Mystery Paper Piecing Quilt Block Challenge: Week 1

It’s time for your very first week of the National Quilters Circle Mystery Paper Piecing Quilt Block Challenge! Are you ready for the reveal? We sure are! This week you will be getting some basic instructions, and the pattern for block one.

Over the course of six weeks, we will be creating the Mystery Ice Crystals quilt pattern, designed by the talented Toby Lischko.

Looking for fabric requirements? Find them here!

Click the button below to download a PDF with instructions for week one. Make sure to share your progress in the Quilt Block Challenge Facebook Group – we can’t wait to see everyone’s work!

Make sure to print at 100% to ensure the correct sizing of your blocks. Do not scale the pattern or fit to page.

If you haven’t signed up for the Quilt Block Challenge, there’s still time! You can sign up here to make sure you get the block assignments delivered to your inbox each week. And make sure to visit Toby’s quilt gallery to see more of her beautiful work!

Other blocks from this challenge:

Mystery Paper Piecing Quilt Block Challenge: Fabric Requirements
Mystery Paper Piecing Quilt Block Challenge: Week 1
Mystery Paper Piecing Quilt Block Challenge: Week 2
Mystery Paper Piecing Quilt Block Challenge: Week 3
Mystery Paper Piecing Quilt Block Challenge: Week 4
Mystery Paper Piecing Quilt Block Challenge: Week 5
Mystery Paper Piecing Quilt Block Challenge: Finishing Instructions

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153 Responses to “Mystery Paper Piecing Quilt Block Challenge: Week 1”

  1. Bev Maxwell

    i am new to paper piecing

  2. chris

    love this challenge

  3. Robin Cassell

    Mystery Paper Piecing Quilt Block Challenge: Week 1

  4. Robin S. Cassell

    I want to get the pattern for Block 1

  5. Debbie P

    Looks like fun!!

  6. Violet Larsen

    I would like to learn paper piecing.

  7. Alice

    I have the first block messed up. I have no idea how.

  8. Wendy

    Going to be a ‘stretch’ for me!

  9. Georgia

    Never paper pieced before

  10. susan mandell

    I keep signing up for the paper piecing quilt challenge, but am not getting emails.