April Mysteries and Sew Alongs (and few March ones too!)

 I forgot to send out March Mysteries and Sew Alongs so I'm starting with March and then going on to April. 

Late but you can still play along with the Riley Blake Sew Along.  16 of Riley Blake’s designers have made blocks which are being released about 3 times a month.  This started on Jan. 14 and will end May 27. You can read more about it here https://www.rileyblakedesigns.com/2025-rbd-block-challenge. From there follow the link for the patterns. 

2025 Marvelous Mystery Quilt is designed by my friend Michele Holt of My Quilting Beehive and sponsored by Colchester Mill Fabrics and Quilting.  The fee is $25 for the 9 month program and patterns.  The first clue will be coming out on March 7 and will continue on the first Friday of each month until Nov. 7.  Our own Sharon Rhoton is Michele’s pattern tester. https://colchestermillfabricsandquilting.com/products/2025-marvelous-mystery-quilt-registration  $

I missed this cute free pattern from the Fat Quarter Shop in time for Valentine’s day but there is always next year! “Little Loves” is available at:  

https://www.fatquartershop.com/little-loves-quilt-pattern-free-pdf-pattern-fqs-exclusive. It’s 22.5” x 30.5”. 

April Mysteries and Sew Alongs 

Fourth and Main Designs is offering a 12 part sampler. Clues will come out every Monday starting May 5th, 2025 through September 1st, 2025. There are skip weeks throughout — refer to the welcome document for when those are and to see the quilt. It is 76” x 88”. https://4thandmaindesigns.com/summer-quilt-along-2025 

Nancy Zeeman Productions is offering a free Block of the Month.. It’s a big quilt at 74” x 86″ Both Feb and Mar blocks have been shared and you need 5 of each of them. This is a free BOM but there is some serious selling going on. From what I can see your basic supplies should work just fine. Use this page to get to all the posts about this BOM: https://nancyzieman.com/blog/category/2025-block-of-the-month/

Sew With Me is a beginner friendly sampler quilt. Although it started at the beginning of the year, there is only one block to make each month. Blocks are released on the 2nd Thursday of the month.  Here’s the link to the launch page. (In other words you can go back each month and all the previous links and the newest one will be available.) There is also a cross stitch sampler available at the same site. Check it out here: https://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/2025/01/2025-sew-with-me-series-introduction-details.html

Here’s a choose-your-own-size quilt along at Sew Becca’s Quilt Along. There is a You Tube video that goes with each block which will be available the 2nd Saturday each month. Go to this page for the basic information about the quilt along. https://sewbecca.com/pieces-of-becca/announcing-2025-quiltalong . Each instruction sheet has a cutting chart for a 3”, 6”, 9”, and 12” blocks.  Here’s the link to the March pattern with a link to the pdf for the current pattern and links to the previous patterns: https://sewbecca.com/pieces-of-becca/2025qal-block3. What a great way to get so many sizes of basic blocks.