MYSTERY FIVE-0
Here at Cactus Quilt Shop, we're thrilled to bring you an exclusive quilting experience like no other! As a Charter 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!
We hope you'll join us for the M50 Mini-Mystery, Happy Go Lucky. This mystery is a virtual event happening in our Mystery Five-0 Facebook Group on Saturday, May 16th. Join our group and watch for details.
Happy Go Lucky Mini-Mystery is completely FREE for you to join. The quilt requires six (6) fat quarters or (6) quarter yard cuts, and will result in a 20"x20" table topper or wall hanging. You can select from our carefully curated fat quarter bundles that will look great in Happy Go Lucky.
OR, if you want to dig into your stash, we will share a video in our Facebook Group that will help guide you with your fabric choices.
Pick your favorite Happy Go Lucky bundle HERE
Between quilting tours in Hawaii, Lara Langston returns to Pringle, Iowa determined to finish her half-stitched quilts and sort through Nana’s attic treasures—without stumbling into another mystery.
But when Howard “Hap” Henry, the town’s most happy-go-lucky soul, shows up at the door with worry behind his easy grin, Lara’s peaceful plans unravel.
Hap needs his birth certificate—and fast. With a passport application underway and his granddaughter’s destination wedding in Jamaica on the horizon, he’s ready for adventure... if only he can prove he was officially born.
What should be a simple search turns into a day of retracing steps, uncovering long-forgotten hiding places, and piecing together clues from a lifetime of “safe spots.” Because when you’ve trusted to luck for eighty-five years, important papers don’t always stay where you think they should.
Join Happy Go Lucky, the newest Mystery Five-0 Mini Mystery Quilt, and stitch along as Lara proves that even the smallest mystery can lead to the biggest adventure.
Because in the world of Mystery Five-0... ...luck might start the journey...
But it won’t finish it.”
Watch for our next quarterly Mega mystery: Surf's Up!
This mystery is a virtual event happening in our Mystery Five-0 Facebook Group in June and July, with the reveal in August. A mystery clue will be emailed to registered quilters each week in July. The reveal patterns (yes, there are two choices for setting your blocks) will be emailed July 29th. Instructional videos for each clue and the reveal patterns will be posted in our Facebook group. Join our group and watch for details at M50CactusQuiltShop.
Surf’s Up Mega Mystery
Two ways in. One unforgettable mystery.
Joining the Mega Mystery is easy—just choose the option that works best for you:
🧵 Option 1: $50 Mega Mystery Gift Card
Purchase the $50 Mega Mystery Gift Card and you’re automatically enrolled. Your email is registered for all mystery clues. Use the gift card whenever you like (on a kit or anything else in the shop)
🧵 Option 2: Purchase a Mystery Kit
Prefer to jump straight in? Simply purchase a Mega Mystery kit and you’re in! You’ll be enrolled and receive all mystery clues
Good to Know
- You only need one option to participate—no need to do both
- The $50 gift card is optional, not required if you purchase a kit
- If you choose the gift card, you are not required to use it toward your kit
The Fun Part… Once you’re in, the mystery begins—clues, surprises, and that magical “trust the process” moment we all love.
Both settings for Surf's Up (Hang Ten and Riptide) measure 60"x76" and feature the same beautiful fabrics. Our carefully curated kits (coming soon) reveal ALL of the fabrics we've chosen for Surf's Up--no mystery here--you get EXACTLY what you see.
OR--if you want to dig into your stash, we will share a video (late June) in our Facebook Group that will help guide you with your fabric choices.
While the name of the quilt is Hawaiian-themed, the design of the finished quilts are NOT. Choose fabrics that appeal to you and you are sure to love your finished quilt.
So What's This Mystery All About???
Grab your shades, catch your breath, and thread your needle—Surf’s Up is the next wave in the Mystery Five-0 quilt series!
As you stitch your way through each clue, you’ll follow fabric sleuth Lara Langston as she returns to the Hawaiian islands, where the rhythm of the ocean promises rest... and delivers anything but.
After a powerful storm rolls through the coast, an unclaimed surfboard washes ashore—weathered, unfamiliar, and unlike anything the locals have ever seen.
No one knows where it came from. No one knows who it belongs to. But those who’ve seen it up close can’t shake the feeling that it wasn’t shaped for ordinary waves.
When whispers begin to circulate and questions go unanswered, Lara’s curiosity is impossible to ignore. With her Featherweight at the ready and her instincts sharper than ever, she begins to study the board—its lines, its markings, and the subtle details others overlook.
What she discovers will pull her deeper with every clue... like a current she can’t resist.
Join The Surf’s Up Mystery Quilt—because with Mystery Five-0, every stitch draws you further into the tide.”
