My Favorite Autumn VRD Rose Card Patterns

August 20, 2026August 19, 2026 rosecardsLeave a comment

Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

It’s Thursday again? Already??? Sheesh! Where does the time go? And it’s about a month until autumn. WHOAH!

After a busy summer, I always look forward to fall, when things tend to settle down a little bit for a while and I can get my head back into quilting. The cooler temperatures also make it more comfortable for working with fabric and batting as I am one of those sad sad souls who does not have air conditioning in Mount Cluttermore (AKA my studio). And besides, who wants to sit around when it’s summer outside with a big heavy quilt on your lap as you work on binding??? Definitely not me. Summer is a good time to work on smaller projects that finish quickly (like our recent Small Project Summer Challenge her on the blog). Who really even has time to dive into a big hot and heavy project when it’s in the 90’s anyway and the beach is calling?

I must apologize as I was planning another autumn quilt tutorial, but I didn’t quite get it finished before sitting down to write the blog. Bummer. But no worries, we’ll simply push that tutorial until next week.

As I have fall on my mind, let me show you my favorite autumn VRD Rose Card patterns. Yay! Patterns!

Here’s my list:

Autumn Leaves………..a no-brainer for fall.

A quilt design featuring colorful autumn leaves in shades of red, orange, and yellow, set against a neutral background, with the title 'Autumn Leaves' at the top and 'Melissa Milligan for Villa Rosa Designs' at the bottom.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

In my little valley in Pennsylvania, fall brings lots of bees….and honey, too.

Two quilted snack mats featuring a bees design with hexagonal patterns in yellow and black, set on a wooden table.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

There was a Cidermill right up the road when I was a kid and there was nothing as good as a cup of fresh pressed cider with your favorite donut, especially after the local Halloween parade.

A quilt design titled 'Cidermill' by Villa Rosa Designs, featuring a patchwork of colorful squares in warm tones and intricate quilted patterns.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

You can’t have mulled cider without Cinnamon Stix.

Quilt design titled 'Cinnamon Stix' featuring a pattern of alternating strips of colorful fabrics in earthy tones, including greens, browns, and hints of blue, with a decorative border.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

The cooler weather makes me want to spend more quality time with my Machine.

A quilt titled 'Dainty Machines' featuring a colorful design with sewing machine blocks and butterfly patterns, displayed against a brick wall.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Autumn in Pennsylvania is glorious. If you have never seen it, you should.

A quilt titled 'Enchanted Forest' designed by Melissa Milligan for Villa Rosa Designs, featuring a pattern of colorful trees on a light background.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Fall can be quite breezy here, which makes the windmills go round and round.

A colorful quilt featuring a windmill pattern, with autumn-themed fabrics in shades of orange, yellow, and blue, displayed against a brick wall.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Colorful leaves fall off the trees. Time to rake them up and jump into them.

A colorful quilt titled 'Falling' featuring leaf patterns in various fabrics, displayed outdoors against a green backdrop.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

When you explore the forests and meadows around my home, you will always find some friendly mushrooms.

Cover of the quilting pattern titled 'Family Fun-gi' featuring a colorful quilt design with geometric patterns, alongside the names of the designer and publisher.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

The geese begin flying south in late summer/early fall.

A colorful quilt titled 'Flock Together' featuring a zigzag pattern with pink, yellow, green, and orange triangles, displayed against a rustic background.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

The summer birds Fly Away until they return next year.

A colorful quilt hanging on a wooden railing featuring a design with triangular shapes and floral patterns, titled 'Fly Away' by Tricia Lynn Maloney for Villa Rosa Designs.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Time for sports – time for fun! Tailgate party, anyone?

A colorful quilt titled 'Game Play' featuring various sports-themed patterns, including soccer, basketball, and football, with vibrant colors and playful designs.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Gingersnaps are a fabulous fall snack with tea, coffee, or milk (or maybe breakfast? Shhhh…..).

Quilt pattern titled 'Gingersnap' featuring a design with alternating blocks of brown, orange, and light blue fabrics. The layout includes floral and figurative prints, bordered by a decorative floral design at the bottom. Designed by Villa Rosa Designs.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Pumpkins, gourds, melons, and more – time to Harvest the garden.

A decorative quilted table runner with autumn-themed fabrics in orange, brown, and cream, featuring pumpkin patterns, set against a backdrop of fallen leaves and rocks.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

There are many people locally who raise bees and sell honey. There really isn’t anything like local honey.

A colorful handmade quilt featuring a patchwork design with floral and checkered patterns, displayed on a chair against a purple background. The quilt has yellow, gray, and blue squares, with an accompanying title 'Honey' and the designer's name, Tricia Lynn Maloney.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Honey Buns on a Sunday morning before heading out on a fall adventure.

Quilt titled 'Honey Buns' featuring a pattern of circles in black, white, and yellow fabrics, designed by Heidi Cook for Villa Rosa Designs.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

It gets darker earlier, so we need more light.

A colorful quilt titled 'Lantern' featuring a geometric pattern of lantern shapes in shades of pink, blue, green, and white, displayed outdoors with a rustic background.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Walking at dusk, you will need a Lantern or flashlight.

A vibrant quilt design featuring multicolored layered cake patterns against a light background, displayed outdoors. The quilt is titled 'Lantern Hill' by Tricia Lynn Maloney for Villa Rosa Designs.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Geese are incredible flyers who fly hundreds of miles between their summer and winter homes.

Colorful quilt featuring triangular patterns in various shades, displayed against a rustic backdrop with the text 'LAZY GOOSE' and branding for 'Running Doe Quilts'.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Leafs drift down, down, down to the ground, ground, ground.

A leaf-themed quilted table runner displayed on a tree trunk, showcasing colorful patchwork squares in autumn hues against a black background. The image features falling leaves and a natural outdoor setting.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

When it’s breezy, don’t be surprised to be caught in the middle of a Leaf Swirl.

A decorative pillow featuring a 'Leaf Twirl' quilt design with colorful leaf patterns, placed on a couch alongside a small, light-colored dog.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Stop at a little dairy aisle in the fall on one of your rambles – fried mushrooms sound mighty good.

A colorful design featuring two quilted snack mats, one with a dotted pattern and the other with floral motifs, set on a wooden surface. The image includes text about the mats being called 'Little 'Shroom Snack Mat' and credits to the designer.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

There are all kinds of autumn events and activities downtown on Main Street.

A colorful quilt design titled 'Main Street' by Villa Rosa Designs, featuring a pattern of hexagons in shades of pink, purple, and green against a light background, with decorative floral borders.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Where I live, the trees are mainly maple and maple trees are some of the most colorful fall trees.

A vibrant quilt runner featuring geometric patterns in orange, yellow, and white, displayed on a stone surface with a backdrop of sunflowers and green foliage.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Corn mazes? Need I say more?!?

A colorful quilt titled 'Mazed' featuring a patchwork design with various geometric patterns in shades of pink, yellow, black, and cream, displayed outdoors with a sandy background.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Geese are migrating north.

A quilt titled 'Migration' featuring a pattern of colorful triangles on a navy background, displayed outdoors with trees in the background.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

A little Edgar Allan Poe is a must-have read in autumn.

Quilt design titled 'Nevermore' featuring stacked books and crows against a colorful, patterned background, with details including swirls and floral elements.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Autumn skies are some of the most colorful throughout the year.

Quilt design titled 'October Sky' featuring a scenic forest with autumn foliage and a vibrant geometric border. The design is created by Villa Rosa Designs.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

I heard this quote in a movie once – “There are no perfect lives, but there are Perfect Moments.”

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Fall in Pennsylvania is Picture Perfect with all of the colorful trees.

A quilt featuring scenic images of national parks including Redwood, Yosemite, Lassen Volcanic, and Sequoia, with a colorful patchwork design, and the title 'Picture Perfect' at the top.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Back to school we go!

A colorful quilt titled 'Pointless' featuring horizontal stripes in yellow, pink, and white against a blue background with a playful speckled pattern. The quilt is displayed against a pastel abstract background.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Have you ever Pressed Leaves? I used to do tons of leaves and then I used them for art collages in my pre k classroom years ago. We would always read the book Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert and then we’d make our very own Leaf Man.

A pair of quilted snack mats featuring a pressed leaf design, with red and yellow colors, placed on a wooden surface. Background includes the title 'Pressed Leaf Snack Mat' and credits to Tricia Lynn Maloney and Villa Rosa Designs.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

One of the most classic autumn runners at VRD! 5 little pumpkins sitting on a fence…..

A quilted table runner featuring orange pumpkins on a white background, designed by Tricia Lynn Maloney. The design includes various pumpkin shapes with checkered patterns, set on a grassy surface.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Carving pumpkins and then putting them all in row outside was always a special time when I was a kid.

A quilt design featuring various orange pumpkins arranged in a pattern on a white background with small colorful dots, titled 'Pumpkin Parade' by Melissa Milligan for Villa Rosa Designs.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Going to the Pumpkin Patch and picking out your very own pumpkin is probably a rite of childhood.

A colorful quilt design titled 'Pumpkin Patch' featuring various quilt blocks in black, orange, and white, with pumpkin and Halloween motifs. The quilt is bordered by decorative elements and includes the words 'Trick Treat'.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Speaking of pumpkins – there are so so many pumpkin foods everywhere in the fall – Pumpkin Pie, roasted pumpkin seeds, pumpkin spice lattes, etc., etc.

A quilt titled 'Pumpkin Pie' featuring a patchwork design with autumn themes, including pumpkins, trucks, and seasonal messages, framed in warm colors.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Hmmmm. A Pumpkin Spice latte sounds pretty good right now…….

Cover of 'Pumpkin Spice' quilt pattern by Tricia Lynn Maloney, featuring a quilted table runner with pumpkin and floral designs on a rustic wooden background.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

In late summer and early fall, there’s a county fair or rodeo somewhere in my area every weekend.

A colorful quilt design titled 'Rodeo' by Villa Rosa Designs, featuring a patchwork of various floral and patterned fabrics in vibrant colors.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Trees in glorious color, leaves crunching underfoot, and the heady smell of earth …. that’s fall.

A colorful quilt with a star pattern, draped over a gray armchair, in a cozy indoor setting. The quilt features shades of red, orange, blue, and brown against a white background.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

I love to take Snap Shots every autumn of the colors all around me. Fall palettes make wonderful quilts.

A patchwork quilt featuring images of wildlife such as moose and a bear, with a variety of earthy fabric colors and textures, designed by Molly Cook for Villa Rosa Designs.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

I don’t know why, but in the late summer/early fall there are Spiders everywhere.

Quilt design titled 'Spider' by Kate Griffin for Villa Rosa Designs, featuring a grid of intricate pattern blocks in various colors and textures.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Time to wind bobbins and find my fall-colored Spools of thread and make some new fall quilts.

A brightly colored quilt featuring a 'Spools' pattern with various fabric designs, displayed against a backdrop of distressed gray panels.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

It’s time for fall sports – get Sport’n!

Quilt design titled 'Sport'n' by Tamara Cook for Villa Rosa Designs, featuring sports-themed fabric patterns with various athletic motifs.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Here in PA, summer drifts into autumn, sometimes into October if we are lucky.

A colorful quilt titled 'Summer's End' featuring geometric patterns in yellow, green, and orange, draped over a wooden railing with yellow flowers in the foreground.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Time to put away the summer decor and drape the house in the colors of fall.

Cover design for 'Table for Four' featuring colorful quilted placemats in various patterns, with a brown background and decorative text.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Enjoy your front seat view of autumn Through the Window.

A patchwork quilt titled 'Through the Window', featuring colorful panels with cat illustrations surrounded by floral patterns, designed by Molly Cook for Villa Rosa Designs.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

It’s always wonderful to take a drive in the fall to enjoy the peak color of the season, which is usually around the middle of October here.

A colorful quilt design titled 'Wanderlust' featuring various patterns in vibrant hues, displayed against an orange background. The design includes floral and geometric motifs with a patchwork layout.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Well, I hope you enjoyed this curated collection of autumn VRD Rose Card patterns. Perhaps you found a new-to-you pattern to make this fall. Or perhaps seeing my picks for fall will inspire you to choose a new project to begin – this list is a good place to start. And just a quick reminder — all VRD patterns ship for free.

It was fun going through our 700+ VRD patterns to find just the right patterns to share with you. Happily, many of these patterns sparked memories of my childhood or even something I did last fall. Maybe they will remind you of your fall traditions, too.

See you right here next week for a new VRD quilt tutorial.

Until then, grab as much summer as you can as it’s fading fast in fall –

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

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VRD Falling Quilt Tutorial

September 25, 2025September 24, 2025 rosecardsLeave a comment

Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

Happy Fall!

A picturesque autumn scene featuring a cluster of bright orange pumpkins and a white pumpkin surrounded by hay bales and vibrant fall foliage.

Hard to believe it really is Fall now, but I know it’s here whether we’re ready or not. And I’m personally more than ready. We had such a hot and dry summer here in NW PA, so I’m eager for cooler weather.

Fall is definitely my very favorite season with its warm days and cool nights. All the gorgeous colors. The smells of the season. And the sounds. I truly love it all!

Another thing I love about Fall is that I start to feel more energized to get back to my many to-do lists. Summer definitely doesn’t inspire that in me. So now, it’s time to make plans to get things done. What is Fall to you?

I hope you’ve been enjoying our Jump into Fall quilt tutorials. Today’s project is beyond perfect for the season and I know you’re going to be excited to make this one.

VRD Falling Quilt Tutorial

Falling is truly a perfect project for this time of year, especially with all of the yummy fall fabrics at your local quilt shop and favorite online retailers. Falling is a pattern by Catherine, of Running Doe Quilts, who is one of our many talented VRD designers as well as a new VRD partner.

The quilt finishes at a generous 54″ x 72″ and goes together quickly with its oversized blocks and no borders (although you could easily add a border to make it bed-sized if you wanted to).

A colorful quilt featuring large, stylized leaf patterns in various shades, displayed outdoors against a backdrop of trees.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Catherine even has kits available for the Falling quilt below – get yours HERE before they’re gone. Tell her Tricia sent you!

Quilt designed with colorful leaf patterns in orange, yellow, red, and blue fabrics, displayed outdoors against a rustic background.

Okay, time to get going on today’s tutorial.

Of course, our first thing to do is gather up our fabrics. Today I’m using a lovely collection from Hoffman Fabrics called Sweet Breeze. It’s a great choice today as we end summer and slide into fall. Sadly, this is an older fabric collection and probably isn’t available anymore, but happily Jason Yenter has a gorgeous fall collection called Falling Leaves, you can find it HERE – I think his wonderful fabrics would make great Leaves.

Here are our Sweet Breeze fabrics for today’s tutorial in lovely greens, a few browns, with a wee touch of orange.

Assorted fabric pieces in green, brown, and cream colors, featuring leaf patterns and textures, arranged neatly with a 'Falling' quilt pattern brochure on top.

Let’s go ahead and cut out all the pieces we’ll need for Falling – the background, the Leaf fabrics, and the stems.

A rotary cutter and a transparent quilting ruler placed on a cutting mat with fabric underneath.

Cutting quilting fabric pieces on a cutting mat with a rotary cutter and ruler.

All right! All of our pieces are cut and ready to go.

A variety of fabric squares in green and beige tones on a cutting mat, with a brown strip of fabric positioned in the center.

Next we need to pair up our Leaf fabrics as each of the 12 blocks in the quilt uses 2 fabrics. I really love Catherine’s take on the traditional Maple Leaf quilt block, don’t you? She split it down the center so her leaves are two-toned. And the blocks are very big, which adds to the graphic appeal of this quilt.

The pattern suggests making 2 of each Leaf fabric combination, but you can mix and match your fabrics to your heart’s desire if you want, of course. I’m going to stick to the original plan today.

A variety of fabric squares in shades of green and brown, arranged on a cutting mat, ready for a quilting project.

Now we’re ready to sew. We haves lots of Half Square Triangle (HST) units to make for the quilt. I’m going to make 2 matching Leaf blocks before moving on. I don’t want to get all mixed up!

To make HSTs, the first thing you need to do is layer your squares right sides together (RST) and draw a diagonal line – I like to use FriXion erasable pens for marking my fabrics.

Then we’re going to sew 1/4″ away from both sides of our drawn line.

I went ahead and sewed all of the HSTs for my first 2 blocks at one time. Do likewise if you wish.

Next we need to cut on the diagonal lines which will give us 2 HSTs.

A quilting workspace showing a pair of fabric squares in light and dark green tones next to a pattern card for a quilt design called Falling from Running Doe Quilts.

A fabric square with a diagonal line drawn in red marker, lying on a cutting mat next to a quilting pattern booklet.

All right, let’s head over to the ironing board to press these HSTs open. Don’t forget to cut off the little dog ears on the corners so your piecing will be more accurate.

A green fabric triangle on an ironing board next to an iron, with a pink and white patterned cover.

A selection of cut quilt fabric pieces in various shades of green and beige, arranged on a soft pink background.

Let’s make the stems next. Cut your background square in half diagonally to make 2 triangles. Then we’re going to center and sew a stem rectangle between those 2 background triangles. I pressed my seams towards the stem so they wouldn’t show through my background fabric. We need to make 2 of these – 1 for each of our matching Leaf blocks.

A diagonal cut through a light green fabric square with a floral pattern, placed on a cutting mat with grid lines.

Quilt pieces laid out on a cutting mat, including two triangular fabric pieces and a brown fabric strip.

Before out stem units are finished, though, we need to trim them to the right size. Take your time when you do this step because you don’t want to miscut and make wonky stems.

A quilting ruler placed over fabric on a cutting mat, showcasing measurement lines and a partially cut fabric strip.

A rotary cutter and fabric pieces on a cutting mat, with decorative fabric scraps nearby.

Okay, now we’re ready to layout a block and sew it together. Once I’m happy with how the first block turned out, I’m going to make the second matching block. One Leaf pair done, 5 more pairs to go. Repeat the steps above to make 12 total Leaf blocks.

Close-up of a quilt block featuring a two-toned leaf design in green and beige fabric, displayed on a light gray fabric backdrop.

A quilt block featuring green and light brown fabrics arranged in a maple leaf design, displayed on a gray background.

Woohoo! Here are my 12 Leaf blocks.

A pile of quilt blocks featuring various shades of green fabrics arranged in a leaf design, with a neutral background and some visible stitching.

Now it’s time to arrange the blocks on my design wall. If you want your quilt to have the same movement as the Falling quilt on the cover of the pattern, you will need to flip and flop your blocks like Catherine’s. I only switched 1 or 2 blocks before I liked the arrangement. As you, know sometimes I spend more time arranging the blocks than actually making the quilt. But not today, yay!

You will want to take care while sewing your blocks together because sometimes you are sewing a point to a point. Careful pinning will help keep your points under control and will result in a cleaner and more accurately stitched quilt.

A colorful quilt featuring oversized leaf blocks in various shades of green, brown, and floral patterns arranged on a design wall.

Next we are going to sew the blocks into rows and then sew the rows together to make the quilt top. Oops, this quilt is longer than my flannel wall, so I can’t show you the entire top yet. I told you it was a good sized quilt!

A quilt featuring a pattern of green and brown leaves arranged with a cream-colored background, showcasing various fabric textures and colors.

I just had to take my Falling flimsy outside to snap a photo in natural light so I could show you the entire top. Absolutely LOVE it! Can’t wait to finish it.

A quilt featuring large, stylized leaf patterns in various shades of green, brown, and orange, displayed outdoors on a clothesline with a grassy background.

To complete your quilt, layer it with batting and backing fabric (or fleece like I plan to). Quilt it. Bind it. And don’t forget your label!

Have you made a Falling quilt already? Or if you plan to make one this Fall, please share a photo on our VRD Facebook group – we’d all love to see them!

Well, that’s it for me – I’m heading back to my sewing machine to get some more sewing in.

Take care and I’ll see you right here next week.

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD