The Language of Quilting and a VRD Blog Hop Update

March 28, 2024March 27, 2024 rosecards20 Comments

Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

Did you know quilting has its very own language? I am going way beyond quarter inch seams here.

Recently, I’ve been gathering up a long list of Quilting Acronyms and thought I’d share them with you. Some of them are so silly, they will make you laugh.

Before we dive into this crazy list, here’s an update on our Blog Hop last week.

Fast & More Fun Blog Hop Update

First, I want to thank you for hopping along with us. I hope you all had a great time last week for our second Villa Rosa Designs Blog Hop, Fast & More Fun! If you’re new to VRD, I bet you now know why we called the Hop Fast & More Fun.

What was your favorite part of the Hop? Mine was seeing all of the quilts. I couldn’t wait to see each day’s blogs and the quilts — oh my goodness! — the quilts were simply out of this world!

I am sending a great big quilty hug to each of our 28 amazing bloggers —

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/

I hope you hoppers met some new quilty friends and found some new-to-you quilt blogs filled with inspiration. I know I did. Now how will I have time to write this blog when I’m sew busy reading all the others??? LOL!

I am sew in love with all of the quilts featured on the blogs for the Hop — it amazes me how quilters can take the same Villa Rosa Designs Rose Card pattern, add their own spin, and create a OOAK (wanna know what OOK means, keep reading!) really awesome quilt. Cheree at The Morning Latte comes to mind with her delightful scrappy pieced border on her version of the Gypsy pattern. I could literally go on and on about what I learned and saw on the Hop, but instead, let me ask you what you took away from the Hop?

Right now I am working my way through each blog’s winners — please be patient — that’s a lot of folks to contact and get shipping info from.

Let’s do the math (you might remember that I like math — check out my Quilting and Math post from a while back HERE):

28 blogs x 3 sponsor prizes each + 6 VRD quilts = 90 Individual prizes

30 blog posts x 1 set of patterns each = 30 Pattern Set prizes

30 blog posts x 3 Grand Prize entrants each = 90 Grand Prize entrants

So, 120 prizes are being given out and there are 90 entrants into 3 Grand Prize drawings.

Holy Cow! Go big or go home — that’s my motto!

Speaking of prizes, this blog hop would never have happened without the generosity of our lovely sponsors —

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 don’t forget, you can order the Blog Hop Rose Card pattern set HERE if you haven’t gotten your own set yet. Of course, I am still working in notifying winners so maybe you’ll win a set.

While you are all waiting breathlessly to see if you are a Blog Hop winner — let’s dive right into a world of its own — Quilting Lingo!

Quilting Acronyms

Below you’ll find a long list of Quilting Acronyms. How many do you know already?

Who knew there was literally a dictionary of Quilting Acronyms? I guess it makes sense, though, because of text messaging abbreviations and acronyms like LOL, TTYL, and others. So why not Quilting acronyms too?

Read on. I dare you not to laugh — some of them are downright silly and will tickle your funny bone.

BC — Bias Cut

BDNQ — Bad Day, No Quilting

BOB — Beginners Only Block

BOM — Block of the Month

BOW — Block of The Week

BSK — Basic Sewing Kit

BSS — Basics Sewing Supplies

COC — Cream on Cream

DF — Double Fold

DSM — Domestic Sewing Machine

EPP — English Paper Piecing

FART — Fabric Acquisition Road Trip (One of my fav things to do! Tehehe….)

FE — Fat Eighth

FFO — Finally Finished Object

F-ing G’s — Flying Geese ( this one is for Gaynel and the rest of the Friday Quilt Crew!)

FMQ — Free Motion Quilting

FOB — Fear of Binding

FPP — Foundation Paper Piecing

FQ — Fat Quarter

FS — Forgotten Stash

FW — Featherweight (sewing machine)

GTG — Get ToGether

HSY — Haven’t Started Yet

HIPS — Hundreds of Ideas Piling Skyward. (Very true!)

HST — Half Square Triangle

HSY — Haven’t Started Yet

HQ — Hand Quilted/ing

LA — Long Armer. (Donna O!)

LAQ — Long Arm Quilter/Quilting

LOF — Length Of Fabric

LQS — Local Quilt Shop. (What would we do without our LQSs?)

MAQ — Mid Arm Machine

MGBTQ — Must Get Back to Quilting. (Yeah……every day)

NESTY — Not Even Started Yet

NQR — Not Quilt Related

NTBB — Needs To Be Bound

OOAK — One Of A Kind

OBW — One Block Wonder

OOP — Out of Print

PFC — Professional Fabric Collector

PhD — Projects Half Done

PIGS — Projects in Grocery Sacks

PIP — Project In Process

PIPS — Projects In Pretty Sacks

PIZB — Project In Ziplock Bag

PNTBF — Project Needs To Be Finished

PP — Paper Piecing

PFD — Prepared for Dyeing

PPO — Project Put Off

QAL — Quilt Along

QAYG — Quilt As You Go

QB — Quilting Board (flannel or felt board, I think….)

QMWL — Quilt More, Work Less

QR — Quilt Related

QST — Quarter Square Triangle

QTFDD — Quilt Top Finishing Deficit Disorder

RR — Round Robin

RST — Right Sides Together

SA — Seam Allowance

SABLE — Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy. Yup, that’s me!)

SF — Single Fold

SAQM — Small Arm Quilting Machine

SAS — Steam A Seam

SEX — Stash Enhancing Experience

SID — Stitch in the Ditch

SnW — Stack and Whack

SQUID — Sewing a Quilt Until I Die

SQUIDS — Some Quilts in DrawerS

SOG — Straight of Grain

STASH — Special Treasures All Hidden Secretly

TBQ — To Be Quilted

TGIF — Thank Goodness It’s Finished!

TIH — There is Hope

TOAD — Trashed Object Abandoned in Disgust. (We all have them!)

TOT — Tone on Tone

UFO — Unfinished Object

USO — UnStarted Project

VIP — Very Important Project

WHIMM — Works Hidden In My Mind

WIP — Work in Progress

WISP — Work In Slow Progress

WITHWIT — What In The Heck Was I Thinking?

WIWMI — Wish It Would Make Itself

WOA — Work Of Art

WOF — Width of Fabric

WOMBAT — Waste of Money and Time

WOW — White on White

WST — Wrong Sides Together

WTF — Where’s the Fabric?

WWIT — What Was I Thinking?

YD — Yard/Yardage

Whew! That’s a lot of Acronyms — it’s almost a dictionary. As many as there are on my list, I know that I missed some. Please feel free to comment with any that I missed. Maybe someone needs to write a Quilting Dictionary? Hmmmmmmmm. I’ll add it to the list. At the rate I’m going, I might get to start it as a project in the year 3078.

Well, that’s it for me, I need to get back to organizing and contacting all the Blog Hop winners so we can get all these quilty goodies sent out to their forever homes. Maybe even yours……

See you next Thursday, right here at Villa Rosa Quilts!

Until then —

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @VRD

2024 VRd Blog Hop · Quilting Partners · Rose Cards · villa rosa designs

Villa Rosa Designs Fast & More Fun (Quilt) Blog Hop Comes to an End Plus Extra Blog Fun Just For You!

March 21, 2024March 21, 2024 rosecards167 Comments

Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

I can’t believe that a week has passed since we began our second VRD Blog Hop. It’s been Sew Much Fun! And FAST, too!

Our participating bloggers have shared their VRD quilts, tips and tricks, and inspiration by the boatload — just what we all needed to help us jump-start a new fun project! You can visit Villa Rosa Designs HERE to see our catalog of over 600 Rose Card patterns for even more inspiration as well as kits and fabric galore.

Here’s the special VRD Rose Card collection curated for our Fast & More Fun Blog Hop:

Get your own Pattern Set HERE or you can comment on all the participating blogger sites to register to win your own set.

Interested in seeing the patterns we selected for our very first Blog Hop in 2023? You can see them HERE.

While we are still Hopping, let me show you one of my next blog tutorial projects. I am planning to make 31 with this brand new collection by Satin Moon Designs for Blank Quilting. The collection is called Holiday Style and it is coming to a quilt shop near you in May 2024, so start planning your projects now.

You’ll have to stop back to check out my 31 tutorial sometime after the Blog Hop is all wrapped up and all the prizes are shipped.

Hey! Did you know we do tutorials on this blog??? You can see which VRD patterns we’ve done so far by finding the Tutorials link under the Blog Topics category over on the right side of the blog. Want to see a tutorial for a specific VRD Rose Card pattern that we haven’t done yet? Just ask and we’ll see what we can do.

Bloggers and Sponsors

GROUP HUG! An enormous hug goes out to all of our 28 amazing bloggers for participating in the 2024 Blog Hop and showing us their own spin for the VRD Rose Card patterns above. Thank you, Bloggers, for taking the time to be part of the second VRD Blog Hop!

PSST! A quick reminder from the bloggers — if you posted a comment as “anonymous” and/or did not include an email address, then PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE revisit the blogs where you posted and leave another comment with a contact email address. Sadly, with no email address, there is no way to contact you if you win. Comments will close midnight on Sunday, March 24th.

Here is our Blog Hop Schedule again in case you missed any participating blogs or need to add last-minute comments:

Thursday, March 14
Villa Rosa Quilts — https://villarosaquilts.com/

Friday, March 15
Kathleen McMusings — https://kathleenmcmusing.com/
The Morning Latte — http://livelylatte.blogspot.com/
Homesewn By Us — https://www.homesewnbyus.com
Pieceful Thoughts — https://www.piecefulthoughts.com/
C & T Publishing — https://www.ctpub.com/blog/

Saturday March 16 — National Quilting Day!
Needle and Foot — https://needleandfoot.com/
MMM Quilts — https://www.mmmquilts.com/
Texas Quilt Gal — https://www.texasquiltgal.com/
Time 4 Stitchn — http://time4stitchn.blogspot.com/
SIY (Sew It Yourself) — https://blog.siysewityourself.com/

Sunday, March 17 — Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Quarter Inch Capers — https://quarterinchcapers.blogspot.com/
Norton House Quilting — https://www.nortonhousequilting.com/blogs/news
Quilting Gail — https://quiltinggail.com/

Wazoo! Newsbits — http://wazoonewsbits.blogspot.com/

Monday, March 18
With Strings Attached — https://withstringsattached.blogspot.com/
Jaftex/Scott Fortunoff — https://scottfortunoff.com/
Cocoa Quilts — https://www.cocoaquilts.com/

Quilt With a View — http://quiltwithaview.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, March 19
Shout 4 Joy — https://shout4joy-shouting.blogspot.com/
The Darling Dogwood — http://thedarlingdogwood.blogspot.com/
Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting — www.knitbug2.blogspot.com
Something Rosemade — https://somethingrosemade14.blogspot.com/
Quilts of Valor Foundation — https://www.qovf.org/

Wednesday, March 20 — First Day of Spring!

Grace and Peace Quilting — https://www.graceandpeacequilting.com/
Happy Cottage Quilter — https://happycottagequilter.blogspot.com/
Joyfully Tracie — https://joyfullytracie.com/
Patchouli Moon Studio — https://patchouli-moon-studio.blogspot.com/
Electric Quilt Company — https://doyoueq.com/blog/

Thursday, March 21
Villa Rosa Quilts — villarosaquilts.com (You are here)

NEWSFLASH! — There’s ONE MORE blogger surprise just for you! Our lovely sponsor, Hancock’s of Paducah, just created a blog to share their delight and excitement about Villa Rosa Designs Rose Card Patterns. You can stop over to cheer them on HERE. They aren’t able to accept comments at this time, but they know that you’ve been registering on all the other blogs for prizes. Enjoy one last stop….

And of course, need I mention all the prizes up for grabs??? See below for MORE PRIZES!

We couldn’t have done this Blog Hop without the support and generosity of our sponsors. Please join me in offering a round of applause for each of these lovely sponsors —

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

I’m bummed that our Fast & More Fun Blog Hop is wrapping up today. Sadly, all good things must come to an end sometime. And this Blog Hop really was a SUPER GOOD THING!

I really enjoyed reading each participating blogger’s post each day, didn’t you? I must confess that I read them over breakfast because I honestly couldn’t wait to see which quilt each blogger created! And I absolutely loved reading the comments on our VRD post as well as the comments on the other blogs. What fun!

THANK YOU to everyone who took the time to hop from blog to blog with us this past week. I hope you really enjoyed the Fast & More Fun Blog Hop with more quilts, more inspiration, and of course more prizes. And I hope that you discovered new quilty friend bloggers to visit on the ‘Net.

If you haven’t finished reading all 28 blog posts for the Hop and/or leaving comments on each to register for prizes, you have through Sunday, March 24th, to do so. Use the links above to visit each participating blogger to catch up on your reading and your prize entries.

Winners will be drawn next week and notified. Please be patient with us as we navigate the shipping process. And we will post all the winners just as soon as the winners are selected and prizes are shipped.

One Last VRD Fast & Fun Blog Hop Giveaway

Let’s review all the prizes that are up for grabs for our Blog Hop:

Everyone, Everywhere is eligible to win prizes and there are several opportunities for you to win prizes:

Individual bloggers may be hosting giveaways on their blogs for you to win. Please visit these bloggers to find out about their giveaways and how to register.
Villa Rosa Designs is giving away a 2024 Blog Hop Rose Card pattern collection on each participating blog (International card set winners will receive a digital collection of the patterns).
Sponsor prizes have been donated by our lovely Sponsors, above, and even from some of the bloggers, too! These prizes are divided into 2 different categories —
- 5 Grand Prizes — Yup, I added another one to the Grand Prize list!
  - Kaffe Fasset Precut Collection
  - Big Box filled with mystery quilty goodies
  - $100 digital gift certificate to Hancock’s of Paducah
  - Electric Quilt 8 Download (winner to be selected on the EQ blog HERE)
  - An Eversewn Sparrow 25 Sewing Machine from Jaftex (winner will be selected on Scott’s blog HERE) — this was a happy surprise addition to the Hop Prizes, so make sure you get registered
- Individual Prizes (each blogger will select 3 winners on their blog) which may be precuts, books, notions, or other cool quilty goodies.

WOWZER! That’s a lot of chances to win prizes so I hope you comment on ALL the blogs to increase your chance of being a winner. No purchase is necessary to participate in the Blog Hop or to win prizes, but please make sure you leave your email address on your comment or else we can’t contact you if you are a winner

Now, how about ONE LAST GIVEAWAY???

3 MORE QUILTS!!!

Left: Jubilee 45″ x 60″

Middle: Kalinda 45″ x 54″

Right: Star Spangled 48″ x 60″

In addition to the 3 quilts above, we will be giving away a set of the Fast & More Fun Rose Card Patterns and 3 commenters will be added to the Grand Prize drawings.

Here’s how to win one of these finished quilts:

You have up to 3 chances to win the quilts listed above on this blog post. Please leave a single comment for EACH of these categories (if you comment that you loved the hop, you are a blog follower, and hang out at VRD on Facebook all in one comment, it will only count as one chance to win).

1. Leave a comment on this post and tell us your thoughts about the VRD Fast & More Fun Blog Hop.

2. Become a blog follower/subscriber and leave a comment on this post telling us that you are a blog follower/subscriber ( if you already follow — thank you — just leave a comment letting us know).

3. Join our VRD Facebook group and leave a comment on this post telling us you joined our FB group (if you are already a member — thank you — just leave a comment letting us know).

Ready! Set! GO!

Please note that to be registered to win any prizes on this blog, you first must leave a comment. To leave a comment, you will need to click on the comments link just under the blog title at the top of the blog OR you can find a comments link along the side of the blog post towards the bottom right. After you click the “comments” link, you need to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the comments in order to find the space to leave your own comment. Be patient — there may be a lot of comments to go through until you get to the bottom. Thank you.

Don’t forget — registration for prizes closes Sunday, March 24th.

Winners will be selected randomly next week and will be announced once all winners have been contacted.

PLEASE MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE AN EMAIL ADDRESS IN YOUR COMMENT SO WE CAN CONTACT YOU IF YOU ARE A WINNER!

Well, Quilty Friends, I thank you for hopping along with us this past week. I sincerely hope you had as much fun as we did! And I invite you to come back and visit the Villa Rosa Designs blog, Villa Rosa Quilts. We have SEW much fun here!

Until next Thursday —

Sew. Laugh. Hop ‘Til You Drop Some More. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia

2024 VRd Blog Hop · Rose Cards · villa rosa designs

It’s Finally Here — Kickoff Day for the 2024 Villa Rosa Designs Fast & More Fun Blog Hop!!!

March 14, 2024March 16, 2024 rosecards319 Comments

Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

Let me rephrase that — Happy Blog Hop Kickoff Day to you!

Hi there! I’m Tricia, your Villa Rosa host for the Blog Hop. All of us at Villa Rosa Designs are tickled pink (and all the colors of the rainbow) that you are here to come along on a fun quilting adventure — our second Blog Hop here at Villa Rosa Designs. We’re calling it the Fast & MORE Fun Blog Hop.

You all know the saying — “Go big or go home?” We’re going B – I – G this year just for you! More Bloggers! More Fun! More Quilts! More Inspiration! More Prizes!

We have a super talented group of bloggers ready to share some awesome quilts made with Villa Rosa Designs (VRD) Rose Card patterns.

In fact, we’ve put together a special collection of 5 patterns just for this Blog Hop!

Here are the 5 patterns in the 2024 Fast & Fun Blog Hop Collection:

Lucky you! You can purchase a set of these 5 patterns HERE. Or visit our website HERE for even more great Rose Card patterns (over 600 of them).

Or you might just win a set. READ ON to find out how!

Let me tell you a little bit about Villa Rosa Designs in case this is the first time you’re visiting our blog home, Villa Rosa Quilts.

What is Villa Rosa Designs?

Villa Rosa Designs is the brainchild of owner and Rose Queen, Pat Fryer. Pat wanted to create Fast & Fun, affordable, and high quality patterns for quilters featuring precuts like 1/2 yards, fat quarters, 10″ squares, 5″ squares, 2 1/2″ strips, fat eighths, and fat sixths as well as other fabrics like panels and novelties.

Since its launch in 2010, VRD has become much more than a handful of easy-to-make quilt patterns. Rose Cards, Villa Rosa’s signature postcard-sized patterns, combine great design with simple packaging and an attractive price, making Rose Cards one of the best selling pattern brands on the market today! And since 2010, Villa Rosa Designs has grown to include a collection of very talented designers, each with their own unique style.

Now that you know a little bit about Villa Rosa Designs, let me tell you about the VRD Fast & More Fun Blog Hop!

What the Heck is a Blog Hop???

Good question and an easy one to explain. Most of you probably already know what a shop hop is (and may have participated in one before), where you travel to each shop participating in the event. There’s usually giveaways and a special pattern to collect at each shop.

A blog hop is very similar to a shop hop — instead of going from shop to shop, though, you go from blog to blog. You will usually find some kind of theme to a blog hop with opportunities to win prizes. And you can even hop from blog to blog in your jammies from the comfort of your own home. Yippee! Count me in!

Let’s HOP!

We’ve teamed up with the most awesome group of bloggers! They have accepted the Blog Hop challenge to create at least 1 of the 5 Blog Hop Rose Card patterns above. To see which blogger has created which pattern, you’ll have to visit EACH blogger during the hop which runs from today, March 14th through next Thursday, March 21st.

Here is our Blog Hop Schedule:

Thursday, March 14
Villa Rosa Quilts — https://villarosaquilts.com/ (You are here)

Wazoo! Newsbits — http://wazoonewsbits.blogspot.com/

Monday, March 18
With Strings Attached — https://withstringsattached.blogspot.com/
Jaftex/Scott Fortunoff — https://scottfortunoff.com/
Cocoa Quilts — https://www.cocoaquilts.com/

Quilt With a View — http://quiltwithaview.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, March 20 — First Day of Spring!

Thursday, March 21
Villa Rosa Quilts — villarosaquilts.com (You are here)

Did I Mention Blog Hop PRIZES and GIVEAWAYS???

You will have the opportunity to win lots of great prizes during the blog hop! All you have to do is hop from blog to blog every day from March 14th through March 21st following the Blog Hop Schedule, above, to see which quilt each blogger made and to find out how to register for prizes on each blog.

Registration for prizes will close on Sunday, March 24th.

Before I jump into all the cool prizes you might win, I want to take a moment to thank all of our incredible sponsors, who donated all kinds of quilting goodies for you to win. Thank you Sponsors! Without you, this Blog Hop wouldn’t be possible.

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

Now for the Blog Hop Prizes — YAY!

Here’s the Important Stuff you need to know:

It is free to participate in the Hop and there is no purchase necessary. Everyone Everywhere is invited to Hop along with us this week and register to win prizes.

There are many opportunities for you to win prizes during the blog hop:

Individual bloggers may be hosting giveaways on their blogs for you to win. Please visit individual blogs to find out about their giveaways and how to register.
Villa Rosa Designs is giving away a 2024 Blog Hop Rose Card pattern collection on each participating blog. International winners will win a digital set of patterns.
Sponsor prizes have been donated by our lovely Sponsors, above, and even from some of the bloggers, too! These prizes are divided into 2 different categories —

Grand Prizes (each blogger will select 3 entries to go into the Grand Prize drawings):

Kaffe Fasset Precut Collection
$100 digital Gift Certificate to Hancock’s of Paducah
A BIG BOX of mystery quilty goodies
An Electric Quilt 8 download — the winner for this prize will be selected on the EQ blog, so you will need to register there for this prize

Individual Prizes (each blogger will select 3 winners on their blog) which may be books, patterns, fat quarter bundles, 5″ squares, 2 1/2″ strips, 10″ squares, or notions — it will be a fun surprise, I promise!

WOW! That’s A LOT of prizes if you do the math!

Here are some photos of prizes to get you motivated! LOL!

Left: A Box filled with Individual Sponsor Prizes Center: The Kaffe Fasset Precut Collection Grand Prize Right: The Mystery Box of Goodies Grand Prize (most likely we’ll be adding more items before the Hop is over)

Sooooo, how do you win?

Hop from blog to blog using the schedule and links above from today, Thursday March 14th through Thursday March 21st and register for prizes at each blog you visit. The more participating blogs you visit and register at, the more chances you have to win prizes! It’s really that easy, I promise.

Winners will be selected randomly. Each blogger will select 3 names to go into the Grand Prize drawings and then 3 winners will be selected randomly to win from the bloggers’ entries. Each blogger will also randomly select 3 winners for the Sponsored Individual Prizes and 1 winner for a set of the Blog Hop patterns.

Prize registration closes Sunday, March 23 2024.

Winners will be announced just as soon as all winners have been notified. Prizes will be shipped as soon as possible. Please be patient if you are a prize winner, this process can take a little time.

Villa Rosa Designs Thursday March 14th Giveaway

Thank you for reading all the way through this post! As a reward, you can register to win QUILTS!

*Left:* Eden Rose 41×48 *Center:* Gingersnap 45×61 *Right:* Hey Day 60×80

These 3 quilts are made from Villa Rosa patterns and are completely finished — machine quilted and bound — and ready for you to enjoy. Awesome Applesauce!!!

Here’s how to win one of these quilts:

You have up to 3 chances to win the quilts listed above on this blog. Please do a separate comment for each of the following 3 opportunities — if you answer all of them in one comment, then it only counts as one comment. So sorry if this was not clear.

1. Leave a comment on this post and tell us what your favorite Rose Card pattern is (or one you would like to make if you’re new to VRD).

2. Become a blog follower/subscriber and leave a comment on this post telling us that you are a blog follower/subscriber (if you already subscribe — thank you — just leave a comment and let us know).

3. Join our VRD Facebook group and leave a comment on this post telling us you joined our FB group (if you are already a member of our FB group — thank you — just leave a comment and let us know).

In addition to the 3 quilts above, we will be giving away a set of the Fast & More Fun Rose Card Patterns and 3 commenters will be added to the Grand Prize drawings.

Ready! Set! GO!

Don’t forget — registration for prizes closes Sunday, March 23rd.

PLEASE MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE AN EMAIL ADDRESS SO WE CAN CONTACT YOU IF YOU ARE A WINNER!

Well, Quilty Friends, I thank you for reading the whole way to the end.

Good luck to each of you and please enjoy the Blog Hop! Don’t forget to stop back each day of the Hop to follow the links to bloggers for that day.

See you next Thursday, right here at Villa Rosa Quilts!

Until then —

Sew. Laugh. Hop ‘Til You Drop. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @VRD

Just Quilty Stuff · villa rosa designs

NEW VRD Rose Card Patterns for March and a VRD Blog Hop Update

March 7, 2024March 6, 2024 rosecards8 Comments

Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

YAY! Do you know what day it is??!! It’s the first Thursday after the first Friday of March! And guess what that means???

NEW Villa Rosa Designs!

March 2024 Villa Rosa Designs Rose Card Patterns

Cue the confetti!

Blow the trumpets!

Bang the drums!

It’s pattern time!

Get your own set of March patterns HERE.

Aren’t they amazing??? I am so itching to make the Eclipses quilt by Creative Sewlutions before we have the Eclipse in April because I live in one of the viewing areas to see the total eclipse. Our local hotels are already booked up for the event.

Oh my gosh! I haven’t ordered my special viewing glasses yet. I’d better get on that, huh?

But wait — there’s more! Of course there is, right?

This month we have a cute new runner designed for your special fabrics you do not want to cut up.

Get your Perfect Trio runner pattern HERE.

We also have a snack mat this month perfect for those mugs of celebratory drink and green snacks on St. Patrick’s Day. Remember when I mentioned last year that in 2024, we’d be adding some new Accessory patterns? Well, here’s the first one. It’s super cute and quick to make up and you can use some of that St. Patrick’s Day fabric you’ve been hoarding.

Can’t wait to see your Shamrock Snack Mats on our Facebook group, so get ’em made and post those pics!

Get your Shamrock Snack Mat HERE.

So…….which pattern are you going to make first? Me, definitely Eclipses. I know — let’s do that one as a tutorial after we wrap up the Blog Hop!

Now, let’s talk about the Blog Hop. You know, March 14th is next Thursday. Gulp! I just hope I’m ready. Are you ready? It’s going to be super amazing.

VRD Fast & More Fun Blog Hop

Are you getting excited??? The Villa Rosa Designs Fast & More Fun Blog Hop is literally just around the corner!!! It all starts right here next Thursday, March 14th!

Gather up all your quilty friends and family and join in on all the Blog Hop fun together! There are lots of prizes up for grabs, including quilt pattern sets, books, precuts from fat quarters to 5″ squares, and more.

This year, we also have 4 — count ’em — 4 very awesome Grand Prizes for you to register for on all of the Blogs. You’ll have to wait until March 14th to see them, though! Yep, I’m a tease…. (wink, wink)

Below, please find a list of our super fabulous Bloggers. Check them out and see what they’re all about.

https://villarosaquilts.com/

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/

Of course, this Blog Hop wouldn’t be possible without all of our fantastic super generous Blog Hop Sponsors. A great big THANK YOU HUG goes out to each of our Sponsors!

https://hoffmancaliforniafabrics.net/

https://modafabrics.com/

https://www.ttfabrics.com/

https://jaftex.com/

https://electricquilt.com/

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

https://benartex.com/

https://www.hancocks-paducah.com/

https://foxchapelpublishing.com/

https://www.ctpub.com/

https://www.pbtex.com/

Mark your calendars for next Thursday’s Blog Hop kick off post — you won’t want to miss it. There are so so many prizes just waiting to be won. You just might be a winner. But you can’t win if you don’t join us on our Blog Hop adventure.

I’ll see you right here bright and early on March 14th for the kick off of our Fast & More Fun Blog Hop!

Until then —

Sew. Laugh. Get Your Hop on. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @VRD

Quilting Partners · Rose Cards · Tips and Tricks · Tutorials · villa rosa designs

VRD Pacific Grove Quilt Tutorial and Getting Ready for Our Villa Rosa Blog Hop

February 29, 2024February 28, 2024 rosecardsLeave a comment

Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

Mother Nature sure has been trying hard to confuse us up here in NW Pennsylvania! We’ve had temps in the 60’s! Can you believe it? I wouldn’t, except I’ve been reading the temp on the thermometer. Yesterday, I even had peepers (tree frogs) on my basement window in the rain. This is WAY too early for the little dears to be awake! I’m wondering what Mother Nature has in store for us in March and April. Who knows? Maybe we’ll have snow in June?!?

I’ve been on a quilting roll since my curated list of Spring VRD Rose Card patterns a couple weeks ago (you can find the post HERE if you missed it). So I wanted to do another tutorial this week. I reached into my magic project crate and pulled out Pacific Grove.

But first, let’s chat about the upcoming Blog Hop!

Villa Rosa Designs Blog Hop March 14-21

Well, it’s now officially 2 weeks until our VRD Fast & More Fun Blog Hop, which kicks off right here on March 14th. I hope you’re getting excited about it.

Prizes keep coming in — it’s like Christmas around here! Except it’s not for me at all, instead — it’s ALL FOR YOU.

So far we have 2 AWESOME Grand Prizes lined up. Nope, I’m not going to show them to you yet. You’ll have to wait until March 14th for our Blog Hop kickoff post. Everything will be explained at that time, I promise.

We now have 26 bloggers participating in the Hop. And who knows? Maybe more if anyone comes late to the party.

We’ve also got the most fantastic and generous Sponsors for the event — Hoffman, Moda, Jaftex, Timeless Treasures, Electric Quilt, Banyan Batiks, C&T Publishing, Hancock’s of Paducah, and Fox Chapel/Landauer.

So, are you excited yet???

Remember, the fun begins March 14th right here on the Villa Rosa blog. So make sure you stop by and hop along with us for the week.

Okay, now let’s get to the quilt tutorial!

VRD Pacific Grove Quilt Tutorial

I’ve been wanting a reason to make Pacific Grove for a while now. I’ve always thought the quilt on the cover of the pattern looked like a work of art. What do you think? Wouldn’t it look amazing framed and hung on a wall? On my wall???

Finally, today is the day to finally make my very own Pacific Grove work of art.

Get your own Pacific Grove physical pattern HERE or a digital pattern HERE.

I’m using some gorgeous fabrics from the Wildflowers Spectrum Digital Print collection by Hoffman. Did you know Hoffman did digital prints in addition to their amazing batiks?

Special thanks to Hoffman for providing the fabrics for this tutorial.

Before we get started, I do want to say that digital prints can be a little finicky so it’s important to start with a new sharp needle in your machine. If you use pins when you sew, make sure they’re sharp. Why? Because you don’t want to break any threads. Take a look at this photo. Do you see area inside the red circle? See the 2 broken threads? You don’t want this to happen to your quilt because it will probably be visible on the front, not just on the back. Lucky for me, this was in the seam allowance. Whew!

So, let’s get start by cutting the main print and the background fabric. I kind of don’t want to cut this lovely fabric up, but I know it will look fabulous in the Pacific Grove pattern.

Now that the pieces are cut and ready to sew, it’s time to assemble 2 side units. Easy piezy!

Next up is putting together the center of the quilt. I really like how this quilt is coming together into vertical rows. That makes it really simple to put together. And I’m not having to match up a bunch of seams. Yay!

Now that the sides and the center are made, I’m going to work on the purple background strips. Here you can see in the first photo how I creased the center of the side strip and the center of the sashing strip. Then I matched those creased centers and put a pin right there. After I found the centers, I went to the outside edges and lined them up. You’ll see in the second photo that not only do I place a vertical pin, I also place an horizontal pin . That horizontal pin helps to keep my strips straight instead of bowing as I sew (I learned this little trick a long time ago from a quilter friend when I was a new quilter). After the center and the outsides are pinned, I always add a few more pins in between to keep everything from shifting when I sew.

Yay! Here you can see the design taking shape now that I’ve sewed the purple strips to the sides of the quilt center.

Next I’m gong to sew the side units to the center. Again, I will crease and match my centers. I think it’s looking really lovely with these digital prints.

Time to add purple background strips to the sides. It has a bit of an Art Deco feel to it, doesn’t it? Or maybe a stained glass window?

Time to sew background strips to the top and bottom of the quilt. Isn’t it looking amazing???

The borders are next up. What’s cool about this pattern is that you add the top and bottom borders on first before the side borders. When I did the purple strips, I added the sides first. But it does make sense to do it this way because it uses the fabric more efficiently — you don’t have to piece the top and bottom borders if you add them first. Ingenious!

Here is the finished quilt top. It looks like an Art Deco stained glass window garden to me!

With so much open space, I’m just itching to starting machine quilting it, but that will have to wait for a while, I’m afraid.

Duet Quilt Tutorial Update

Last week I was debating whether to add a border or not to my Duet quilt top. Then I took a deep breath and just added that outer border. I chose a light batik because Duet felt a bit dark to me. The binding will frame it all nicely — it’s dark blue.

TWO WEEKS TO GO AND COUNTING DOWN……..until the Blog Hop. Get ready.

Take care and Happy Quilting.

Until next week —

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

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Think Spring with a Curated Collection of Villa Rosa Designs Rose Card Quilt Patterns!

February 15, 2024February 14, 2024 rosecards4 Comments

Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

After our balmy winter weather last week, today I woke up to find snow on the ground. Not a lot, but enough to remind me that it is still winter. Then my mind immediately turned towards quilting for spring which always makes me feel sunny. So, I thought to myself, why not do a collection of spring VRD Rose Card patterns to get a dose of vitamin D along with a lot of inspiration? Maybe you need this little shot of sunshine right now, too.

Spring VRD Rose Card Quilt Patterns

Below you will find a wonderful eclectic collection of Spring-inspired projects curated just for you. I have included a link beneath each image so you can easily grab new-to-you physical Rose Cards. As always, there is NO SHIPPING on patterns!

For our international friends, I am here is a link to our digital Rose Card collection, where you will find most of the patterns in a download and print format: Digital Patterns.

Are you ready? Then let’s dive right in!

Get After the Rain HERE

Get April Showers HERE

Get Baby Goose HERE

Get Ballyhoo HERE

Get Bee Charming HERE

Get Bees Knees HERE

Get Blissful HERE

Get Blossoms HERE

Get Bunny Hop HERE

Get Busy Bee HERE

Get Cabin Fever HERE

Get Clover HERE

Get Dainty Machine HERE

Get Daybreak HERE

Get Dublin HERE

Get Elegant Braids HERE

Get Evelyn HERE

Get Farfalle HERE

Get Field Trip HERE

Get Flock Together HERE

Get Flutterby HERE

Get Fly Away HERE

Get Giggles HERE

Get Gummies Here

Get Gypsy HERE

Get Happy Thoughts HERE

Get Honey Bouquet HERE

Get Honey Buns HERE

Get Hop To It HERE

Get Illumination HERE

Get Infinte HERE

Get Interwoven HERE

Get Jam Session HERE

Get Jello Salad HERE

Get Journey HERE

Get Kaleidoscope HERE

Get Kellyanne HERE

Get Kristin HERE

Get Lantern Hill HERE

Get Lattice HERE

Get Lazy Goose HERE

Get Lickety Split HERE

Get Lil’ Umbrellas HERE

Get Limelight HERE

Get Lollipop HERE

Get Love Bugs HERE

Get Lucky (the pattern) HERE

Get Lullaby HERE

Get Macarons HERE

Get May Flowers HERE

Get Messages HERE

Get Morning Tea HERE

Get Painted Moon HERE

Get Pandemonium HERE

Get Parade HERE

Get Perfect Moment HERE

Get Phoebe HERE

Get Pinch Me HERE

Get Pocket Change HERE

Get Potting Shed HERE

Get Pretty Posies HERE

Get Puppy Love HERE

Get Quick Step HERE

Get Ribbon Dance HERE

Get Senior Prom HERE

Get Sew Cute HERE

Get Sheryl HERE

Get Simple Life HERE

Get Simple Simon HERE

Get Sisterhood HERE

Get Specks of Color HERE

Get Spice Drop HERE

Get Spider HERE

Get Spin Cycle HERE

Get Spools HERE

Get Square Box HERE

Get Storybook HERE

Get Sugar & Spice HERE

Get Sunny Day HERE

Get Sunny Sundays HERE

Get Sunsprite HERE

Get Tea with Mara HERE

Get The Lady HERE

Get Through the Window HERE

Get Tic Tac Toad HERE

Get Tiffany HERE

Get Tumblebug HERE

Get Turkish Delight HERE

Get Twinkle HERE

Get Vienna HERE

Get Wanda HERE

Get Weave HERE

Get Whirlaway HERE

Get White Cloud HERE

Get Wistful HERE

Get Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah HERE

After all these glorious Spring-inspired Rose Card patterns, I’m ready to head to my machine and start making a little spring for myself here in my dungeon — er….sewing room.

How about you? Betcha can’t pick just one….

Have a great week and don’t forget about our upcoming Blog Hop March 14th-21st.

Get ready for a fantastic time. Oh yeah — there will be prizes, too!

Until next week —

Sew. Laugh. Think Spring. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

Blog Hop 2023 · Rose Cards · villa rosa designs

Behind the Scenes of the Villa Rosa Designs Blog Hop

February 16, 2023 rosecards15 Comments

Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

I hope you all had a special Valentine’s Day this week. Flowers……candy…..dinner out……chocolate…….and maybe fabric………you deserve the best!

When I was thinking about some possible blog topics the other day, the idea popped into my head that you might be interested in reading about how I organized the Blog Hop. Maybe you’re a blogger and you’re thinking about setting up a Hop or maybe you’re just curious. So I thought, why not tell you how the Blog Hop developed.

I also wanted to take a moment to let everyone know that prizes are being shipped out as I write this, so if you were a Hop winner, you should be receiving your prize soon. I thank you for your patience, the logistics of shipping out so many prizes has been kind of overwhelming. The biggest issue, has been figuring out how to do the shipping as I am located in Pennsylvania (I have the Sponsor Prizes) and Villa Rosa Designs is located in California (they have the quilts and the Rose Card Sets). I just wanted to point out that depending on which prize you won, the return address on your package may not be from Villa Rosa Designs in California. Crazy, crazy, crazy…….

Grand Prize Winners

I know you’ve all been waiting for the Grand Prize Winners but only 1 winner has responded to the email I sent, so sadly we will have to wait until next week to announce the 2 Grand Prize winners.

Getting Started

I got the idea to have a VRD Blog Hop last year when I was brainstorming new ideas for Villa Rosa. I talked to Pat, our Rose Queen, and she thought the idea sounded interesting and gave me the green light to go ahead with the project.

The first thing I did was look at the calendar. I chose 2 possible weeks — one in November 2022 and the other in January 2023. I really considered the November dates, but was afraid there wouldn’t be enough time to get everything done so I finally decided to go with the January dates as it gave me more time to put things together and it would be something quilters could look forward too as January can be a month when we’re stuck inside with the winter blahs.

Before I’d totally decided on January 2023 for the Blog Hop, I started contacting some bloggers who had participated in a Blog Hop I did on my personal blog, Quilt With A View, when my I Love Precut Quilts book launched in 2016.

I knew I also wanted to invite some quilting companies to join our Hop because we ( VRD) partner with a lot of different companies, but I was disappointed that there weren’t as many companies out there with active blogs as I had thought would be. But, that was okay, I did reach out to some of my contacts and found some willing companies to join the Hop.

At Quilt Market in October 2022, we took a little time to select 5 Rose Card patterns to feature for the Hop. There were 3 of us and it really didn’t take too long. I had already decided I wanted to use patterns that used different precuts and were of different sizes, too, because it was my intention that the participating bloggers would select one of the 5 patterns, make at least the quilt top, and share it on their post for the Hop.

So, we selected a table runner which used 2 1/2″ strips, a small quilt using 5″ Charm squares, a throw quilt that used 10″ squares, a fat quarter quilt, and a panel quilt. I also wanted to make sure that at least one of the projects would be big enough to meet the minimum size requirements for a Quilts of Valor Quilt. QOV quilts can be a minimum of 55″ x 65″ up to a maximum of 72″ x 90″ with an average size of 60″ x 80″. (For more information about the Quilts of Valor Foundation, go HERE.) You might wonder why this was so important to me — I had a couple of reasons, actually:

The Quilts of Valor Foundation was participating in the Blog Hop
QOV is an organization that is close to my heart.

Here are the patterns we chose for the Blog Hop Collection, you can go HERE if you haven’t ordered your set yet.

Meanwhile, Bernie of Needle and Foot, who was one of my original bloggers from my 2016 Book Launch Hop, helped me connect to more blogger friends of hers. So did my friend, Joy of Am I Shouting Yet?. And as more bloggers jumped into the Hop, they in turn suggested even more bloggers who might be interested in joining in the fun. Yay!

I had decided already that I wanted the Blog Hop to last for 7 days, so I knew I was going to need a lot of bloggers to participate. I planned that the VRD blog, Villa Rosa Quilts, would start the Hop on a Thursday and would close the Hop a week later on a Thursday. So that really only gave me 5 days to fill, but I wasn’t sure if anyone would want to blog on a Sunday…….

After years of inactivity, I decided last year to get my person blog, Quilt With a View, up and running again because I really wanted to participate as an individual blogger in the Hop, too. So I decided that I would post on Sunday. I asked the bloggers if anyone wanted a specific day of the week, and I worked hard to create a Blog Hop schedule to accommodate my participating bloggers. Bloggers who didn’t have any preference were placed around those who wanted specific days.

Somehow, it all seemed to come together and suddenly I had a tentative Blog Hop schedule. By this time, I had chosen January19-26 for the Hop because this gave the bloggers enough time to make their projects.

My Takeaway on the Blog Hop

I personally learned A LOT during this Blog Hop. And I’m not just talking about figuring out shipping and such.

I learned a lot about the kindness and generosity of the international quilting community. And yes, it is a community. The comments were kind. The stories made me smile and even laugh. Folks weren’t just trying to win prizes — they genuinely took the time to read the blog posts and to interact not just with the bloggers but with each other.

Quilters really are the most amazing people!

It is my opinion that if the world was run by quilters, the world would be a happier and more colorful place!

Thank you for being part of our very first Villa Rosa Designs Fast & Fun Blog Hop.

Will we do it again?

Probably, but you’ll have to stay tuned down the road to find out when.

Right now, I just need to reclaim my favorite comfy chair in my studio which is still stacked with packages waiting to be shipped.

Well, that’s it for me for this week.

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

Until then —

Sew. Laugh. Make the World a Better Place. Repeat.

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

February 9, 2023February 8, 2023 rosecards4 Comments

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

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

Blog Hop 2023 · Quilting Partners · Rose Cards · villa rosa designs

Villa Rosa Designs Blog Hop Update

February 2, 2023February 1, 2023 rosecards6 Comments

Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

First, I have to wish you a Happy Groundhog Day! My fingers are crossed for an early spring this year.

WOW! What an AWESOME Blog Hop we just had, wasn’t it?

Right now I am in the midst of contacting all the winners, so please be patient as I work through each blogger’s list. There are a TON of prizes to award and this part is actually taking longer than I’d anticipated. Not a bad thing, really……..

What was your favorite part of the Hop? Mine was seeing all of the finished projects from each bloggers — each project just blew my mind! I was thrilled to see how the bloggers interpreted the patterns. Some even changed sizes or layouts to make the patterns their own. More than one blogger dove into their stash to create their quilts.

I am sew ready to start a new project, but I can’t seem to get away from the computer right now. Oh well…..I can dream.

I wanted to post the link to the Blog Hop Rose Card Collection one more time in case you wanted to get a set before they’re gone. You can get your set HERE.

ENTHUSIASTIC APPLAUSE goes out to all of our blogger participants. They are a very talented and creative group of folks. I hope you enjoyed getting to know them a little bit better.

From Bolt to Beauty
Kathleen McMusing
Jaftex Companies

Pieceful Thoughts
Little Penguin Quilts

Quilt with a View
MMM Quilts

Cheryl’s Teapots 2 Quilting
Devoted Quilter
Quilts of Valor Foundation

Needle and Foot
Am I Shouting Yet?
Electric Quilt

The Crafty Quilter
Jo’s Country Junction
Keepsake Quilting
Stitchin At Home

I have to thank our very generous sponsors one more time — they made the Blog Hop extra fun with so many chances for hoppers to win!

Well, I’d better get back to contacting prize winners! It might just be you!

See you next Thursday! Here’s hoping I’ve got all the prizes given away by then. LOL!

Until then —

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

Blog Hop 2023 · Rose Cards · villa rosa designs

Villa Rosa Designs Fast & Fun Blog Hop Comes to an End

January 26, 2023January 25, 2023 rosecards167 Comments

Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

I can’t believe that a week has passed since we began our very first VRD Blog Hop. It’s been SEW MUCH FUN, hasn’t it?

Our participating bloggers have shared their VRD quilts, tips and tricks, and inspiration by the boatload — just what we all needed in the middle of January to help us jump start a new fun project! You can visit Villa Rosa Designs HERE to see our catalog of over 500 Rose Card patterns for even more inspiration.

Here’s the special VRD Rose Card collection used for this very Fast & Fun Blog Hop:

Get your own set before they’re gone HERE.

An enormous HUG goes out to our amazing bloggers for participating in the Blog Hop and showing us their own spin for the VRD Rose Card patterns above. Thank you, Bloggers, for taking the time to be part of the Blog Hop!

From Bolt to Beauty
Kathleen McMusing
Jaftex Companies

Pieceful Thoughts
Little Penguin Quilts

Quilt with a View
MMM Quilts

Cheryl’s Teapots 2 Quilting
Devoted Quilter
Quilts of Valor Foundation

Needle and Foot
Am I Shouting Yet?
Electric Quilt

The Crafty Quilter
Jo’s Country Junction
Keepsake Quilting
Stitchin At Home

And of course, did I mention all the prizes up for grabs??? See below for MORE PRIZES!

We couldn’t have done this Blog Hop without the support of our very generous sponsors —

I’m bummed that the Fast & Fun Blog Hop is wrapping up today. Sadly, all good things much come to an end sometime. And this Blog Hop really was a “good thing,” wasn’t it?

THANK YOU to everyone who took the time to hop from blog to blog this past week. It really warms my heart that so many folks came along for our Fast & Fun Blog Hop ride!

If you haven’t finished reading all the posts for the Hop and leaving comments to register for prizes, you have through Sunday, January 29th to do so. Use the links above to visit each participating blogger to catch up on your reading and your prize entries.

I just have to do a quick shout out to my cousin, Robin, a fellow quilter. Robin had her knee replaced yesterday and after waking up from anesthesia and while she had a little lunch, she made sure to read Wednesday’s blog posts for the Hop. Now that’s real dedication! Heal fast, Cuz.

Winners will be drawn next week, notified, and prizes will be shipped in February. We will also be posting the winners in February, so stay tuned — it could even be you.

One Last VRD Fast & Fun Blog Hop Giveaway

Let’s review all the prizes that are up for grabs for this Blog Hop:

Everyone is eligible to win prizes. Please note that winners outside the USA will receive a digital set of the 2023 Blog Hop Rose Card pattern collection.

There are several opportunities for you to win prizes during the blog hop:

Individual bloggers may be hosting giveaways on their blogs for you to win. Please visit these bloggers to find out about their giveaways and how to register.
Villa Rosa Designs is giving away a 2023 Blog Hop Rose Card pattern collection on each participating blog.
Sponsor prizes have been donated by our lovely Sponsors, above, and even from some of the bloggers, too! These prizes are divided into 2 different categories —
- Grand Prize Boxes (of which there are 2) are filled with tons of quilting goodies including books, fabric, precuts, notions, patterns, and more.
- Individual Prizes (each blogger will select 3 winners on their blog) which may be books, patterns, fat quarter bundles, 5″ squares, 2 1/2″ strips, 10″ squares, notions, and more.

No purchase is necessary to participate in the Blog Hop or to win prizes.

Now, how about ONE LAST GIVEAWAY???

3 MORE QUILTS!!!

Quilt #1 (left) — Brownsville is 43″ x 54″

Quilt #2 (center) — Foxfire is 56″ x 72″

Quilt #3 (right) — Opening Night is 53″ x 71″

Here’s how to win one of these finished quilts:

You have up to 3 chances to win the quilts listed above on this blog post.

1. Leave a comment on this post and tell us your thoughts about the VRD Fast & Fun Blog Hop.

2. Become a blog follower/subscriber and leave a comment on this post telling us that you are a blog follower/subscriber.

3. Join our VRD Facebook group and leave a comment on this post telling us you joined our FB group.

Ready! Set! GO!

Please note that in order to leave a comment on this blog post to be registered for prizes, you will need to click on the comments link just under the blog title at the top of this blog post. After you click the “comments” link found to the right side, you need to scroll all the way down to the bottom of “comments” in order to find the “Reply” box to leave your own comment. Be patient — there may be a lot of comments to go through until you get to the bottom. Thank you.

Don’t forget — registration for prizes closes Sunday, January 29th.

Winners will be selected randomly on Monday/Tuesday January 30th/31st.

PLEASE MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE AN EMAIL ADDRESS SO WE CAN CONTACT YOU IF YOU ARE A WINNER!

Well, Quilty Friends, I thank you for hopping along with us this past week. Hope you had as much fun as we did!

See you next Thursday!

Until then —

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @VRD

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Fast & More Fun Blog Hop Update

Quilting Acronyms

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Bloggers and Sponsors

One Last VRD Fast & Fun Blog Hop Giveaway

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What is Villa Rosa Designs?

What the Heck is a Blog Hop???

Let’s HOP!

Did I Mention Blog Hop PRIZES and GIVEAWAYS???

Now for the Blog Hop Prizes — YAY!

Villa Rosa Designs Thursday March 14th Giveaway

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March 2024 Villa Rosa Designs Rose Card Patterns

VRD Fast & More Fun Blog Hop

I’ll see you right here bright and early on March 14th for the kick off of our Fast & More Fun Blog Hop!

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Villa Rosa Designs Blog Hop March 14-21

VRD Pacific Grove Quilt Tutorial

Duet Quilt Tutorial Update

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Spring VRD Rose Card Quilt Patterns

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Grand Prize Winners

Getting Started

Sponsors

My Takeaway on the Blog Hop

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The Blog Hop WINNERS!

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

Quilt Winners:

Blog Hop VRD Card Set Winners:

Sponsored Prize Winners:

Grand Prize Winners: Will be announced next week

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Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Hello Quilty Friends!

One Last VRD Fast & Fun Blog Hop Giveaway

Here’s how to win one of these finished quilts:

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.