Mystery Five-0 Charter Member News #6

In this issue of the Mystery Five-0 Charter Member News, we'll cover:

1. Welcome New Members

2. M50 Retailer Google Calendar

3. Retailer FB Group Launches in February

4. We need your logos

5. Facebook Success Formula course starts 2/17

6. Announcing our 2025/2026 Mystery Five-0 Theme

7. Quilt 1&2 Reveal – Images and Planning Yardage

8. Announcing our March Mini-Mystery

9. Let’s Leverage Hashtags

Let's Dive In!

1. Welcome New Members

A big welcome to the following new Mystery Five-0 Charter Members. We’re glad to have you aboard!

• Angie Gordon, Farm Girl Quilting, Fort Meade, FL

• Marilyn Goodwin, Crazy Moose Fabrics, Greenville, ME

• Gail Grassel, Rivers Edge Antiques & Quilt Loft, Hayward, WI

• Marcia Nagel, Pine Needles Quilt N Sew, Rochester, MN

• Cynthia Hannold, Bits & Pieces, Fulton, MO

• Marian Dabay, Sew Tangle, White Stone, VA

2)M50 Retailer Google Calendar

Our new Mystery Five-0 Planning Calendar is your “one stop” for ALL the events happening for the program.

We have “invited” you to the calendar via the email you are registered for Mystery Five-0.

If you cannot access the calendar, try this link:

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=MzRkMzRhMGRlNDc5MTVhNWExZjQwZmNiNmE0N2M2ZDk3ZDdjZTZhOGU5MDllMzlhOGE3NWZkOTUyN2MxMWYyOEBncm91cC5jYWxlbmRhci5nb29nbGUuY29t

3)Our Retailer Facebook Group Will Launch in February

Watch your email for details.

We will be sending you a link to FOLLOW the M50 FB page.

We will also be inviting your business Facebook page to join the group.

In February, we will also begin to populate the Planning Calendar with Marketing prompts for your Facebook group

4) We need your logo!

We are currently building out the Participating Retailers page that will be available on the Mystery Five-0 “public” website.

Each participating retailer will be listed with a picture of their logo, if provided.

All retailers who do NOT provide a logo will be included at the end of the list.

Please email [email protected] and attach your logo, or upload it on the Member Checklist (why not fill out the other information we need to support you!

5)Facebook Success Formula starts soon!

Our next Facebook Success Formula Sections will begin on February 17th or February 18th.

Use the Coupon Code SCORE! at check out to save the $397 registration fee, open only to M50 Charter Members.

Register here now before spaces fill up. https://www.stitchintree.com/module/class/481551/facebook-success-formula

If you have already taken the course you are welcome to sign up for a refresher.

You are also encouraged to sign up if you are an Associate Member who will be helping with Social Media.

6)Announcing our 2025/2026 Mystery Five-0 Theme!

And our 2025-2-26 Theme is - Hawaiian Paradise.

Our theme is TOP SECRET, so please keep it confidential! We will provide you with a marketing campaign to reveal the theme AFTER the Mini-Mystery in March.

Here are some details about each quarter’s quilt:

Quarter #1 (July/Aug/Sept) – Theme – Aloha. This will be a pre-cuts quilt

Quarter #2 (Oct/Nov/Dec) – Theme – Island Hopping This will be a holiday quilt (but not necessarily a Q4 holiday!)

Quarter #3 (Jan/Feb/March) – Theme – Luau. This will be a traditional quilt.

Quarter #4 (April/May/June) – Theme – Surf’s Up. This will be a traditional quilt

Bonus Quilt #5 (End of Year) – Theme - Pineapple Express. This is a Scrappy Bonus Quilt designed to use up fabric left over and set your quilters up for new quilts in July!

7) Quilt 1&2 Reveal – Images and Planning Yardage

We also revealed images of our first two quilts, as well as planning yardages.

Remember, these are also TOP SECRET!

• Do NOT Print Out

• Do NOT Share with anyone outside your M50 Team

• Do NOT describe or discuss with anyone outside your M50 Team

Here are the images for the first two quilts:

Aloha Spirit - 56x72 (Left) Aloha Vibes - 56x72 (Right)

Fabric Planning Guide – Quilt #1 (July/Aug/Sept)

• Fabric-1 (1) 2-½” Strip Pack (minimum 32 strips)

• Fabric-2 Contrast (shown yellow) ½ yard

• Fabric-3 Contrast (shown green)½ yard

• Fabric-4 Background (shown gray) 2-¾ yards

• Binding (not shown) ½ yard

• 3-½ yards Backing

Rulers (not required) we show in the video

• Creative Grids CGR2 2-½” square

• Creative Grids CGR212 2-½”x12” rectangle

Quilt 2. Holiday. Island Hopping

Island Hopping Vacation - 68x86 (Left) Island Hopping Adventure - 71.25x90.75 (Right)

Fabric Planning Guide Quilt #2 (Oct/Nov/Dec)

• Fabric-1 Shown Red 1-½ yards

• Fabric-2 Shown Green 1-½ yards

• Fabric-3 Shown White 1-¼ yards

• Fabric-4 Shown Blue 3-⅔ yards

• Fabric-5 Shown Gold ¾ yard

• Binding (not shown) ⅔ yards

• Backing 5-½ yards

 Ruler (recommended) we show in the video

• Creative Grids CGRDH6 Half-Rectangle Trim Tool

• Pattern instructions include how to make half-square rectangles without the tool, but it is SOOOOO much easier with the tool!

8. March Mini-Mystery - Star Bright

The one-day Mini-Mystery will happen in your location on March 29, 2025, 10AM your time zone

Why a Mini-Mystery?

• It’s free to all quilters, and when you add them to your group, you can now can market to them!

• You get – loads of new online quilters interested in mystery quilts

• Revenue! You CAN sell fat quarter bundles to quilters

• Another FREE pattern for use in the future

Register NOW to participate!

https://mysteryfive-0.com/0329-mini-mystery

Quilt Pattern Star Bright 21”x21”

This Mini-Mystery requires (6) Fat Quarters. The Mini-Mystery has (6) block construction clues and (1) final setting instruction.

This mini-mystery is the prequel to the Mystery Five-0 Series.  When quilters complete this mini-mystery, they will be anxious to sign up for the full Mystery Five-0 series of quilts.

In order to participate, M50 retailers MUST have their M50 web page up, and M50 FB Group up. A Template will be provided for the web page and training provided to create your Facebook Group.

Mini-Mystery Trainings/Meetings

Feb 3 (12-2 pm CT) - How to set up your Facebook group

Feb 6 (10-12 pm CT) - How to run a mini-mystery

Mar 6 (10-11 am CT) - M50 Mini-Mystery Countdown

Mar 27 (10-11 am CT) - M50 Mini-Mystery Final Questions

Mar 29 (10 am your local time) – Lauch Day!

3 reasons to join

1. Mini-Mystery sets up the pre-story for the year-long mystery

2. Jumpstart on Facebook Group

3. Trial run for 1st Mystery. Experience the quality of Mystery Five-0 implementation plan

Fabric Requirements for Star Bright (We recommend a 6-fat quarter bundle)

Fabric-1 ¼ yard (8”x8”)

Fabric-4 Fat ⅛ or ¼ yard

Fabric-2 ¼ yard

Fabric-5 ¼ yard

Fabric-3 ⅛ yard

Binding ¼ yard

8.Let’s Leverage Hashtags!

Here are the first priority hashtags for Mystery Five-0

#Mystery50, #M50HawaiianParadise, #M50MiniMystery, #M50StarBright

For every post, you will always use #Mystery50.

You may add a secondary hashtag, depending on the quilt you are posting about: #M50StarBright

This is so that people who are not currently your customers can find you on Facebook!

You may also want to create your own hashtag for M50: example #M50StitchinTree, but if you don’t use the appropriate Mystery Five-0 Hashtag, we won’t be able to find your posts to share on our public page!

Whew!

That’s a lot for this week!

We’ll see you all on the next live Learning Lab call coming up on February 3rd.

Save your seat for the call here now.