Designer Mystery Month 5

It’s time the Fat Quarter Shop Designer Mystery month 5 block. Each month, participants receive a package of fabric and a quilt pattern for the block of the month from Fat Quarter Shop. Each month’s block is designed by a different quilter in the industry. This month is the Gardenia quilt block designed by Vanessa Goertzen of Lella Boutique. I am a big Lella Boutique fan and have made quilts with several of her past collections.

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Designer Mystery Block 5 the Gardenia Block designed by Vanessa Goertzen. Block is shown in Sunnyside fabric collection.

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This year’s Designer Mystery quilt features the Sunnyside fabric collection by Camille Roskelley. The fabric collection is so pretty and coordinates well with several other recent collections by Camille.

Designer Mystery Month 5 – The Gardenia Block

Close up picture of the Block 5 of the Designer Mystery Block of the Month Quilt

Extra Quilt Blocks

The amount of extra fabric was generous again this month (as always with Fat Quarter Shop kits) and the dedicated Designer Mystery Facebook page has cutting instructions for a 6″ and 3″ block as well. So far I’ve been able to make both of the extra sizes and STILL have extra fabric every month. I’m keeping the extras in hopes of using it to make finished projects with the smaller block sizes. I love making the 3″ quilt blocks. Most of them come together way better than I expected considering the tiny pieces and all of the seams.

The Gardenia quilt block in 3 finished sizes along with a picture of the pattern booklet.

Small version of the Gardenia Block. Finished block size is 3 inches square

The finishing kit for the large quilt includes all of the fabric needed for the setting blocks and sashing for the quilt. It comes in a special box that is great for storing your blocks in from month to month. I have begun to work on the finishing blocks, and it’s a LOT of flying geese. I used the Eleanor Burns method for 4 at at time flying geese and that worked really well.