I’m so excited to have you on board as a fabric store offering a Mouse Trap quilt kit for the 2025 BOM!
To make things easy for you to participate, you’ll find all of the key details about the QAL summarized below, including:
- Mouse Trap BOM Summarized
- Mouse Trap Quilt Versions
- Fabric Requirements
- Alternate Fabric Layouts
- Digital Assets
- Key Dates for Fabric Shops
- 2025 Mouse Trap BOM Schedule
Let’s dive in!
Mouse Trap BOM 2025
Remember the board game Mouse Trap? Where you had to successfully navigate through a series of ‘mouse traps’ to win the game. That’s the inspiration behind this modern quilt pattern!
It’s designed as a skill builder that focuses on learning several piecing techniques (curves, angles, working with templates, etc.), and offers lots of composition play with no less than 4 abstract layouts and 3 block layouts to play with. To help guide and encourage participation, I’ll be hosting a quilt along that officially kicks off on January 15, 2025, and runs through January 14, 2026, but I’ll be opening up pre-sales on December 1, 2024, to give participants time to order their fabric and get their supplies organized.
Mouse Trap Quilt
The Mouse Trap quilt is made up of 12 unique modern quilt blocks that focus on different geometric shapes. The fun is playing with those shapes to create new abstract ‘mouse trap’ layouts.
Mouse Trap Quilt Versions
The pattern includes 4 abstract versions, 3 block layouts, and the option to ‘design your own’. Here is a quick overview of the different layouts.
Fabric Requirements
A quick heads up that the fabric requirements vary depending on the version the participant selects. Here’s a breakdown of the fabric requirements by version:
Abstract Version 1 – Cover Quilt
Fabrics Featured:
The fabrics featured in the Mouse Trap Abstract Version 1 are Pure Solids by Art Gallery Fabrics:
- Colour 1 – Mauvelous
- Colour 2 – Cabernet
- Colour 3 – Fresh Water
- Colour 4 – Mirage Blue
- Colour 5 – Icy Mint
Abstract Version 1 – 2025 BOM Version
Fabrics Featured:
The fabrics featured in the Mouse Trap Abstract Version 1 that I’ll be stitching during the QAL are Ruby and Bee Solids by Windham Fabrics:
- Colour 1 – Delphinium
- Colour 2 – Mustard Seed
- Colour 3 – Pumpkin
- Colour 4 – Marigold
- Colour 5 – Blush
If you’d like to offer this one in Pure Solids, the equivalent would be:
- Colour 1 – Coral Reef
- Colour 2 – Canary
- Colour 3 – Mandarin
- Colour 4 – Burnt Orange
- Colour 5 – Cotton Candy
Abstract Version 2 – The Coral One
Fabrics Featured:
The fabrics featured in the Mouse Trap Abstract Version 2 are Pure Solids by Art Gallery Fabrics:
- Colour 1 – Cotton Candy
- Colour 2 – Turmeric
- Colour 3 – Miami Sunset
- Colour 4 – Zambia Stone
- Colour 5 – Coral Reef
Abstract Version 3 – The Blue & Coral One
Fabrics Featured:
The fabrics featured in the Mouse Trap Abstract Version 3 are Ruby and Bee Solids:
- Colour 1 – Majorelle Blue
- Colour 2 – Poppy
- Colour 3 – Pool
- Colour 4 – Lambs Ear
- Colour 5 – Cornflower
If you’d like to offer this one in Pure Solids, the equivalent would be:
- Colour 1 – Royal Cobalt
- Colour 2 – Desert Dunes
- Colour 3 – Ocean Waves
- Colour 4 – Glacier
- Colour 5 – Denim Blue
Abstract Version 4 – The Woven One
Fabrics Featured:
The fabrics featured in the Mouse Trap Abstract Version 4 are Nocturne Everyday Chambray by Fableism:
- Colour 1 – Majorelle Blue
- Colour 2 – Poppy
- Colour 3 – n/a
- Colour 4 – Lambs Ear
- Colour 5 – Cornflower
Mouse Trap Quilt Block Versions
Block Version 1
Block Version 2
Block Version 3
Fabrics Featured:
The fabrics featured in the Mouse Trap Block Versions 1, 2 and 3 are Pure Solids by Art Gallery Fabrics:
- Colour 1 – Mauvelous
- Colour 2 – Cabernet
- Colour 3 – Fresh Water
- Colour 4 – Mirage Blue
- Colour 5 – Icy Mint
Alternate Fabric Layouts
If you’d like to use similar colours as I’ve used, but want to offer a kit with an alternate fabric layout, here are some ideas to do just that:
Art Gallery Fabrics Pure Solids – Cover Quilt Colours
AGF Pure Solids – Coral Colourway
Ruby & Bee – Blue & Coral Colourway
Digital Assets
To help you prepare your listings, you’ll find a series of graphics in this Dropbox Folder.
I’ll be adding more in the coming weeks, just let me know if there’s something specific you need!
Fabric Shop Key Dates
Here are some key deadlines for offering fabric kits for the Mouse Trap BOM in 2025:
- October 24, 2024 – Confirm your participation
- November 1, 2024 – Send Shannon the following information:
- quilt kit(s) you’ll be offering,
- logo,
- link to listing(s)
- November 15, 2024 – Shannon to provide graphics and confirm dates of publication
The quilt kits being offered to QAL participants will be rounded up in:
- The blog announcement that will be published on December 1, 2024
- Included in the Quilt Kit Mouse Trap BOM Newsletter on December 3, 2024 (and will be part of the Welcome Series in case people sign up after that date).
- Shared on Social Media (Instagram, Facebook, Facebook Group, and Pinterest) throughout December to encourage participation and get their materials organized for when the QAL kicks off on January 15, 2025.
2025 Mouse Trap BOM Schedule
Starting January 15, 2025, a new quilt block will be released. You’ll have an entire month to piece your block and share it on Instagram to be entered into the monthly giveaway (participating in the monthly giveaways is optional).
Here’s how the Mouse Trap BOM schedule plays out:
- December 1, 2024 – Announcing the QAL, gathering fabrics and supplies.
- January 15, 2025 – New block released.
- February 15. 2025 – New block released.
- March 15, 2025 – New block released.
- April 15, 2025 – New block released.
- May 15, 2025 – New block released.
- June 15, 2025 – New block released.
- July 15, 2025 – New block released.
- August 15, 2025 – New block released.
- September 15, 2025 – New block released.
- October 15, 2025 – New block released.
- November 15, 2025 – New block released.
- December 15, 2025 – Quilt pattern released.
About Shannon
Shannon is a modern quilt pattern designer and teacher based in Montreal, Canada. Having discounted quilting as something she’d be into, she’s now on a mission to encourage quilters at all levels to connect with their creative instincts through the art of quilting.