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A Super Fun Spring Bingo Download and a Curated List of VRD Rose Card Quilt Patterns for April

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Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

Well, I’m happy that spring is finally here in NW PA. I think it’s here, anyway. Sometimes it’s hard to tell.

Tulips, Daffodils, and Crocuses are blooming which is a welcome burst of color against our still dreary winter landscape. The trees are just staring to wake up a little bit, but we won’t have full leafy coverage until the end of April into May. Spring weather here is also quite unpredictable — we’ve already had a few days in the 70’s, but we’ve still gotten a bit of snow. And rain. And hail. Even with its craziness, spring is definitely one of my favorite seasons.

Spring also gets me re-energized for quilting with spring colors, Easter, flowers, birds, blue skies with fluffy clouds, baby animals…I could keep going but you get the idea. Spring is all about renewal, so go ahead and welcome the season in your quilting world, too.

YAY! Lucky you! I created a fun Spring Fling Bingo download to help you enjoy the season. Please download the PDF below and have fun completing the 20 spring ideas!

Spring Fling BingoDownload

Now let’s have a pattern shower for April! Because a collection of Spring quilts will surely brighten your day and give you some Spring inspiration. It certainly inspired me as I put it together.

A Curated List of VRD Rose Card Quilt Patterns for April

If you’re a blog follower, you might have seen my Curated Spring List from last year, so instead of repeating that lovely collection of patterns, I thought I’d create a new collection of patterns just for April. And April means showers, rainbows, Easter, gardening, babies, and….

You can’t have a rainbow without the rain.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Get ready to garden with a nifty new apron.

Print Pattern only

Baby animals everywhere!

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

April Showers bring May Flowers.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Babies, babies, and more babies!

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Baby birdies, too.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

More and more babies – it must be spring!

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Even more babies.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Spring birds are returning.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Spring means Easter.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Planning some new garden paths?

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Who’s got big floppy ears?

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Hopping down the Bunny trail….

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Baskets overflowing with goodies on Easter morning.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Easter services.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Dressed in one’s Easter best.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Eagles hatching their eaglets.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Spring tulips make me think of the Netherlands.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

So many new animal babies on the farm.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Those new babies on the farm sure make things interesting.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Rain, rain, go away….

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Tulips springing up everywhere!

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

New babies are playing hide and seek in the forest, too.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Easter dinner at your grandparents’ house.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

It’s handy to have a lantern when the electricity goes out during a spring storm.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Maybe it’s time to add new lattice in your garden?

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Canadian Geese returning.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Easter dinner!

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Umbrellas are a must in April.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

The bugs are venturing out again.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Bring on the ham, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, fresh rolls, and more!

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Wake up and spring into your day!

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Nana wears aprons when she cooks.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Maybe there are noodles on the Easter table?

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Need a tote for your Easter egg hunt?

Print Pattern Only

Perhaps it’s time to freshen up the living room with new paint?

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

The Spring landscape keeps changing.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

New pavers for a garden path?

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Even the brooks and creeks are waking up.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

At the garden center picking out new boxes and pots.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

So much to do in the kitchen on Easter morning.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Finally! A place to keep all my gardening tools.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Who can resist a new baby puppy or kitten?

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Sometimes I think it rains every day in April….

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Every rainbow is special.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Discover a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Finding a dress or a tux for the Senior Prom.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

With all the rain, it’s truly wonderful to see the sun!

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

With a little luck, the sun will shine on Easter Sunday.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

A tote to hold all your Easter goodies from Grandma and Grandpa.

Print Pattern Only

Something yummy in your basket.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

After all the Easter leftovers, maybe it’s time for some Takeout.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Look out the window to see Spring happen.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

The spring peepers are peeping!

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Maybe some new tiles for the kitchen or patio?

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

The vineyards are shaking off the winter.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Well, I hope you enjoyed this great selection of VRD Rose Card patterns. I really enjoyed putting it together. Did you know we now have around 700 patterns in print? How many do you have?

Don’t forget — there’s FREE SHIPPING on patterns. Always.

Stay tuned for next week’s post showcasing our brand new April Rose Card patterns.

Until then –

Sew. Laugh. Think Spring. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

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VRD Brickwork Quilt Tutorial

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Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

Although it’s really March 26th as I write this post, it sure feels more like April Fool’s Day here in NW PA! Mother Nature is laughing loudly at us because this morning we woke up to a layer of snow on the ground. Of course, it’s already beginning to melt away as the temperature increases a bit, but it was certainly a deja vu moment. Just another crazy weather day….

So, I definitely think it’s a fitting day to do a new tutorial for you featuring a beautiful blue and lavender batik collection.

VRD Brickwork Quilt Tutorial

Brickwork is a super fun fast fat quarter quilt designed by our VRD designer, Molly Cook. Don’t know Molly? Check out an interview with Molly HERE.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

We do have a few different Brickwork kits available (sorry, not the fabrics used in this tutorial, though) – you can find the kits HERE

For this tutorial, we’re using yummy batik fabrics from the Hoffman collection Dragonflies at Dusk. I just love these gorgeous blues and lavenders – perfect for a snowy day like today.

Who am I kidding??? I just love the saturated colors, smooth hand, and interesting designs of batiks regardless of the weather outside. LOL!

Let’s get started with our cutting. If you feel comfortable layering a couple fat quarters with the right side facing up, the cutting goes super fast. But if you are only comfortable cutting one layer at a time, that works great too. You do you.

Next you need to pair up 2 matching smaller rectangles with a different larger rectangle. Sew the larger rectangle between the 2 matching smaller rectangles. This is a great block on which to practice your chain piecing skills.

Once you have all of the blocks pieced, head to the ironing board and press everything. It doesn’t matter how you choose to press these ones, just be consistent.

After pressing the blocks (sorry, for some reason I didn’t snap a photo of this step), we’re heading to the design wall (ie: a flannel-backed tablecloth – LOL!) to arrange our blocks.

Okay, now the real work begins – rearranging the blocks so we have a nice balance of colors and lights/darks. The funny thing is that sometimes this process takes longer than actually making the blocks added to the actual time spent sewing the blocks. Just take your time and keep arranging until you are happy with what you see.

This quilt did give us some challenges, though, because the fabrics looked either light or dark and we didn’t have a lot of medium values to balance things out.

Here are some photos showing subtle changes in block placement while we try to achieve a better balance of colors. Bear with us while we keep changing blocks around….

Finally! We found a pleasing block arrangement and then it was time to sew the blocks together into rows and then sew the rows together.

Here is the finished Brickwork quilt top! Now to layer it with batting and backing, quilt it, bind it, and label it. Not sure how to do all of that? You can check out our 2022 Basic Quilting Skills Series over on the right side of the blog for useful tutorials on

Batting, Backing, and Preparing a Quilt for Quilting

Quilt As Desired

Squaring Up Your Quilt

Binding 101

Label Your Quilt

Of course, if you’re interested in learning more about Free Motion Quilting (FMQ), we just wrapped up a 7 part series about Beginner FMQ, which is also located over on the right side of the blog.

I want to thank my pal, Robin, for helping me with this tutorial – thanks, Robin!

Have fun making your very own Brickwork and I look forward to seeing your quilts on our VRD Facebook Page.

Well, that’s it for me. Take care and find a little time to quilt this week.

Until next time –

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

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NEW March VRD Rose Card Quilt Patterns and Lucky, a Quilt Tutorial for St. Patrick’s Day

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Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

I trust you’re all having fun with your Free Motion Quilting (FMQ) practice. We’re going to take a quick break from our Beginner FMQ series this week because I have NEW March patterns to share as well as a fun table runner tutorial just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. We’re all Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, right?

NEW March VRD Rose Card Quilt Patterns

Here are the new patterns for March – be prepared to be inspired….

Get the print set of all 5 patterns HERE.

The 5 main patterns are great, aren’t they?

Molly created a brand new St. Patrick’s Day throw-sized quilt called Clover Patch. I just love that she added a single Four Leaf clover to her quilt – can you find it in the Clover Patch?

Molly also created a second pattern this month called Jackknife. This clever block uses long quarters instead of fat quarters. We still have a few kits left, too, if you’re interested.

Get your Jackknife kit in Art Glass AbstrArt HERE.

Heidi wows with her new 24″ panel quilt pattern, Jerky. If you don’t already know, Heidi always gives her patterns a foodie name because she loves to cook.

Rachelle created a new modern pattern called Kenosha. I love the secondary design that happens in this striking quilt pattern.

Pat, our Rose Queen, has another fun and fast throw sized pattern for you called Zamora. If you didn’t know, Pat always names her quilts after a rose. Yep, Zamora is the name of a rose. Zamora only uses three main fabrics plus a binding fabric. Sew easy piezy. We still have a few Zamora kits left, too.

Get your Zamora in Indelible kit HERE.

We also have a new table runner pattern this month called Erin.

Get your digital Erin pattern HERE or your print Erin pattern HERE.

I’ve always wanted to make a green and white Double Irish chain for St. Patrick’s Day. I can now check that off my bucket list. The Double Irish chain looks complicated, but I promise you, it really isn’t when you break it down. Give it a try.

I guess I should have done a tutorial for today with Erin, but I’d already gotten Lucky stepped out and photographed before I even designed Erin. I’m sure I’ll do a tutorial for Erin sometime in the future – you’ll just have to stay tuned.

That being said, let’s move right along to our Lucky tutorial.

VRD Lucky Quilt Runner Tutorial

The first thing we’re going to do is gather up our fabrics.

I’m using a beautiful Hoffman batik collection called Forest Floor. Don’t you just love the greens? With a pop of orange? Love Love Love it!

The first photo shows the background and the greens for the blocks. The second photo shows the border and binding.

Grab your rotary cutter, board, and ruler and let’s start cutting out our pieces!

Now that our pieces are all cut out, let’s start sewing!

Layer a background square right sides together on the corner of a Clover square and draw a diagonal line from corner to corner. I love my Frixion Fineliner pens and my 1×6 little ruler for making my flippy corners and HSTs right at my sewing machine. What are your favorite tools for making yours?

Next we’re going to sew on the drawn line.

Let’s cut 1/4″ away from our drawn line. Did you knou can use these little cut off triangles for a scrappy little project? I’ve been saving mine for a long time, and have even started sewing them into HSTs, but I haven’t started making anything with them yet.

TIP: You might notice in the photo below that my seam is slightly to the right of the drawn line. This is actually on purpose because it gives a bit more room for the seam and my flippy corners are more precise. I learned this little trick from my quilty pal, Mary Lee. THANK YOU, Mary Lee!

Don’t forget to press that flippy corner open.

We’re not done yet! Go ahead and make flippy corners on 2 more corners of the Clover square.

Okay, now we’re talking! Let’s repeat these 3 flippy corners for the rest of the Clover squares while we’re at it.

Finally it’s time to make a Clover block. Yeah! Sew 4 matching Clover squares together with the 4th unpieced corners towards the center so they all meet for the middle of the Clover block. Such a pretty block!

Repeat to make a total of 4 Clover blocks. Don’t you just love that pop of orange???

The next thing we need to do is sew the 4 Clover blocks together with background strips in between the blocks and at each end.

Then we’re going to add top and bottom background borders. Lookin’ good!

Now it’s time to add the side outer borders and then the top and bottom outer borders. And DONE!

Yay! All that is left to do is layer it with batting and backing, quilt it, bind it, and label it.

I hope you enjoyed the Lucky runner tutorial and are super inspired by the new March patterns. Next week we are going to wrap up our Beginner Free Motion Quilting (FMQ) series by addressing borders.

Until next week –

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

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VRD 2M Junior Quilt Tutorial Featuring Pat Fryer’s New Fabric Collection, Bedazzled!

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Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

It’s OFFICIAL! Throw the confetti! Toot your party horns! YEAH!

Pat’s NEW fabric collection for Riley Blake Designs, BEDAZZLED!, is finally here and we are all SEW excited!

To celebrate Pat’s new fabric collection, I’m sharing another great tutorial with you this week – 2M Junior.

Next week, we’ll dive right back into the Free Motion Quilting Series, I promise.

VRD 2M Junior Quilt Tutorial

2M Junior is the little brother of 2M. Junior has the same block, only it’s a bit smaller so the quilt finishes as a throw quilt instead of a big bed-sized quilt like big brother 2M. It also uses a different block configuration, which gives it its own personality.

For the pattern cover quilt, I actually used samples of Bedazzled! and, boy, does it sparkle. And I mean that both figuratively and literally – don’t forget that Bedazzled! features glitter and glam. OHHHHH, SHINY!

Here’s another photo I took of 2M Junior.

Get your digital Junior HERE or print Junior HERE

I’m happy to say we have some kits made up for 2M Junior featuring Bedazzled! You can get your Bedazzled! 2M Junior kit HERE.

OH! I can’t forget big brother 2M, can I?

You may already know the story, but let me share it again. I designed 2M for my youngest niece, Morgan, as her high school graduation quilt. She asked for something modern. Yes, she loved it (and still does).

You can get your digital 2M pattern HERE or your print 2M pattern HERE

If you enjoyed the Baby Zip Tease tutorial last week also featuring Pat’s Bedazzled! collection, we now have kits for it, too. You can get your Baby Zip Tease kit HERE.

All right, back to our previously scheduled programming….2M Junior. Tehehe….

First thing we always do is gather up our fabrics for the project. The 2 teal batiks are from Riley Blake’s Expressions basics. And the fat quarters are, of course, from Pat’s Bedazzled! collection. Simply scrumptious, aren’t they???

Once I’ve gathered up my fabrics, I like to cut all the pieces out for the quilt before I begin sewing. Do you do that or do you cut your pieces as you go?

Okay, now we’re ready to sew!

Let’s add a background rectangle to the left side of a block center.

Next we need to sew a background rectangle to the top of the unit.

Then we’re going to sew accent strips to the sides and then to the top and bottom of the unit.

Now we are going to sew a background rectangle to the smaller block center rectangle and sew it to the bottom of the unit.

The next step is to sew another background rectangle to the longer block center rectangle and then sew it to the right side of the block. Our first block is done!

Easy Piezy, right? Now repeat to make the rest of the quilt blocks.

We’re going to lay out the blocks and move them around until we’re happy with how things look.

Warning – sometimes this step takes longer than actually making the quilt top (especially if it’s a VRD Rose Card pattern – they’re fast and fun, you know!). Yikes!

Okay, I like how the fabrics are distributed around the quilt now, so I’m going with this arrangement. Don’t you just love how the squares and boxes tumble down the quilt?

Hurry! Let’s sew the blocks together and then sew the rows together before any furry helpers make an appearance and rearrange the blocks when I blink.

And – guess what????? No borders on this one! Yippee!

It is my humble opinion that not all quilts need borders. What are your thoughts on borders?

Here’s another photo of the 2M Junior quilt top. Yummy, yummy, yummy!

Now the top is finished, it’s time to layer it with batting and backing (or fleece for a cozy back). Quilt it. And please, don’t forget your quilt label! DONE!

Need a little help with batting, backing, and layering everything together? VRD to the rescue! Check out this post from our Basic Quilting Skills for Beginners series, Basic Quilting Skills for Beginners: Batting, Backing, and Preparing a Quilt for Quilting. You can find all the lessons in the Beginner series over to the right of the blog, under the Blog Topics Heading or down further as a heading with the lessons listed below.

Once everything is layered together, then it’s time to quilt! Yay! And we are right in the middle of a new series for 2025 — Free Motion Quilting. Lucky You!

We interrupted the series for a couple weeks to celebrate Pat’s new collection with a few new tutorials, but next week, we’ll be moving on to Lesson 3 in the FMQ series.

If you missed the first couple FMQ lessons, you can find them below:

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

You can also find the different series we’ve done over on the right side of the blog, farther down, each under its own heading. Have fun checking them out!

Bedazzled! Update

Since last week’s post, we’ve added some more fun Bedazzled stuff to the shop (physical and online). Here’s the 411 –

Fat Quarter and Half Yard Bundles!

This group of 9 is called Lilac Mint

9 Fat Quarters HERE or 9 Half Yards HERE

This group of 8 is called Prismatic Bliss

8 fat quarters HERE or 8 half yards HERE

This group of 9 is called Stardust Splash

9 fat quarters HERE or 9 half yards HERE

BUT WAIT! There’s MORE!

We do have a few more kits available besides 2M Junior and Baby Zip Tease.

San Julian (light) kit HERE

San Julian (black) kit HERE

And here’s the San Julian Rose Card pattern. Please note that the pattern comes in each kit, so you don’t need to order it separately. I’m adding the links below, though, in case someone needs it by itself.

Get your digital San Julian pattern HERE or your print San Julian pattern HERE

You can find all the precuts, yardage, fat quarter bundles, kits, and the exclusive Bedazzled! Rose Card storage tin HERE.

And this is the Bedazzled Rose Card pattern that inspired the whole Bedazzled! collection.

Get the digital Bedazzled pattern HERE or the print Bedazzled pattern HERE

Whew! That was a lot today, wasn’t it? Thanks for celebrating Pat’s new fabric collection, Bedazzled!, with us here on the blog. I can’t wait to see your new Bedazzled! quilts on the VRD Facebook page soon.

Well, that’s it for me today. Remember, next week we’re jumping back into our Free Motion Quilting series.

Until then –

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

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Pat’s VRD Bedazzled Fabric Collection for Riley Blake Designs is HERE and VRD Baby Zip Tease Quilt Tutorial

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Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

Yay! Yay! Yay!

Pat’s new fabric collection for Riley Blake Designs, BEDAZZLED!, is finally here!!!

I’m so sorry, but I have to pause our new Free Motion Quilting series so I can celebrate Pat’s new collection. I promise to continue our FMQ series in a couple weeks because I have 2 new tutorials to share, featuring Pat’s Bedazzled! collection.

Here she is – Pat Fryer, owner and Rose Queen of Villa Rosa Designs and designer for Riley Blake Designs

Bedazzled

A yummy color-drenched batik collection with glitter accents because one can never have enough glitter!

Get the 5″ Stacker HERE

Get the 10″ Stacker HERE

Get the 2.5″ Rolie Polie HERE

Or you can find the Bedazzled fabric by the yard HERE

Although they aren’t ready yet, soon we will have kits for Baby Zip Tease in Bedazzled!, so check back soon. I’ll add the link HERE just as soon as it’s available.

BUT WAIT! There’s MORE!

There is one more piece to the collection – a one of a kind Bedazzled tin just the right size to store your VRD patterns! I’m not sure how many patterns it holds yet because I haven’t received my tin yet, but I’ll be sure to let you know when I find out. There’s no question about how to store your VRD Rose Card patterns now. Get yours ASAP, because I know they’ll sell out quickly.

Get the Bedazzled tin HERE

To celebrate Pat’s new fabric collection, here is the 1st of 2 new tutorials just for you!

VRD Baby Zip Tease Quilt Tutorial

Baby Zip Tease is a really fun and fast pattern that finishes 36″ x 38″, which is a nice size for a wall quilt or a baby quilt.

Get Baby Zip Tease digital HERE or print HERE

PSST! If you like Baby Zip Tease, you’ll love Zip Tease, which is a throw-sized version.

Get Zip Tease digital HERE or print HERE

I was at my pal, Robin’s house (Hi Robin!) the day I created this tutorial. We have sew days as frequently as we can. Robin has a lovely sewing room upstairs in her farmhouse with room for at least 2 people to sew.

In fact, I leave one of my sewing machines there all the time so I don’t have to drag one back and forth. Her husband, Rich (Hey Rich!), threatens to charge me rent. LOL!

Robin and her big kitty boy, Tigger. Tigger has a very important job — to hold down any project Robin tries to work on! LOL! Anyone else have one of these special furry helpers?

So let’s get started with our Baby Zip Tease tutorial!

Of course, the first thing we need to do is gather up our fabrics and cut what we need for the project. I’m using a 5″ stacker from Pat’s new Bedazzled! collection and a yummy Riley Blake Designs Expressions Batik basic.

Let’s make some Half Square Triangles (HSTs).

Photo 1: Layer a print square right sides together (RST) with a background square. Draw a diagonal line from one corner to the opposite corner.

Photo 2 and 3: Sew 1/4″ away from both sides of the line.

Photo 4: Cut apart on the drawn line.

Photo 5 and 6: Press open to make 2 HSTs.

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Don’t stop now, go ahead and make the rest of the HSTs .

Square up and trim your HSTs. Cut off all the little “dog ears.”

At this point, you can sew your HSTs into rows and then sew the rows together. But where’s the fun in that???

I wanted to make sure the colors and fabrics were spread evenly throughout the quilt, so I put the HSTs up on Robin’s flannel wall and spent some time moving HSTs around to distribute colors and patterns. Argh! Sometimes this part of the process takes the most time.

This was actually a very important step for me because I kept turning the HSTs the wrong way. This was certainly one quilt project that being left-handed made more difficult. Of course, Robin pretty much just laughed at me every time I had to rotate a block in 90 degree increments until I got it going the right way. SHEESH!

Once I was happy with how it looked, it was time to sew the HSTs into rows. Finally!

Sigh…….I can’t tell you how many times I ended up turning a block on my way to the sewing machine. Time to unsew…….

What’s your favorite seam ripper? Mine is the Clover Ergonomic Seam Ripper seen in the photo below, but have you seen Clover’s latest seam ripper?

I just ordered one and I’ll let you know what I think after I try it out. If it’s as good as the one I already have, I’ll probably love it. Just sayin’……

Got that flipped HSTs fixed and survived sewing the blocks into rows – barely! Now it’s time to sew the rows together.

I’m really liking the cool zig zag effect! Let’s keep sewing those rows together! We are making progress!

YAY! Quilt top finished! Woohoo!

Now you get a chance to see how the fabrics of Bedazzled! play together. Aren’t they really great with the dramatic purple background fabric?

Next week I’ll have another Bedazzled quilt tutorial for you. The week after that we’ll continue on with our FMQ series. So please stay tuned!

Be sure to tune into our Fry-Day Live Sale tomorrow for more information and a closer look at the Bedazzled collection. You can find the Live Sale HERE on Fry-Day from 7-8 PM EST. You can also find the Live Sale on Facebook HERE.

See you there!

Until next week –

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

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VRD Adobo Quilt Tutorial and NEW VRD January Rose Card Quilt Patterns

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Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday!

Hi guys! Psst! It’s me, Molly!

It’s been a long time since I jumped on here for a tutorial, but I finally got this one put together just for you!

I was looking at some panels in the shop recently (to see my tour of the VRD shop, go HERE) to sew up into a quilt. I was SEW inspired by the National Parks panels and I LOVE that there are a couple of different choices. Have you seen these yet???

Utah
California

You can find the Utah panel HERE and the California panel HERE.

We also have some awesome Rose Card patterns to showcase these great panels!

Both are fun and amazing patterns — of course, I might be a little biased, since one is my sister’s pattern and the other one is mine. LOL! 😁

If you don’t already have these great patterns in your stash, you can find digital Picture Perfect HERE, digital Adobo HERE, print Picture Perfect HERE, and print Adobo HERE.

For today’s tutorial, though, I’m going to do Heidi’s pattern Adobo because I really want to use the Riley Blake Utah panel.

VRD Adobo Quilt Pattern Tutorial

GUESS WHAT????

You can sew along with me! We made up kits for today’s tutorial. Go grab your Utah Adobo kit HERE and we can sew together! How cool is that?

Your Adobo kit will include all the fabric for the top and binding as well as the pattern.

I wanted to make this Adobo quilt in all Riley Blake Designs (RBD) so I found some RBD fabrics that pulled out the colors from the panel — Poparazzi sand for the background, Poparazzi brown for the sashing, with Dapple orange, Blossom brown, and Blossom green for the Flying Geese.

Let’s get started!

Cut the squares from the background and the coordinates. Pair up each coordinate square to a background square.

Make Half Square Triangles (HSTs) by drawing a diagonal line then sewing 1/4” on either side. Cut apart and press open. Don’t forgot to square up your HSTs if needed.

Tip from Heidi (who’s keeping an eye on me as I work on this tutorial) – Press half the seams of each color HST to the background and the other half to the color.

Now sew 2 matching HSTs together to make a Flying Geese Block A. If you pressed half of the HSTs to the colored fabric and the other half to the background, use one of each to make a Flying Geese Block A. Like magic, the seams will lock together! Great tip, Heidi!

Next we need to create a Flying Geese block for the sashing center. We’re going to use a slightly different technique for this one.

Layer a background square right sides together (RST) on the side of a rectangle sashing fabric. Draw a diagonal line from the bottom outside corner to the opposite top corner. Sew on the drawn line and cut 1/4″ away from the line. Repeat for the other side. Make 4 Flying Geese units.

Next sew background squares to the ends of 2 Flying Geese units.

Sew the 2 Flying Geese units to the sides of an orange square. Then sew the Flying Geese units with the background squares on the ends to the top and bottom. Make 1 Block B.

Molly’s Tip – If using your main print for the center square, cut it from the yardage after you cut your main print/panel C pieces.

Instead of using a main print, though, I’m using the Utah panels so we just need to cut them apart (make sure they are the right measurements – trim if needed).

If using a main fabric, cut the C pieces to the size listed on the pattern.

Next, cut the sashing and add them to sides first, then to the top and bottom. Make 4.

Lay out the main print/panel C pieces and the Flying Geese Block A’s so the Geese are flying away from the center. Sew together (please note that I added an extra background strip to the top and bottom of my quilt. Feel free to do the same, but you will need a little bit more background fabric).

Layer your quilt. Quilt it as desired. Bind it. And don’t forget your label!

TA DA! That’s it! Done! Eazy piezy!

I’m going to add one more little detail to my quilt — I’m going to embroider UTAH in the center square!

Here are some other fun Adobo quilts VRD has as kits. You can find them HERE.

Kitty The Cat
Call of the Wild

Thanks for stopping by and sewing with me!

Now let’s check out the new January VRD Rose Card patterns!

NEW January VRD Rose Card Patterns

I’m excited that I get to show the new patterns off today! Tricia usually does it, but today it’s my turn. Yay!

Here are the 5 main patterns.

Look! There are 2 panel quilt patterns this month – one using a 24″ panel and the other one uses a 36″ panel. Cool!

Rewey uses fat eighths, Pink Piece uses fat quarters, and Yorkshire uses half yards.

This set of patterns gives you a nice variety to add to your VRD Rose Card collection. You can get all 5 print patterns HERE (if you want digital patterns, you can order each pattern individually).

But wait — there’s more (Sorry, been wanting to say that)!

Tricia has a new table runner for you called Snowfall.

You can get the print Snowfall HERE or the digital Snowfall HERE.

And here’s our 11th Snack Mat, Woolly Mitten (just in case you’re keeping track, this is the next to the last one).

You can get the print Woolly Mitten Snack Mat HERE or the digital Woolly Mitten Snack Mat HERE.

We still have some kits available for this month’s patterns (if you know me, I’m all about kits). Get yours now before they’re gone cause they’re going fast.

Farm Fresh (with the Out of Farm’s Way collection)

Pink Peace (with the pink Tim Holtz fabrics)

Yorkshire (with the Elegance collection)

Yorkshire (with the Toil & Trouble Halloween collection)

Rewey (with Australian fabrics)

Well, that’s it from me. I can’t wait to see your Adobo quilts.

Until next time —

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Later,

Molly

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A Curated Collection of Winter VRD Rose Card Quilt Patterns

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Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you! And Happy New Year!

To start out 2025, I thought I’d do a curated winter pattern list just for you with lots of great Inspiration for the new year as well as some lovely seasonal quilts to warm you heart and soul through the winter.

So sit back, grab a cuppa, and enjoy!

Curated Winter VRD Rose Card Quilt Patterns

Imagine skiing down the slopes and seeing the sugar-sprinkled trees with curious wildlife peaking out at you as you zoom by.

Alpine Valley Digital or Print pattern

Time to snuggle in and wait the snow storm out.

Blizzard Digital or Print pattern

Cozy up under a warm quilt with your favorite book.

Bookend Digital or Print pattern

Restless and waiting for spring.

Cabin Fever Digital or Print pattern

Time to break out the games for Family Game Night.

Candy Land Digital or Print pattern

Another classic game to while away a cold and snowy afternoon.

Chutes & Ladders Digital or Print pattern

Perk up your day with your favorite coffee mug.

Coffee Break Digital or Print pattern

Don’t forget your mittens!

Color Mittens Digital or Print pattern

A little needlework helps to pass the time.

Cross Stitched Digital or Print pattern

Winter is the perfect season to quilt, quilt, quilt!

Dainty Machines Digital or Print pattern

You can’t go wrong with a blue and white quilt for winter.

Farmhouse Blues Digital or Print pattern

A warm fire crackling in the fireplace….

Firelight Digital or Print pattern

Celebrate the New Year!

First Night Digital or Print pattern

Pretty lacy designs decorate the windows on a cold winter morning.

Frosted Window Panes Digital or Print pattern

Game on! Hockey. Football. Basketball.

Game Play Digital or Print pattern

Gather your loved ones around you.

Gathering Digital or Print pattern

Anytime is the right time for a cup of hot cocoa. With extra marshmallows!

Hot Cocoa Digital or Print pattern

Stay inside where it’s warm when the winter winds blow and freeze the outside world.

Ice Jam Digital or Print pattern

Ice is nice. Sometimes….

Iceberg Digital or Print pattern

Curl up beside the fire.

Inglenook Digital or Print pattern

The snow dusts the trees like sugar cookies.

Into the Trees Digital or Print pattern

Wear your woolies when you go.

Klondike Digital or Print pattern

Dashing through the snow.

Midnight Path Digital or Print pattern

Stop and watch the Canadian geese flying overhead.

Migration Digital or Print pattern

Finding the mailbox can be an adventure!

Pathways Digital or Print pattern

Listen to the snow fall and be at peace with the world.

Peace Digital or Print pattern

Just One. Perfect. Moment.

Perfect Moment Digital or Print pattern

Frugal is the name of the game after the holidays.

Pocket Change Digital or Print pattern

New fallen snow sparkles in the winter sun.

Pristine Digital or Print pattern

Time for a good old-fashioned jigsaw puzzle.

Puzzled Digital or Print pattern

Winter is a great time to get to know your fabric stash again.

Quilter’s Palette Digital or Print pattern

Blue skies and winter white snow.

Ripple Runner Digital or Print pattern

Grab your skis and head to the mountains.

Sierra Snow Digital or Print pattern

Geese flying in a velvet sky on a winter’s night.

Snow Goose Digital or Print pattern

There are treasures out there.

Snow Ruby Digital or Print pattern

Red berries on winter snow.

Snowberry Digital or Print pattern

Time to watch sports and cheer on your favorite team.

Sport’n Digital or Print pattern

Reading aloud to a child is pure pleasure.

Storybook Digital or Print pattern

Baby, it’s cold outside!

Sweater Weather Digital or Print pattern

A cup of afternoon tea is truly a delight.

Tea with Mara Digital or Print pattern

Another classic game to beat the winter doldrums.

Tic Tac Toad Digital or Print pattern

Snowflakes twirl and whirl about.

Whirlaway Digital or Print pattern

Shhhhh. The trees are sleeping.

Winter Branches Digital or Print pattern

I grow snowflakes in my winter garden.

Winter Garden Digital or Print pattern

Rays of light warm the earth in winter.

Winter Sun Digital or Print pattern

I hope you found some new-to-you patterns to add to your personal Rose Card collection. Remember, there’s never any shipping on patterns. I look forward to seeing your winter projects on our VRD Facebook page.

Oh! Almost forgot!

What content would you like to see this year on the VRD blog???

That’s it for me.

Until next week — 

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

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Villa Rosa Quilt Challenges 2024

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Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

Merry Day After Christmas!

I also want to wish our friends a Happy Hanukkah and a Joyous Kwanza!

If you celebrate Christmas, do you have any special traditions for the day after? When I was a kid, we used to head to the mall for all the deep discounts. As I got older, the 26th became a day to sleep in and chill out, eat leftovers, spend some quality time with my gifts (my family, too — LOL!), listen to Christmas music, and maybe even watch Christmas movies. I think this year I’m going to wear my jammies all day, too.

While wracking my brain for a topic for the day after Christmas, I realized I could share photos of this year’s VRD Quilt Challenges I issued to my Friday quilt group. (Big Shout Out to my Friday pals!)

This year in my group, we tackled Lori Holt’s Vintage Farm Girl book.

As I’ve probably mentioned before, my group is totally wild about Villa Rosa Rose Card patterns. Huh? Imagine that. LOL! In addition to the Lori Holt sampler, they demanded that we still do some VRD patterns so I came up with the idea of sprinkling VRD quilt challenges throughout the year. We had a fat quarter quilt challenge, 5″ square quilt challenge, panel quilt challenge, and a 2 1/2″ strip quilt challenge. I must apologize, I was having so much fun in our December get together that I totally forgot to take photos of the 2 1/2″ challenge quilts. Bummer…….

The challenge rules were very simple — participation was optional and participants had to choose a Rose Card pattern that we hadn’t done in the last couple years when we were doing monthly VRD projects. Easy Peasy.

Please enjoy this feast of quilts. Maybe something will spark your creativity for the coming New Year. For your convenience, I am including the link to the pattern for each quilt. What really amazed me was that rarely did 2 people make the same quilt. These ladies really R O C K!

2024 Villa Rosa Quilt Challenges

Fat Quarter Quilts

Whirly Bird

Eclipses

Biscotti

Smidge

Fire and Rain

Autumn Chowder

Discovery

Panel Quilts

Quilter’s Palette

Fable

Crab Cakes

Grand Prize

Pots and Pans

Daring Spirit

5″ Square Quilts

Clover

Heartbeat

Cidermill

Twinkle

Lamplighter

Blueberry Cobbler

Cascade

Well, that’s it for me today.

Until next time — 

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

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A January Top A Long with VRD’s Running Doe Quilts and The 12 Quilts of Christmas Quilts

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Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

Are you ready for the upcoming holidays? I certainly am NOT! As of writing this post, I’ve yet to get my tree decorated. My cookies are not baked. And I’m hoping the gifts will magically wrap themselves. And maybe the cleaning fairy will have a little time to stop over during the night and do a tidy up? Funny enough, though, everything seems to get done just in time, even if I have to forgo some sleep to get there. How do you get everything done? Thank you, any tips or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

I’ve got an exciting event coming in January for you!

One of our VRD designers, Catherine @ Running Doe Quilts, is starting another Top A Long in January 2025 and it will go for six months.

Image from runningdoequilts.com

If you plan to make a New Year’s Resolution (or a goal in my case) of busting your scrap stash, you will want to sign up for Catherine’s Top Along, which features some of her VRD Rose Card patterns. It’s a great way to get in some sewing in the New Year, hang out with other quilters in the Facebook group, and use up some of that stash. It’s a win-win-win situation!

This is such a great idea to get us motivated for winter sewing, isn’t it?

You can go HERE to sign up for the Top A Long.

I thought about doing a curated list of Holiday patterns for this post, too, but when I looked back, I saw I did that in 2022. Yep, we’ve added a lot of new patterns since then, but instead of doing that topic again so soon, I decided that I wanted to show you ALL 12 of our 12 Quilts of Christmas patterns. You can get the whole collection of 12 print patterns HERE or you can get them individually as either digital or print patterns.

The 12 Quilts of Christmas

Get your Baking Day digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE

Get your Chili digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE

Get your Color Mittens digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE

Get your Dinner Party digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE

Get your Gerome digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Get your Gifted digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE

Get your Gnomie digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE

Get your Homecoming digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE

Get your Hot Cocoa digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE

Get your Into the Trees digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE

Get your Poinsettia digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE

Get your Wreathed digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE

Recently on Facebook, we did the 12 Days of Christmas and offered a kit for each of the patterns, a new one each day. We do have some of the kits still available, but in limited quantities, so get yours now before they’re gone!

Baking Day in Kaffe kit HERE

Chili with Red Nose Kit HERE

Color Mittens in Brights Kit HERE

Dinner Party Place Mat Kit HERE

Gerome Kit, makes 2 blocks, HERE

Gifted in Klimt kit HERE

Gnomie Kit, makes 2 blocks, HERE

Homecoming Kit HERE

Hot Cocoa Kit HERE

Into the Trees Kit HERE

Wreathed Kit HERE

Here’s hoping your holidays are merry and bright and filled with lots of love and laughter.

Happy Holly Jolly Holidays to you and yours from all of us here at Villa Rosa Designs.

Until next time —

Sew. Laugh. Celebrate. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

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Fun Last Minute Holiday Gifts You Can Make in a Hurry and NEW VRD Rose Card Quilt Patterns

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Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

We have lots to cover this week, so let’s jump right in with both feet! Elf shoes are optional.

First up I’m going to share with you awesome, fast, and fun VRD Rose Card patterns you can whip up as last minute Holiday gifts. And after that I’ll share our NEW VRD Rose Card quilt patterns with you.


Fast and Fun Holiday Gifts to Make in a Hurry

Snack Mats

Snack Mats make great gifts all through the year! They are about 8″ x 14″ and are in between a place mat and a mug rug. We have 10 different designs right now, so you have lots of choices! You can make Snack Mats up in a wink x 2 because each pattern makes 2 mats at a time.

You can find all of our Snack Mat Patterns (digital and print) HERE.

Scarves

Did you know we have Rose Card patterns for super fun and fast quilty scarves??? Your pals will be truly amazed at both your creativity and your savvy gifting skills.

Here is Savannah Jane. It uses a collection of your favorite 5″ squares, so every scarf you make can be totally different, depending on the charm squares you choose. Hey! You can even raid your stash and make scrappy scarves — very economical. Or try some cozy flannel…..

Get your Savannah Jane Rose Card print pattern HERE.

You can find my tutorial for Savannah Jane HERE.

LOVE this pattern! I’ve made several Savannah Jane scarves and they go together in a jiffy. Last year I even gifted the scarves, below, to my 2 nieces, Meg and Morgan.

BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE!!

We have another scarf pattern just for you! Check out Inessa Jane, a fun and super fast Infinity scarf. You only need 1 yard of your favorite fabric! Easy peasy and done in a flash! While you’re making them as last-minute gifts, make one for yourself, too.

Get your Inessa Jane print pattern HERE.

Place Mats

Place mats are a great way to make a statement on your table or on someone else’s. They go together quickly and you can get them wrapped and gifted in the nick of time for the Holidays.

Dinner Party is our newest place mat pattern — it’s part of our new 12 Quilts of Christmas pattern collection. 4 fat quarters make 4 coordinated place mats. Done before you can sing your favorite Christmas carol.

Get your Dinner Party digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE.

Let’s Eat! uses panel squares and coordinates, but you can use whatever fabrics your li’l ol’ heart desires! Wouldn’t these be adorable with Christmas fabric? Or Hanukkah fabric? Or Kwanza fabric? Maybe a set for winter with blue and white and lots of snowflakes? Anything goes with Let’s Eat!

Get your Let’s Eat digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE.

Petula Jane is a great place mat for friends and family who eat at their desks at work. This great easy-to-make portable place mat rolls up and secures with a tab and even has pockets for a napkin and silverware. This place mat will elevate your desk lunch and make you smile.

Get your Petula Jane print pattern HERE.

You can find a tutorial for Petula Jane HERE.

Tote Bags

Surprised??? Yep, we’ve got Tote Bag patterns, too. Here at VRD, we’ve really got something for everyone when it comes to our Rose Card patterns. Totes make great gifts for just about anyone and it is fun to tailor the fabric choices to the person who will receive the bag. Did I mention they go together in a flash?

Here’s Tabitha Jane. All you need is 6 fat quarters! I bet you’ve got some of those yummy 6 fat quarter bundles tucked away in your stash — I know I do!

Get your Tabitha Jane print pattern HERE.

Here’s another great bag pattern, Olivia Jane. Grab your favorite charm squares and a couple coordinates. Cut a little. Sew a little. Done.

Get your Olivia Jane print pattern HERE.

Check out the Olivia Jane Tutorial HERE.

Below you can see my Olivia Jane tote. I had some happy blue and yellow charm squares and added a few coordinates. Didn’t it turn out cute?

Accessory Patterns

In addition to the scarves and tote bags, above, we have many other great small project VRD patterns. These patterns are great to have around when you need a quick little gift for someone.

You can find all of our VRD Accessory Rose Card print patterns HERE.

Table Runners

Table Runners are always a great gift to give and we have runner patterns that go together faster than you can whip up a batch of microwave fudge (okay, maybe not quite that fast, but still really quick). Okay, now that I’ve piqued your interest in fudge, here’s one of my favorite Easy Fudge recipes – 2 Ingredient Fudge.

You can find ALL of our table runner patterns HERE, but I’m going to showcase a few runners that you can make up in no time flat.

Get your Perfect Trio digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE

Get your Ripple Runner digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE.

Get your Season’s Greetings digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE.

12 Quilts of Christmas

I wanted to include our new 12 Quilts of Christmas collection because the set of 12 patterns is a gift in itself — one that will provide the receiver with hours and hours of quilty pleasure. Or maybe you want to select some of these great projects to make and give as gifts. They are fast and fun, of course!

If you can’t get a project made in time for a quilty friend, why not gift her with the whole 12 Quilts of Christmas collection? You could even add the fabric ingredients for one of the projects as an extra something something. Just remember to get a set for yourself, too.

Get your 12 Quilts of Christmas print pattern collection HERE.

Now let’s take a look at our exciting NEW December patterns because new VRD patterns every month is like getting presents each and every month of the year from VRD!

NEW December Villa Rosa Designs Rose Card Patterns

Woohoo! Check out this month’s NEW Rose Card Patterns!

Exhibit and Sugar Cookies can handle printed panel squares or large prints with ease. Grab your fat eighths and fat quarters for Sorrento and Neenah. And Whiskers gives you a great pieced frame for those large 36″ panels.

Get all 5 print patterns HERE.

Sorry, no table runner this month, but here’s our fun and seasonal December Snack Mat, Holiday Bauble. Just add your favorite holiday fabrics!

Get your Holiday Bauble digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE.

Which of the new patterns will you make first?

Well, that’s it for me this week.

Here’s hoping your holiday preparations go smoothly and you find a little time to make some special holiday gifts for those folks on your nice list.

Sew. Laugh. Jingle. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD