2024 VRd Blog Hop · Quilting Partners · villa rosa designs

And the Winners of the Fast & More Fun VRD Blog Hop Are…

Happy Thursday to you!

I just can’t believe that it’s past the middle of April! How did that happen? Time is just flying by! It’s like no sooner do I get up and have breakfast and then I’m preparing for bed. I wish the days would slow down a little bit. I can remember when I was a kid, those lazy summer days seemed to last forever….

I must admit that I am still playing catch up for the prize winners for the Blog Hop in March. All of the winners have now been contacted and I have everyone’s information. Now it’s time to get those prizes out in the mail! Some of you winners will be receiving prizes directly from some of our lovely Sponsors, so be on the lookout soon. Thanks for your patience as I get everything wrapped up.

Ironically, I feel like the faster I try to do things, the slower I’m actually going. I think I’m taking after my niece, Morgan’s African tortoise, Carl. Slow and steady, but never quite fast enough. On second thought, I think Carl might actually be faster than I am, especially when it’s his meal time….LOL!

I couldn’t leave you hanging here without seeing my cute little tortoise grand nephew (who is really not all that little). Here’s Carl celebrating his 9th birthday recently. My goodness, he’s gotten so big! When Morgan adopted him, he was so tiny — about the size of a Matchbox car — and fit in her pocket!

No, your eyes are not playing tricks on you — Carl really is wearing a t-shirt as well as a diaper. He is a free range house tortoise (have you ever tried to potty train a tortoise???). Carl is also Mr. Personality. He doesn’t say much, but he has a way of getting his point across. See how happy he is, playing with his balloon?

Sorry, I digress. I’m supposed to be talking about the Blog Hop Winners today.

Break out the champagne! Throw the confetti! Let’s hear it for our Blog Hop Winners! WAHOO! HUZZAH! CONGRATULATIONS!

We had winners from 31 US States, 4 Canadian Provinces, and 2 European Countries. There were also some super lucky folks who won prizes on different blogs. I just hope I didn’t accidentally leave anyone off this list….

YEAH! Let’s give a great big CHEER for our winners!

Grand Prize Winner — $100 Hancock’s Gift Certificate

Nancy M.

Grand Prize Winner — Kaffe Collection Winner

Andrea A.

Grand Prize Winner — Big Box of Mystery Quilt Goodies

Rita S.

VRD Quilt Winners

Anne-Marie, IN 

Kathryn, FL    

Kate, TX     

Susan, MN      

Jill, NE     

Robin, PA     

Pattern Set Winners

Nancy, MO

Nadja, AK

Deb, OH

Renea, IA

Anne, TN

Pam, MI

Debbie, IN

Darlene, UT

Elaine, TX

Sara, SD

Krista, TX

Carmen, TX

Bonnie, Saskatchewan, Canada

Patience, MI

Nikki, VA

Margaret, TX

Donna, Saskatchewan, Canada

Samantha, MS

Diane, NM

Mary, WI

Eva, Germany (sorry Eva!)

Pat, MI

Rita, NC

Cindy, TX

Jannette, Ontario, Canada

Lori, Newfoundland, Canada

Sponsor Winners

C.J., Netherlands

Donna, Saskatchewan, Canada

Mary Anne, Ontario, Canada

Carol, ID

Lisa, KY

Pat, NY

Renea, IA

Diane, NM

Lizzy, NM  

Terri, CO

Nancy, CA  

Rachel, IA

Jill, NE 

Ann, WI

Sharon, VA   

Mayme, MI

Samantha, MS  

Julie, AR

Debbie, IN  

Lisa, KY

Cindy, TX

Mary, WI  

Barb, NE

Pat, MI

Kim, British Columbia, Canada

Terry, MA

Anita, GA

Joanne, British Columbia, Canada

Connie, VA

Joy, OR

Nancy, OH

Lee, MI 

Carol, WI  

Diann, CO

Deb, FL

Sherry, TN

Johnna, OH

Anne, TN

Bonnie, Saskatchewan, Canada

Karen, PA

Margaret, TX

Carol, NC

Donna, PA

Beth, AL

Sandra, FL

Donna, FL

Jeanie, TX

Kathleen, IA

Kim, GA

Anne-Marie, IN

Sharon, MS

Pam, HI

Krista, TX

Patricia, MN

Pam, WI  

Cindy, LA

Julie, MN

Kathy, NC

Amy, WI

Deb, NY

Jennifer, NY

Julie, GA

Christi, NC

Diana, PA

Brenda, VA

Darlene, UT

Leslie, OR

Anna, MI

Of course, our Blog Hop wouldn’t have been a success without our AWESOME Bloggers and our VERY GENEROUS Sponsors. Thank you! Thank you!

https://kathleenmcmusing.com/
http://livelylatte.blogspot.com/
https://www.homesewnbyus.com
https://www.piecefulthoughts.com/
https://www.ctpub.com/blog/

https://needleandfoot.com/
https://www.mmmquilts.com/
https://www.texasquiltgal.com/
http://time4stitchn.blogspot.com/
https://blog.siysewityourself.com/

https://quarterinchcapers.blogspot.com/
https://www.nortonhousequilting.com/blogs/news
https://quiltinggail.com/

http://wazoonewsbits.blogspot.com/

 https://withstringsattached.blogspot.com/
https://scottfortunoff.com/
https://www.cocoaquilts.com/ 

http://quiltwithaview.blogspot.com/

https://shout4joy-shouting.blogspot.com/
http://thedarlingdogwood.blogspot.com/
www.knitbug2.blogspot.com
https://somethingrosemade14.blogspot.com/
https://www.qovf.org/

https://www.graceandpeacequilting.com/
https://happycottagequilter.blogspot.com/
https://joyfullytracie.com/
https://patchouli-moon-studio.blogspot.com/
https://doyoueq.com/blog/

https://hoffmancaliforniafabrics.net

https://modafabrics.com

https://www.ttfabrics.com

http://jaftex.com

https://electricquilt.com

https://www.northcott.com/home.aspx

http://benartex.com

https://www.hancocks-paducah.com

https://foxchapelpublishing.com

https://www.ctpub.com

https://www.pbtex.com

And finally, our Blog Hop was a success because of YOU, our VRD enthusiasts and followers. Thank you for supporting Villa Rosa Designs and our Fast & More Fun Blog Hop! I hope this Blog Hop introduced you to many more wonderful quilt blogger friends.

Well, that’s it for me today! I have to get back to weighing and labeling packages……

Have a great week!

Until next Thursday —

Always,

Tricia @VRD

Blog Hop 2023 · Rose Cards · villa rosa designs

Villa Rosa Designs Fast & Fun Blog Hop Winners AND New VRD Rose Card Patterns for February 2023

Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

YIPPEE!

It’s my favorite Thursday — the Thursday after the first Friday of each month when I get to show off our NEW monthly Rose Card Patterns.

Unfortunately, I was so wrapped up in the Blog Hop that I didn’t get a new table runner turned in for February’s release. Guess you’ll have to wait until next month for a new table runner pattern. In the meantime, you can check out all of our VRD table runners HERE.

So, without further ado — here are February’s new Rose Card patterns:

Aren’t they AWESOME????

I am particularly intrigued by Helix and hope to have a new tutorial on the blog for Helix soon. And Neptune is certainly calling me, too.

Which one is your favorite?

Of course, you really don’t have to choose because you can get all 5 for the low low price of $8.95 HERE.

The Blog Hop WINNERS!

Bet you never thought I’d ever get around to announcing the winners of the Blog Hop. WOW! There really were A LOT of winners — each participating blogger chose 4 winners (1 to win a set of the Blog Hop patterns and 3 to win Sponsor Prizes) and 2 names to go into the Grand Prize drawing.

Well, after a couple weeks of getting things organized, winners contacted, and everything wrapped up, I am finally ready to reveal the winners. Almost ALL the prizes were claimed, but there were a few winners who never responded.

And guess what???? The winners came from all over the US, from Canada, and even from Australia!

I know a lot of you commented that you’d like to see another blog hop in the future. Maybe we’ll do this again, but for now we all need a little break. Whew! And the next thing I need to do is get all the prizes shipped out to all the lucky winners.

One last thank you to all of our participating bloggers and Blog Hop Sponsors! THANK YOU!!!

And finally — here are the winners in no particular order:

Quilt Winners:

Candie in CA

Elaine in KY

Linda in FL

Jacomina in VA

Leslie in NC

Nikki in VA

Blog Hop VRD Card Set Winners:

Suzanne in NY

Rachel in IA

Peggi in KS

Kathy in CA

Beth in OR

Donna in Canada

Anja in Canada

Karen in IA

Janice in MO

Linda in HI

Cathy in Canada

Lori in CA

Bonnie in Canada

Susan in NY

Pamela in TX

Wendy in MI

Darlene in IN

Barb in NE

Alison in Australia

Sponsored Prize Winners:

Nancy in CA

Karen in PA

Michelle in IA

Kathy in IA

Patty in ND

Shirley in IA

Karen in MA

Donna in FL

Kim in PA

Lisa in KY

Lezlie in NC

Bridget in NY

Pamela in PA

Anne-Marie in IN

Robin in CA

Rosa in MI

Gaynel in PA

Sandy in TN

Sandra in NY

Patti in PA

J. in WA

Pat in MI

D. in NY

Nikki in VA

Sherri in AZ

Renea in IA

Darlene in CA

Jocelyn in FL

Margaret in TX

Dawn in IN

Bridget in AZ

Donna in CA

Laurie in IL

Susan in NM

Sandy in OR

Barbara in UT

Becky in IA

Joanna in MA

Cheryl in IL

Joy in NC

Darlene in IN

Kay in MA

Mildred in PA

Jennifer in NY

Karen in MD

Kim in UT

Marvel in SD

Rosalie in TX

Joyce in TN

Sherri in CA

Grand Prize Winners: Will be announced next week

Congratulations to all of the winners! I promise — your prizes will be in the mail shortly. Thank you for your patience.

Well, I guess that’s it for me for this week.

Take care and I’ll see you all next Thursday!

Until then —

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD