Announcing: the Tea and Crumpets Memorial Day Quilt Mystery
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It’s almost time for a picnic. Let’s make a pretty Tea and Crumpets Mystery Quilt for the table. Choose florals for a spring quilt or red, white and blue for a patriotic one. This quilt finishes at about 64″ x 77″, although you can make it bigger with borders. Have fun this summer!
The Mystery Quilt Begins Monday, May 25 at 9AM EST
There are 7 clues, one per hour. This is an easy quilt so the clues won’t take the entire hour. (Except maybe the last two.) I hope you don’t figure it out TOO early! As always, anyone who sends a picture of any step will get a copy of the completed professional pattern at the end. Send your pictures to
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This mystery quilt was inspired by the Cool to be Square blog hop, so it might not surprise you to learn that this quilt is completely made of squares – okay, maybe a couple of rectangles, but mostly squares. Here are the fabric requirements. Scraps will do just fine if you don’t have enough yardage. If you have an Accuquilt Fabric Cutter, may I suggest these dies?
Accuquilt Dies
- 2″ strip # 55025
- 2-1/2″ multiple 55059
- 4″ strip (55085) or 4″ HST (55031)
- 4-1/2″ strip (55054)
- 4-3/4″ square (55725)(or 55019)
- 6-1/2″ strip (55086) or 6-1/2″ square (55000)
- GO dies are presently 15% off with free shipping over $50.
Fabric Requirements
- 4-1/4 yards Background
- 1/2 yard Square # 1 Fabric – if you are going to do an I Spy quilt, this is the fabric you would use. Fabric #1 and #2 can be the same fabric if you really like it a lot. I used a fussy cut print – see the Fussy Cutting Tutorial below.
- 1/2 yard Square # 2 Fabric – if you are going to do an I Spy quilt, this is the fabric you would use.
- (4) Colorful Fat Quarters. Try to pick the colors used in Fabrics #1 and #2. My colors are green, purple, blue, and gold/tan.
- 2/3 Red. Or your favorite color that goes with Fabrics #1 and #2.
Not required but helpful:
See you on Monday!
How to Fussy Cut a Motif
I had a lot of trouble deciding on Fabric # 1 and #2 for my sample. Finally, I found a very old piece of fabric with different fussy cutting motifs on it. I decided I would use them as my fabric #1 and #2.
Then came the problem of actually cutting! 4-3/4″ square is a very odd size. I thought about cutting a template out of cardboard, but at the last minute I found a square of gridded vinyl plastic.
I cut a 4-3/4″ x 4-3/4″ square, marked the diagonal, and used it to center the floral motif on the square.
I’ve been busy with lots of quilts this past month. I will try to work on this as my husband is working a 12 hour shift on Memorial Day. No interruptions. Ha.
I like the idea of using red, white, and blue fabrics – have to see what I can put together from my stash. We have a chance of rain on Monday, so it’ll be a good day to stay in and sew.
Is it reasonable that I could make this a smaller quilt?
I tried making it smaller when I designed this but it just didn’t look right. Plus, when this quilt is done, I am going to add a scalloped border. When it’s done, look at it and see what you think.
Thanks. I want to sew along on Monday. Need to think this through, but even if I don’t sew. I’ll be watching the process. Be safe and have fun.