Here at Cotton Cuts, we're thrilled to bring you an exclusive quilting experience like no other!
As a member of Mystery Five-0, we're delivering extraordinary mysteries and mini-mysteries designed to spark creativity, build community, and keep you guessing.
Get ready to uncover stunning quilt designs, one clue at a time!
Mystery Five-0 is a fully integrated quilt mystery program offering many mystery quilts each year, plus an exclusive bonus pattern when you participate in each mystery.
In each mystery, you'll join Lara Langston, lead detective, as she tackles a new mystery. Each quilt clue will reveal a little bit more about her current mystery and another clue to the overall mystery. We keep you guessing and keep it fun!
Here's how it works:
- You get your kit with all your precut fabrics - everything is die-cut and ready to sew.
- For five consecutive weeks, we release a new clue that reveals the next step in creating your quilt. You don't know what the final design looks like until that big reveal at the end of week five.
And that's it! Sit, sew, solve the mystery and create a one of a kind quilt keepsake.
It's like solving a puzzle, one piece at a time, alongside hundreds of other quilters in our community. Get ready to uncover stunning quilt designs, one clue at a time!
We are one of the only retailers offering completely PRECUT kits.
Get Ready for "Luau"
We hope you’ll join us for the M50 Mystery #3, Luau.
This mystery begins in February when our PRECUT kits go on sale and ends April 1st with the reveal.
A mystery clue will be emailed to
registered quilters each week beginning March 4th.
The reveal patterns (yes, there are two choices for setting your blocks) will be emailed in April.
Instructional videos for each clue and the reveal patterns will be posted in our CCPD Evidence Locker.
Both settings for Luau differ in size (Luau Torches 66”x84” and Luau Feast 76”x76”) and feature the same SEVEN beautiful fabrics. Our carefully curated kits reveal ALL of the fabrics we’ve chosen for Luau – no mystery here – you get EXACTLY what you see.
While the name of the quilt is Hawaiian-themed, the design of the finished quilts are NOT. Choose the kit that sings to you most and you're sure to love your finished quilt top.
There are three ways you can participate in Luau
You can purchase one of our PRE-CUT kits where registration is FREE and be ready to just sit and sew,
OR
You can purchase one of our Off the Bolt kits with FREE registration and be ready start the program with curated fabrics hand selected for this program,
OR
Shop Your Stash and pay $50 to participate. Registration includes a "welcome kit" and a $25 gift certificate to our shop.
Please note - when solving the mystery using the Shop Your Stash or Off the Bolt option, there will be two different layouts that differ in size. Luau Torches finishes 65”x83” and Luau Feast finished 75”x75”.
Cotton Cuts pre-cut kit sizes differ because we've made it so one kit and one set of parts can make both designs, whichever one you choose.
Precut Kits
Cut From the Bolt Kits
Don't forget to add this lovely ruler if you're cutting from your stash or from yardage. While not required (instructions will be provided if you don't use the ruler), it can be most helpful for this design.
Did you miss out on Aloha or Island Hopping?
These quarterly mysteries may be over, but you can still create Aloha and Island Hopping.
Pick one of our PRECUT kits to be sure your quilt will shine and you can skip the the cutting and just sit and sew.
Catch up on the adventure with Lara Langston
Slip on your sandals, and thread your needle Luau is the next unforgettable chapter in the Mystery Five-0 quilt series!
As you stitch through four beautifully crafted clues, you’ll follow our intrepid fabric sleuth, Lara Langston, during a quiet stay on Maui between island-hopping tour seasons.
She plans to finish her quilts... but the islands have other ideas. One morning, a hand-made luau invitation—from an event discontinued fifty years ago—appears mysteriously beneath Lara’s door.
Everyone connected to the old gathering is long gone... or so the island believes. Why was Lara chosen to receive this relic from the past? And who delivered it in the dead of night?
Armed with her Featherweight, fierce curiosity, and an uncanny eye for the details others overlook, Lara is once again pulled into a puzzle only she can piece together.
Between sunsets, stitching sessions, and unexpected clues, this Maui mystery unfolds one seam at a time.
Join the Luau Mystery Quilt—because with Mystery Five-0, every stitch leads you deeper into the story.