--- title: "Announcing: the Tea and Crumpets Memorial Day Quilt Mystery" date: 2020-05-23 author: "Phoebe Moon" featured_image: "https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/crimina-sewing-machine.jpg" categories: - name: "Free Patterns" url: "/category/free-pattern.md" - name: "Quilt Mysteries" url: "/category/mysteries.md" tags: - name: "How to Fussy Cut a Fabric Motif" url: "/tag/how-to-fussy-cut-a-fabric-motif.md" --- # Announcing: the Tea and Crumpets Memorial Day Quilt Mystery 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 [ moc.liamgobfsctd-6f8be1@sngiseDnooMebeohP](mailto:PhoebeMoonDesigns@gmail.com?subject=Tea and Crumpets Mystery "Please send me a picture!"). 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](https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=537450&u=1512603&m=50439&urllink=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaccuquilt%2Ecom%2Ffabric%2Dcutters%2Fstarter%2Dsets%2Ehtml&afftrack=), may I suggest these dies? ### **Accuquilt Dies** - [2″ strip # 55025](https://shareasale.com/m-pr.cfm?merchantid=50439&userid=1512603&productid=984766339&afftrack=) - [2-1/2″ multiple 55059](https://shareasale.com/m-pr.cfm?merchantid=50439&userid=1512603&productid=1004649060&afftrack=) - [4″ strip](https://shareasale.com/m-pr.cfm?merchantid=50439&userid=1512603&productid=1004649063&afftrack=) (55085) or [4″ HST](https://shareasale.com/m-pr.cfm?merchantid=50439&userid=1512603&productid=984766367&afftrack=) (55031) - [4-1/2″ strip (55054)](https://shareasale.com/m-pr.cfm?merchantid=50439&userid=1512603&productid=1004648967&afftrack=) - [4-3/4″ ](https://shareasale.com/m-pr.cfm?merchantid=50439&userid=1512603&productid=1095663870&afftrack=)square (55725)(or [55019](https://shareasale.com/m-pr.cfm?merchantid=50439&userid=1512603&productid=984766373&afftrack=)) - [6-1/2″ strip](https://shareasale.com/m-pr.cfm?merchantid=50439&userid=1512603&productid=1024476580&afftrack=) (55086) or [6-1/2″ square](https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=537450&u=1512603&m=50439&urllink=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaccuquilt%2Ecom%2Fgo%2Dsquare%2D6%2D1%2D2%2D6%2Ehtml&afftrack=) (55000) - [GO dies are presently 15% off](https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=537450&u=1512603&m=50439&urllink=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaccuquilt%2Ecom%2Fspecial%2Doffers%2Ehtml&afftrack=) with free shipping over $50. ### **![Tea and Crumpets Quilt Mystery Fabric Choices](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Tea-and-Crumpets-Fabric-Choices.jpg)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: - [a 6-1/2″ square ruler](https://www.amazon.com/shop/scrapdash?listId=1C55T3COAAWG2) - [a 12-1/2″ square ruler](https://www.amazon.com/shop/scrapdash?listId=2JWHKG761189Z) - [a rotating cutting mat](https://amzn.to/3bUdMNs) 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. ![How to Fussy Cut a Fabric to feature it in a quilt block](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Fussy-cutting-motifs.jpg) 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. ![How to Fussy Cut a Fabric to feature it in a quilt block](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/fussy-cutting-closeup.jpg)