We LOVE our Puzzle Mystery Quilts and enjoy seeing how they inspire and delight detectives all around the world, each month. We also love seeing the ways in which our detectives are able to customize them to make them their own creations. We keep adding new and exciting ways to enhance and include as many detectives as possible. Keep reading to learn about all the amazing add ons and extra features of the program.
NEW for Field of Dreamers!!
Mystery colorway - let Team Cotton Cuts pick your colorway!
By popular demand, let Team Cotton Cuts choose your colorway! Answer a few simple questions and our team of mystery enthusiasts will select a mystery colorway for you, only to be revealed when you open your first clue. Want to try something outside your comfort zone or try "New to You" fabrics, then this is the way to go!
Coordinating Pillow Case kits
Cotton Cuts will be offering optional pillowcase kits in coordinating fabrics for your colorway. These will be simple to sew, Burrito style pillow cases with a flange and coordinating sash and will finish standard pillow size. Choose 1 or 2 pillowcases and you'll have a complete bedding cover set in 10 months!
Print and Mail Monthly Clues
Are you a prepaid detective and wish you had a printed clue each month? Then this add on is a perfect option for you! We will send a printed clue to you each month so that you'll be off and sewing when you can't get to the CCPD Evidence Locker or, if you simply want to get happy snail mail each month. You will definitely still get emailed clues and access to the Locker, but this is a good way to get the paper copy if you don't have access to print the clue each month and prefer a paper copy.
Continuing from previous mysteries...
Group Purchasing Program
We love our group purchasing program and are excited to announce a new iteration of the program for 2025. Sewing with a group? Then designate a "Team Captain" to receive all of your groups clues each month. We will mail the entire group's clues to the Captain and then you can gather / sew on your schedule!
If you gather 5 or more detectives, each person will receive 5% off their PMQ.
If you gather 10 or more detectives, each person will receive 10% off their PMQ.
Interested in wholesale pricing? Simply let our team know as well and we'll get you all set up!
Sewing 5 or more PMQ's yourself? This counts too.
Learn more at: www.cottoncuts.com/group
Prepay for your Mystery and receive ALL of your precut fabric at one time, in one shipment
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FREE Shipping for Prepay global detectives
(Prepay only available until clue 1 ships)
All detectives that prepay for their mysteries at time of signups will receive all of their fabric in one delivery, all at one time, without waiting for the mail each month. We will then upload new clues each month into our CCPD Evidence Locker. Clues with directions for assembly will be available for download so that detectives may participate real time, with all the other detectives around the world.
Please note - in order to ensure delivery before Clue 1 drops, please signup before January 23rd. After clue 1 drops on February 6th, mysteries will be batched weekly and mailed. You might be slightly delayed in starting, but will actually be ahead for all future months, as you have all of your fabric when you receive the instructions.
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How can free International shipping possibly work?
Here's how - all you need to do is prepay for the colorway of your choice. We will then package and send all 10 months of fabric to you at once, and upload the monthly assembly patterns to our CCPD Evidence Locker each month. You get all of your fabric at the beginning and can participate along with all of the other global detectives.
We also offer monthly shipping of clues for the mystery internationally! If prepaying is not for you, then no problem - we can help with that!!
**Please note - you will be responsible for all import duty and taxes from your home country.
Select a quilt backing for your finished quilt at time of signups!
NEW - WIDE BACK
BACKING
Back by Popular Demand! At the time of signups, detectives will have the option to purchase wide back backing only for their quilts. Each colorway will include a beautifully coordinated wide back that complements the quilt — making finishing both easy and elegant.
As always, we will offer backing with extra fabrics that remain at the end of the program, usually about Month 7-8. To signup to be the first notified of those lovely fabrics, please head to the waitlist sheet here.
Wide back backing will ship with Clue #1 at the start of the mystery program, so you’ll have it ready from day one!
Optional Add Ons to Enhance Your Mystery Experience
Border Kits to expand your PMQ
We love border kits! Convert your quilt tops into larger quilts made for bigger, comfier beds! Simply add a few borders to make that quilt a Queen or Full sized quilt.
These border kits will expand your large quilt top from 72" x 72" to 88" x 88" or your small quilt top from 48" x 60" to 58" x 70" in coordinating fabrics from your kits.
These lovely kits will ship with your Clue #10.
"Oops Kits"
These kits include a fat eighth (approximately 18" x 10") of each main fabric in your chosen colorway (6 prints). Use these guys for those quick fixes if accidents happen. And if you have them at the end of the mystery, feel free to use them for the back or into an extra border. No fabric left behind :) These kits will ship with Clue #1.
Stitch It Accent Kit
These kits include a approximately 20-25 of the most commonly cut pieces and shapes in the Under the Sea PMQ design. They can be integrated into a border, into the backing or even into an accent pillow. In true Stitch It form, the possibilities are limitless and will unleash your inner quilting creativity. These kits will ship with Clue #10.
Large Spool of Coordinating Aurifil 50wt Thread
All prepay detectives will have the option to add a large spool (1300m) of Aurifil 50 wt thread to their prepaid fabric delivery. This spool is perfect for piecing those lovely quilt tops right out of the box!
Color Challenge cards, all at once
For all PREPAY detectives, receive all of your Color Challenge Cards in your initial shipment, for ALL 10 months. You'll be able to participate each month, along with the month to month detectives. Cards will be included with the box containing all your parts and pieces.
Digital Colorway Swatch Card
When detectives purchase their PMQ, we will automatically attach the digital color swatch booklet to the purchase. This will keep the swatch card permanently in your account, for ease of reference in case it is lost over time. Never fail - we will still print a color version and include it with Clue 1, but wanted a way to keep everyone sewing in case things develop legs and walk away through the project.
To access the swatch card file, simply download it from the order email or login into your account, locate the PMQ order email and download it from the order confirmation. Easy as that!
Try Before You Buy
Are you interested in the participating in the mystery, but not sure how it works? Want to dip you toe in without going all in? For a limited time, we will be offering a "Try Before You Buy" program. Simply fill in the information here and our team will mail a half clue to you, free of charge. You can sew it together, get a feel for the fabrics and how the instructions work. This will be from an older quilt and colorway, but will be a great way to experience the program.