July 3, 2025

Magnificent Mystery Quilt ++ Quilt Kits




I'm so excited to be kicking off the Magnificent 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.    

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 ⅛ yard cuts were rounded up to the nearest ¼ 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 Kit


Fabric A - ¾ yard - Moda Bella Silver
Fabric B - ½ yard - Strawberry Pale Peach Strawberry Toss
Fabric C - ¾ yard - Strawberry Pink Sorbet Mini Berry
Fabric D - 1 yard - Spark Metallic Sorbet
Fabric E - 1 ¾ yards - Strawberry Navy Toss
Background - 3 ¼ yards - Moda Bella White
Binding - ¾ yard - Strawberry Black Mini Berry

Zen Chic Kit


Fabric A - ¾ yard - Essential Stripes
Fabric B - ½ yard - Spotted Hot Pink
Fabric C - ¾ yard - Spotted Pink
Fabric D - 1 yard - Spotted Faded Demin
Fabric E - 1 ¾ yards - Moda Bella Bunny Hill
Background - 3 ¼ yards - Spotted Royal
Binding - ¾ yard - Bluish Charcoal Scissors

MMD Moda Kit (These are the fabrics I am using)





Fabric A - ¾ yard - Moda Bella Dark Teal
Fabric B - ½ yard - Moda Bella Sunshine
Fabric C - ¾ yard - Moda Bella Marigold
Fabric D - 1 yard - Moda Bella Betty's Red
Fabric E - 1 ¾ yards - Moda Bella Salmon
Bg Fabric - 3 ¼ yards - Moda Bella in White
Binding Fabric - ¾ yard - Moda Bella in Geranium


Dark Colorway Moda Kit 


Fabric A - ¾ yard - Moda Bella Ivory
Fabric B - ½ yard - Moda Bella Chartreuse
Fabric C - ¾ yard - Moda Bella Grass
Fabric D - 1 yard - Moda Bella Betty's Teal
Fabric E - 1 ¾ yards - Moda Bella Lagoon
Bg Fabric - 3 ¼ yards - Moda Bella Black
Binding Fabric - ¾ yard - Essential Stripes




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 #MagnificentMysteryQuilt.




Magnificent Mystery Quilt ++ Fabric Requirements

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



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

The Magnificent Mystery Quilt is a free quilt-along that will run from July 2025 through April 2026 to make a throw sized quilt about 60 ½" x 72 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 Magnificent Mystery Home Page.  You can find all of the pdf downloads in the Magnificent Mystery Shop Page


HOW TO JOIN

This has been my most asked question, how to join in on the Magnificent 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 13,900 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 #MagnificentMysteryQuilt and tag me at @MeadowMistDesigns.



SPONSORS

We have a dozen generous sponsors donating fabric, thread, patterns, and more as prizes.  Sponsors and prizes will be posted next Thursday, July 10th.






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.





The sneak peek is now available :)  You can find the un-mystery quilt sneak peek pdf right here: Sneak Peek of 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 6". 
  • 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.