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

April 2, 2025April 2, 2025 rosecards2 Comments

Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

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

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

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

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

Spring Fling Bingo Download

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

A Curated List of VRD Rose Card Quilt Patterns for April

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

You can’t have a rainbow without the rain.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Get ready to garden with a nifty new apron.

Print Pattern only

Baby animals everywhere!

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

April Showers bring May Flowers.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Babies, babies, and more babies!

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Baby birdies, too.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

More and more babies – it must be spring!

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Even more babies.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Spring birds are returning.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Spring means Easter.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Planning some new garden paths?

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Who’s got big floppy ears?

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Hopping down the Bunny trail….

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Baskets overflowing with goodies on Easter morning.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Easter services.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Dressed in one’s Easter best.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Eagles hatching their eaglets.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Spring tulips make me think of the Netherlands.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

So many new animal babies on the farm.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Those new babies on the farm sure make things interesting.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Rain, rain, go away….

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Tulips springing up everywhere!

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

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

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Easter dinner at your grandparents’ house.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

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

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

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

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Canadian Geese returning.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Easter dinner!

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Umbrellas are a must in April.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

The bugs are venturing out again.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

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

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Wake up and spring into your day!

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Nana wears aprons when she cooks.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Maybe there are noodles on the Easter table?

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Need a tote for your Easter egg hunt?

Print Pattern Only

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

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

The Spring landscape keeps changing.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

New pavers for a garden path?

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Even the brooks and creeks are waking up.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

At the garden center picking out new boxes and pots.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

So much to do in the kitchen on Easter morning.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Finally! A place to keep all my gardening tools.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Who can resist a new baby puppy or kitten?

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Sometimes I think it rains every day in April….

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Every rainbow is special.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

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

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Finding a dress or a tux for the Senior Prom.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

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

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

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

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

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

Print Pattern Only

Something yummy in your basket.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

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

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Look out the window to see Spring happen.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

The spring peepers are peeping!

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

Maybe some new tiles for the kitchen or patio?

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

The vineyards are shaking off the winter.

Digital Pattern or Print Pattern

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

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

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

Until then –

Sew. Laugh. Think Spring. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

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A Little Gardening and Cake Day Quilt Block Assembly Tips

June 30, 2022June 30, 2022 rosecards2 Comments

Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you! I hope you all are having a wonderful summer so far.

My summer just got a whole lot better! Just recently my family got in gear and finally got our little back porch raised garden planted. And our flowers, too. We may be running a little behind, but I have hopes that in late summer/early fall we’ll be enjoying some fresh veggies picked right out of our little garden pf goodness. If it goes well, next year we are going to add a second raised bed garden.

I used to be an avid gardener way back when, but gave up the year I planted my garden twice and the critters ate everything before it even had a chance to grow. That was it.

But now I’m excited to try container gardening. Besides, ”container gardening” sounds so trendy, don’t you agree?

Cake Day Quilt Block Assembly Tips

I thought I’d share a quick tutorial on how I put the Cake Day table runner quilt block together along with some of my favorite piecing tips.

You can get your own Cake Day Table Runner Rose Card pattern HERE.

Often, I prefer to cut out all my pieces for the blocks before I start sewing. I find this is usually quicker than cutting and sewing one block at a time.

Here you can see the pieces all laid out in the right order (all four blocks are stacked) on a flannel board and then I can simply take everything to my sewing machine. This works well if you have to stop in the middle and come back to your project later. Everything stays right where you left — unless of course, you have gremlins or leprechauns or some other little mischievous creatures running around your sewing room when you are not looking.

I have also found that laying out and stacking the pieces in order makes sewing them together faster and easier because I don’t have to stop and figure out where each piece goes.

With all the pieces cut and laid out right sides up, sewing them together is a breeze, especially when I chain-stitch the units one right after the other without cutting my thread in between the units.

Nope! No need to head to my ironing board after clipping the thread between the units, I just kept sewing and chain-stitched the other side too.

I have discovered that the less I press as I’m putting together quilt blocks, the less the blocks stretch or get distorted, which of course improves the accuracy of my sewing.

In the next photo you can see I have the left side background sewn to the Cake print rectangles. Now it’s time to sew the right side.

All right! All the units are sewn together and I’ve clipped the threads between them. I made double sure I layered the units again exactly the same as when I started — we’re ready for the next step.

Again, I’m going to ignore my iron (it must be getting lonely). Time to sew the units together. More chain piecing.

Want to know what happens when I get to seams (remember I haven’t done any pressing at this point)? I’ve already decided which way I wanted my seams to go so as I sew, I hold them down and keep on sewing. Pedal to the metal!

In this next photo you can see I sewed the top unit to the second unit. We’re on a roll — let’s keep sewing.

Okay, we’re almost there! I sewed the rest of the units all together and presto — all 4 of our blocks are now complete and I didn’t even have to get up from my sewing machine.

All right, all right, I relented and finally pressed my blocks — my iron was getting a little dusty from disuse.

Voila! Here is a finished Cake Day block. It’s a cutie, isn’t it?

My 4 blocks are now ready to assemble into a runner. There are sew many possibilities for this runner — birthdays, weddings, showers, parties, and the list goes on and on.

Any day can be a “Cake Day.” What’s yours?