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The Murder Mystery Quilt is a monthly subscription club that reads along together and stitches up a quilt to find clues and solve the murder. This is a mystery quilt in the traditional sense–you sew a block each month and the overall design of the quilt isn’t revealed until all the blocks are sewn–but it’s also a MYSTERY quilt: each month, along with the block pattern and design, you receive a chapter of a mystery story. Each chapter reveals clues as the plot unfolds, and it’s your job to seek out whodunit!
Murder Mystery Quilt 2025:
Murder At Machu Picchu
Join our hero, Kitty Campbell, as she solves a murder at the ancient site of Machu Picchu!!
Kitty Campbell has spent most of the last ten years solving crime, which keeps finding her no matter where in the world her work as an archaeologist takes her. FINALLY, she has landed in Peru to teach a group of students, and she's happy to have a break. Until an ancient mummy turns out to be not-so-ancient--and definitely not a natural death!
As a paleoethnobotanist, an archaeologist who studies plants in prehistory, Kitty Campbell's in-depth knowledge of plant and human interactions gives her clues that help track down a killer--and while her expertise brought her to the birthplace of the potato among the ruins of one of the world's great cultures, it's her understanding of people that will help her find a killer.
Come along with Kitty to explore all of Peru--ancient and modern--as she digs into a crime that looks like history! Collect clues across the landscape, from the citadel of Machu Picchu built of ancient stone; through the streets of Cuzco and the markets of Ollantaytambo, filled with hand-woven textiles; over the altiplano by train, where herds of llama and alpaca dot the mountainside; and even through time as Kitty uses her skills to piece together the story of a death that's anything but natural.
Your quilt will grow as the clues pile up, and along the way, you'll learn skills, make friends, and discover a community you can count on.
DAYS UNTIL REGISTRATION CLOSES FOR 2025:
A Design Of Original Quilt Blocks Hides Small Quiet Secrets
Kitty Campbell is gifted with a love of plants and history, and cursed with a deep understanding of the dark secrets lurking in the hearts of humans. For the past few years, as she struggled to regain a reputation soiled by her own disregard for rules, Kitty solved murders from a sense of moral justice. Here in Machu Picchu, she thought her job was simple, but death has found her again!
Join the Nicest Quilters On The Internet to fine-tune your quilting skills, read along together, and catch a killer in 2025!
The Inca of Peru are one of the great world civilizations, with an empire spanning two MILLION square kilometers at their height. The riches and art they produced have influenced cultures throughout the world, even though their reign lasted barely more than 100 years. We explore the lands they ruled as we build our story and our quilt.
The richness of our setting gives us the majestic colors for our quilt! Join the Murder Mystery Quilt as we solve The Murder at Machu Picchu with fabrics & colors chosen from a the mountains and textiles of glorious Peru: deep greens of the Amazon River basin; warm ochres & bark from the mountains along the Inca Trail; rich, deep reds and pinks and oranges from the weaving of Peruvian textiles; lovely soft neutral tones from the wool of llama and alpaca; and the lush blues and purples of a Machu Picchu sunset.
Along the way, you'll earn BONUS CLUES and share your thoughts as we piece a quilt that you'll be thrilled to show off!
Help Our Heroine Catch A Killer While You Sew Your Quilt!
The 2025 Murder Mystery Quilt is the story of our scientist hero and her love of people--and you get to solve the case alongside her!
Piece your quilt in stunning colors that bring to mind the natural world surrounded by stone walls that fit so snugly together even a sheet of paper can't fit between the layers. Imagine the bright colors of dyed wool, woven by hand into blankets to keep out the cold under a piercing blue sky, floating in the clouds.
Along the way, you're accompanied by your own Clue Crew of new quilting friends, warm support to grow your skills, and fun treats to keep you motivated!
Included in the Murder Mystery Quilt: the How To Sew video series, where you can refine your skills NOW as you wait for the fun to begin. Whether you're new to quilting or you've been quilting for years, we have the resources and inspiration to make THIS YEAR the one where you sew your favorite quilt. Do it all with support and encouragement to finish together alongside your newest quilting friends!
We can't wait to quilt with you!
Join us to solve crime with the nicest quilters on the Web!
Registration for 2025 is open NOW!
Registration closes at noon Eastern time on February 11, 2025 and WILL NOT re-open. Join us to quilt this year!
BONUS! All Murder Mystery Quilt members get instant access to the How To Quilt video series as we wait together for the new year to begin! Improve your quilting skills with a dozen quilt block patterns and a video guide that teaches you to improve your quilting from start to finish. Exclusive for MMQ members!
JOIN WITH A BUNDLE AND GET A SECOND QUILT!
Each year, the Murder Mystery Quilt brings you a brand-new mystery in an exciting setting for you to explore. At the end of the year, the mystery is retired and won't be available again--until now!
This year, when you subscribe with a one-time payment to the 2025 Murder Mystery Quilt, you can BUNDLE your subscription with our Murder In Egypt project! Presented on an exclusive social community platform, you can start your Egypt adventure TODAY as you wait for the 2025 Murder Mystery Quilt to begin.
This exclusive opportunity to gain access to Murder In Egypt is reserved for members who subscribe to the BUNDLE option, and won't last! Murder In Egypt returns to the vault when registration closes for MMQ2024.
Come quilt and solve TWO crimes with us this year!
This has been an AMAZING experience. 2020 has been a very unusual and challenging year in so many ways--I have learned ‘sew’ many tips and tricks in this last 10 months...Everyone involved with the quilt, from the fellow quilters to the admin have been so helpful and encouraging. I feel privileged to have been part of this experience. I am looking forward to the 2021 version!
~Katthie C
2020 is my first year and it has really inspired my own creativity. I love [the] style so far and can’t wait to see it together. Thank you for making this a reality!
~Emma W
This MMQ has really been quite fun in a year fraught with sadness and worry. Thank you for providing sunshine and distraction each month. Miss Kitty is my hero!
~Debra C
I’m having such a good time with this project! Some months have shoved me completely out of my comfort zone and that’s ok! Thanks for making this not-so-nice year a bit better with having something to look forward to every month. Can’t wait til next year!
~Andrea J
All signed up for 2021. This will be my 5th year. I love the whole experience, from the patterns, the mystery, the story, the facebook group, the admins, everything, nothing is a problem and issues get solved ASAP. I just can't imagine not doing the MMQ every year. Please don’t stop.
Cheers to 2021!~Jenny R
Just signed up for my 6th MMQ. Can’t wait to learn the location and get started. This is all so fun! Thank you, Deborah!
~Laurie B