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6 Quilts in 6 Weeks Wrap Up, A Curated List of Holiday Themed VRD Rose Card Quilt Patterns, and Holiday Gift Idea #1

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Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

I thought it would be fun to round up our current holiday Rose Card patterns for you today. I did a list in 2022, but you know we’ve added lots of new patterns since then, so I hope you will this updated list. If you’re like me, you’re right in the midst of making your holiday projects right now. Perhaps this new list will help you find just the right project for a special someone. And of course, you already know that VRD patterns go together quickly, so there’s still plenty of time to get quilty projects ready before the holidays.

But first, we’re going to wrap up our 6 Quilts in 6 Weeks Finishing Challenge.

6 Quilts in 6 Weeks

I hope everyone had as much fun with this challenge as I did. I showed myself that I can finish a UFO every week if I have the right motivation. As much as I hope to continue this concept going forward, I think it will have to wait until the New Year, because now it’s all hands on deck for all of the upcoming holidays, beginning with Thanksgiving next Thursday.

We have one last winner for Week 6.

And that winner is……….

Rebekah M

Congrats to you!

I also want to shout out to those of you who completed the entire challenge – that means they each finished 6 quilts in 6 weeks.

Cue the band and drop the confetti!

Kudos! Great Job! Well done! Yay you!

And for those of you who participated, but did not quite manage the 6 quilts in 6 weeks –

I’m proud of you for trying.

Let’s do this again in Spring of 2026 so we can all get more VRD quilts finished, so we can make even more VRD quilts.

All right! Now it’s time to check out my curated list of Holiday VRD patterns.

Holiday Themed VRD Rose Card Quilt Patterns Part 1

I haven’t done a curated pattern list for a while, so it’s definitely time for one. I hope you’ll enjoy this list of holiday-themed patterns and maybe you’ll discover the perfect project for someone special. And yes, there’s still time to complete it for the Holidays because VRD Rose Card patterns go together as almost quickly as Santa slides down the chimney on Christmas Eve. I am including the links below the patterns for both digital and print patterns. And don’t forget, patterns always ship free.

At my pal Mary Lee’s suggestion, I am breaking this very extensive list into 2 parts. This week you will patterns A-M and next week, we’ll feature patterns N-Z.

12 Quilts of Christmas Collection – Here’s your go-to collection of holiday projects including jolly Gnome blocks, place mats, table runners, wall quilts, and throw quilts. There’s even a pattern for a 36″ panel. Read on to see each pattern listed individually.

A vibrant collage featuring various quilt patterns for the holiday season under the title '12 Quilts of Christmas 2024' showcasing designs like 'Chili', 'Poinsettia', 'Wreathed', 'Gnomie', and more.

Get the print collection HERE

Amelia – Let those stars shine!

A colorful quilt titled 'Amelia' featuring star patterns in various fabrics, displayed against a white brick background.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Awestruck – Can’t you just envision this one in your Christmas decorating color scheme?

A colorful quilt pattern titled 'Awestruck' featuring star shapes in various fabrics, designed by Molly Cook for Villa Rosa Designs.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Baking Day – I can smell the ginger and molasses already, can’t you?

A quilt featuring brown gingerbread man shapes against a light blue background, titled 'Baking Day.'

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Beatrice – Bring on the red, white, and green fabrics!

A quilt design titled 'Beatrice' featuring a patchwork of various colored fabric squares and stars, designed by Villa Rosa Designs.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Belinda Jane – A great little something something for someone who has everything!

A colorful illustration of the 'Belinda Jane' slip-on pillow sham pattern, featuring a patchwork design with various vibrant fabrics and a decorative floral border.

Print Only HERE

Bespoke – Add a sprinkle of holiday fabrics and mix.

A quilt pattern titled 'Bespoke' hanging from a tree, featuring a floral design with rich colors and geometric shapes, set against an autumn backdrop.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Blessings – Perfect to make for a special someone.

Quilt pattern titled 'Blessings' featuring a blue and gold design with a white cross, designed by Tricia Lynn Maloney for Villa Rosa Designs.

Digital HERE and Print HERE

Blizzard – You can’t go wrong with blue and white for the holidays.

A quilt design titled 'Blizzard' featuring a blue color scheme with snowflake patterns, displayed against a natural background.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Catrina Jane – A lovely idea for your quilt bestie (PSST! don’t forget to add a selection of VRD Rose Cards!)

A graphic design of the 'Catrina Jane' 2-Pocket Pattern Card Holder from Villa Rosa Designs, featuring a vibrant green fabric with floral patterns and a striped design, along with a view of the interior showing pockets for holding patterns.

Print Only HERE

Cherish – A fast sweet quilt is the perfect gift for anyone on your gift list from age 1-101.

A quilt titled 'Cherish' featuring a patchwork design with bear and woodland animal motifs, in a color palette of soft greens, browns, and blues, created by Villa Rosa Designs.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Chili – Add a red nose if you wish…..

Quilt pattern titled 'Chili' featuring a stylized reindeer design in earthy tones, created by Heidi Cook for Villa Rosa Designs.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Chips & Dip – Make sure to have plenty on hand for the holidays.

Colorful quilt pattern titled 'Chips & Dip' designed by Heidi Cook for Villa Rosa Designs, featuring a bright mix of green, blue, purple, and yellow fabrics.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Chutes & Ladders – who doesn’t love a family game night during the holidays?

A colorful quilt design titled 'Chutes & Ladders' by Molly Cook for Villa Rosa Designs, featuring squares and rectangles in vibrant patterns and colors.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Color Mittens – One can never have enough mittens!

A quilted table runner featuring colorful mitten shapes in red, green, and patterned fabrics, titled 'Color Mittens' with a festive design.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Crazy Stars – Grab your favorite holiday Charm Pack and make this super fun runner!

Cover image of the Crazy Stars quilt pattern featuring a table runner with colorful star designs in red, blue, and white. The quilt is displayed on a wooden bench against a green background.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Crimson Glory – a pretty quilt for the holidays with an interesting border.

A colorful quilt titled 'Crimson Glory' featuring festive holiday patterns, predominantly in red, green, and white, with decorative borders and a rose graphic in the corner.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Dainty Machines – This multi-size pattern is a nod to one of our best quilty friends.

A colorful quilt titled 'Dainty Machines' featuring various sewing machine designs surrounded by floral patterns, created by Sewl Sister for Villa Rosa Designs.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Dear Heart – Add a couple mugs and some coffee/tea/hot cocoa and put everything in a basket for a lovely little gift.

A pink quilted snack mat featuring a heart design, with the text 'Dear Heart Snack Mat' prominently displayed. The mat is placed on a wooden surface near a window.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Dinner Party – The perfect holiday dinner companions!

A collection of three quilted placemats featuring red and green holiday patterns, including birdhouses and festive designs, with the title 'Dinner Party' presented at the top.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Emmalina Jane – A fun little stocking stuffer.

Cover of the Emmalina Jane padded eyeglass case pattern, featuring three different eyeglass cases in floral and patterned fabrics with fabric requirement details listed.

Print Only HERE

Espresso – Have a large cuppa before tackling your holiday to-do list.

A quilt design titled 'Espresso' featuring coffee-themed fabric patterns, including cups, coffee pots, and playful text, set against a colorful backdrop.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Framed – Another classic blue and white. Or red and green. Or……..

A beautiful quilt titled 'Framed' featuring a snowman design, surrounded by a dark blue and white patterned border, displayed on a snowy outdoor setting.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Friendship – gather your friends and loved ones near.

A quilt pattern titled 'Friendship' featuring a patchwork design with various floral and patterned squares in earthy tones, bordered with a floral fabric and a rose graphic on a green background.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Friendship Hearts – Share a little heart with your friends.

A quilt featuring a pattern of red hearts and yellow star blocks on a white background, labeled 'Friendship Hearts' at the top and 'Sewl Sister for Villa Rosa Designs' at the bottom.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Frosted Window Panes – Here in PA, we usually expect snow for the holidays.

Cover of the 'Frosted Window Panes' quilt pattern featuring a blue quilt with various designs, set against a natural background.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Gathering – Use a small panel or a favorite novelty fabric for the center, it’s your choice.

A quilt design titled 'Gathering' featuring a winter scene with reindeer and a sleigh, bordered by geometric patterns in dark and light colors.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Gerome – Make multiples of this cute block for a fun table runner or quilt. Mix and match with Gnomie.

Cover image of a quilt pattern titled 'Gerome' by Molly Cook for Villa Rosa Designs, featuring a gnome design with a red hat, green accents, and a brown beard, set against a green and brown background.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Gift Wrapped – A fun runner for your holiday table!

A holiday-themed quilted table runner titled 'Gift Wrapped' featuring red, green, and white patterns, accompanied by a polka dot mug filled with marshmallows.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Gifted – This runner truly is a lovely gift idea.

Quilt design titled 'Gifted' featuring a pattern of gift boxes in festive colors, designed by Melissa Milligan for Villa Rosa Designs.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Gingersnap – Cookies, need I say more???

The Gingersnap quilt design features a combination of patterned fabrics in warm and cool tones, arranged in alternating rows of squares and prints, with a floral embellishment and branding from Villa Rosa Designs.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Gnomie – Make multiple blocks for a runner or a quilt. Mix and match with Gerome.

A quilt pattern featuring a whimsical gnome design with a green hat and red outfit, designed by Molly Cook for Villa Rosa Designs.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Grandma’s Girl – Holidays are for spending with those you love.

Cover of the 'Grandma's Girl' quilt pattern featuring a geometric design in shades of purple and pink, with the title at the top and a rose logo on the side.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Grandmother – Remember those you love during the holidays.

Colorful quilt design titled 'Grandmother' featuring a pattern of patterned squares and orange accents, displayed against a rustic backdrop.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Happy Hollies – A new modern holiday classic!

A vibrant holiday-themed quilt titled 'Happy Hollies' featuring bold red and green fabrics with polka dot patterns, displayed against a brick background.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Holiday Bauble – A little something to whip up for that last person on your list.

A colorful quilted snack mat featuring a holiday bauble design with red and green patterns, displaying text that reads 'Holiday Bauble Snack Mat' by Tricia Lynn Maloney for Villa Rosa Designs.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Homecoming – Perfect for all those lovely 36″ holiday panels we just had to buy!

Cover image for the 'Homecoming' quilt pattern by Tricia Lynn Maloney, featuring a snowy landscape with red barns, pine trees, and a starry night sky.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Hot Cocoa – Now all I need is a cozy quilt and a good book. And a fireplace, too.

A quilt design titled 'Hot Cocoa' featuring a patchwork of colorful fabrics in seasonal patterns, including cup motifs, with a floral graphic in the corner.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Inessa Jane – Don’t forget to make one for yourself, too.

Infographic showcasing the 'Inessa Jane Infinity Scarf' from Villa Rosa Designs, displaying three scarves in various colors with fabric requirements and design notes.

Print Only HERE

Into the Trees – Make a forest of Christmas trees to enjoy!

A quilt titled 'Into the Trees' featuring various green and patterned Christmas trees arranged in rows. The quilt is framed in red and is displayed against a textured wall.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Jardena – Add your favorite holiday fabrics and make those stars twinkle.

Colorful quilt design featuring orange stars and floral patterns, titled 'Jardena', by Villa Rosa Designs.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Macarons – You had me at cookie…..

A quilted table runner featuring a colorful patchwork design with aqua, coral, and floral patterns, titled 'Macarons' by Tricia Lynn Maloney, set against a warm pink background.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Mary Jane – Something sweet for that new baby this holiday season.

A colorful quilt pattern featuring a reversible receiving blanket design titled 'Mary Jane' with floral and polka dot patterns in pink and blue. It offers two size options: 38.5 inches square and 30.5 inches square. Created by Nancy Lorene for Villa Rosa Designs.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Merry Trees – Dress up your holiday table this year.

Colorful quilt design titled 'Merry Trees' featuring a mix of holiday-themed fabrics in reds, greens, and whites, displayed against a greenery background.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Messages – Make sure you send messages (digital or snail mail) to all your friends and family.

A colorful quilt design titled 'Messages' featuring various patterns in shades of blue, pink, and purple, with striped sections and intricate quilting details.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Miss Josie – A sweet finish for your favorite 24″ holiday panel.

Quilt pattern 'Miss Josie' by Villa Rosa Designs featuring a patchwork design with holiday-themed fabrics, including red and green colors and festive motifs.

Digital HERE or Print HERE

Here’s where we’ll stop our list for this week. By now, your eyes are probably starting to glaze over. Yup, Villa Rosa has patterns for everyone this holiday season.

Just one more thing……

Holiday Gift Idea #1

From now through Christmas, I’m going to give you a fun holiday gift idea each week. It might be something for you, the quilter, or something for you to make for someone else. So come back each week to see my holiday picks for 2025.

Kalinda Fabrics and Precuts

Oh my goodness! I haven’t had a chance to share with you that Pat’s second fabric collection, Kalinda, is now available in shops as of the end of October. So, Kalinda is my first Holiday Gift Idea for 2025.

A display of the Kalinda fabric collection by Pat Fryer, featuring vibrant earthy colors with touches of aqua, arranged in a spiral pattern.

Lucky for us – 3 Aunts Quilt Shop has the Kalinda fabric collection just waiting for you – by the yard, fat quarter bundles, and half yard bundles. You can check out all the Kalinda fabrics HERE.

Like Pat’s first collection for Riley Blake, Bedazzled, Kalinda also has a collectible tin which is perfectly sized to store your VRD Rose Card patterns. I’m definitely adding the Kalinda collectible pattern storage tin to my Christmas list. It will be available November or December, right in time for the holidays.

Well, that’s it for me this week.

See you right here, same time next week (which just so happens to be Thanksgiving).

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

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VRD Stepped Quilt Tutorial

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Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

I’ve got a fun and happy quilt tutorial for you today – Stepped by Running Doe Quilts for Villa Rosa Designs.

But before we get into the tutorial – I have an AMAZING announcement for you!

Drum roll, please!

Cue the confetti! Or how about a balloon drop from the ceiling this time?

Our Rose Queen and owner, Pat Fryer, has done it again!

She has a new batik fabric collection with Riley Blake Designs coming this October!

It’s called Kalinda.

WOOHOO!

Here’s a sneak peak –

Kalinda is simply perfect for all your autumn projects! You can download the collection PDF with all the fabrics and skus below.

KalindaDownload

Guess what????? There will be another collectible pattern storage tin for the Kalinda collection, too! I can’t wait! I love love love my tin from Pat’s first collection, Bedazzled. I can’t wait to collect them all as she designs new collections in the future!

Mark your calendars for October – when Kalinda makes its debut. Don’t forget to ask your local quilt shop to order the collection if they haven’t already.

Now I’ve spilled the beans about Pat’s new collection, it’s time to jump into our tutorial.

VRD Stepped Quilt Tutorial

Stepped is a fun modern Rose Card pattern designed by Running Doe Quilts for Villa Rosa Designs. It is a large quilt, finishing at 66″ x 78″ and is fat quarter friendly – yay!

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

For this tutorial I chose a wonderful warm and sunny collection from our friends, Hoffman Fabrics, called Sunset Hour. I chose the bright blue as the frame and binding for a wonderful pop of color against the warm sunset tones.

As usual, the first thing I’m going to do is cut the pieces for the blocks. Since this quilt doesn’t have a border (which is common for modern quilts, by the way), we don’t have to worry about that.

I’m wondering – do you cut your borders when you cut the fabric for the blocks or do you wait until after the center of the quilt is assembled? For me, I usually cut the border strips when I cut the block fabrics, but I don’t piece and cut the borders to size until after I finish the blocks.

Oops, let me get back to the cutting. LOL!

Here are all the pieces I need to make the whole quilt top. Isn’t that blue striking?

Now we’re ready to rock and roll at the sewing machine! The Stepped block goes together really quick (of course, it’s a VRD Rose Card pattern!). I like to put the large rectangle to my left and the blue frame strip to my right so I can grab a rectangle, place a frame strip on top, and zip it through the sewing machine. Then I repeat this same step for all the blocks, using chain piecing (meaning I’m not cutting the thread between blocks as I sew).

Working with batiks is lots of fun – you don’t usually have to worry about right or wrong sides because they are dyed the whole way through.

I could just flip the frame strip over, give it a finger press, and add the 2nd frame strip on, but I want my blocks to be nice and crisp, so I’m going to head to my ironing board to press the blocks before adding the 2nd frame strip.

Now I’m ready to sew the 2nd frame strip on the side of each block. Easy piezy – just the way I like ’em!

Then it’s back to the iron to press the blocks one more time. I warn you – there are a lot of blocks! Seriously!

Next I’m heading to my flannel board, which is actually behind my pressing station, to lay out my blocks. SHHH! My flannel board is really a flannel backed tablecloth hung in front of my fabric storage wall. To hang it, I clip the tablecloth to the tops of my storage doors with big binder clips. That way, I can take it down whenever I need access to the fabric cubbies (these particular cubbies hold my yardage and fat quarters by color).

Now the fun begins. As I lay out the blocks, I’m moving them around to spread the colors and fabrics out over the whole quilt. Laying out your blocks is an important step in making a quilt because you don’t want all the same fabrics or colors clumped together in the same area by accident.

Yikes! I’m actually running out of flannel board for this quilt because it’s big, so I think I need to sew this section together before I can add the final 4 rows. Off to the sewing machine I go…..

All right, here’s the section sewn together. Sorry, just noticed in this photo, I have it turned upside down from the previous photos. Mea culpa.

Finally, I can lay out the final 4 rows and add them to the quilt top. Ugh, you can’t see the bottom section I just added because my ironing station is in the way. Did I mention this is a BIG quilt???

I know! Let’s go outside so I can show you the completed quilt top!

I LOVE the warm and sunny colors of the sunset and the blue plays nicely. I reminds me of photos of the sun setting over the ocean. I say photos as I’ve yet to actually see an ocean. Someday…….

OH! Rats!

Take a look at the bottom of the quilt, I ended up with too much light colored fabrics bunched together. This happened because I couldn’t lay out the entire quilt on my flannel board all at once before I stitched the blocks together. ARGH!

Looks like I will be doing some un-sewing with my trusty seam ripper sidekick, Jack. Then I can relocate some of those light blocks from the bottom towards the center. Sigh……definitely a project for another day. Sorry about that.

Have you ever made the Stepped quilt? If so, I’d love to see your quilts on our VRD Facebook group.

Well, that’s it for me. Have a great week! Find some time to do a little sewing this week. Or maybe some un-sewing……

Until next time –

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

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

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Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

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

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

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

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

VRD 2M Junior Quilt Tutorial

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

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

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

Get your digital Junior HERE or print Junior HERE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Okay, now we’re ready to sew!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

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

Bedazzled! Update

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

Fat Quarter and Half Yard Bundles!

This group of 9 is called Lilac Mint

9 Fat Quarters HERE or 9 Half Yards HERE

This group of 8 is called Prismatic Bliss

8 fat quarters HERE or 8 half yards HERE

This group of 9 is called Stardust Splash

9 fat quarters HERE or 9 half yards HERE

BUT WAIT! There’s MORE!

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

San Julian (light) kit HERE

San Julian (black) kit HERE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Until then –

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

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

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Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

Yay! Yay! Yay!

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

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

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

Bedazzled

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

Get the 5″ Stacker HERE

Get the 10″ Stacker HERE

Get the 2.5″ Rolie Polie HERE

Or you can find the Bedazzled fabric by the yard HERE

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

BUT WAIT! There’s MORE!

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

Get the Bedazzled tin HERE

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

VRD Baby Zip Tease Quilt Tutorial

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

Get Baby Zip Tease digital HERE or print HERE

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

Get Zip Tease digital HERE or print HERE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Photo 4: Cut apart on the drawn line.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

YAY! Quilt top finished! Woohoo!

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

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

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

See you there!

Until next week –

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

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Favorite Finds at International Quilt Market and Quilt Festival 2024

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Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

Today is my last post about Quilt Market and Festival.

We’ve covered the insider’s view of Market HERE and the 50 year Celebration of International Quilt Festival HERE. We’ve also explored some of the amazing and wonderful quilts on display this year during Market and Festival HERE.

So what’s left to talk about????

All the cool stuff at Market and Festival, of course!

My Finds at Market and Festival

I’m going to share with you the things that inspired me at Market and Festival. I wish I could showcase every single thing I saw because there was sew much eye candy in Houston, but that would make this post into a very long long book, I’m afraid. So I guess I’ll focus on the things that I found interesting, cool, or just plain fun, in no particular order.

Just sit back and enjoy…………

Sew Q Laser

I watched a demo of this cool system in the Sew Q booth. It really was quite fascinating! I’ve been using my trusty 1/4″ seam guide foot for a long time, but I can really see a lot of possibilities with this laser system. You can check out their website HERE.

Thimtec Thimble Tape

The Thimtec booth was right beside our VRD booth during Market and I had the opportunity to stop by to learn about this new product. Thimtec tape is easy to use, only sticks to itself, and molds to the shape of YOUR finger. It’s reusable and economical, Cool beans!

I took my pink roll to my Friday group and everyone made an individualized thimble to take home and use. After everyone was done creating one, I still had half a roll left!

You can find video demos and more info on their website HERE or find it on Amazon HERE.

Classy American Quilt Design Walls

I met the owner, Tony, when he asked if I could watch his booth for a couple minutes. Of course I did and I had the fun opportunity to play with the Quilt Design Walls. I must say that this is now sew totally on my quilter’s wish list! The smaller one (in the photo above) is big enough for a long throw quilt, but my dream is the really big one because — gasp — it has a remote control! AND I LOVE GADGETS! LOL! The small one would be great, too, as it goes up and down easily just like your window blinds. I tested it out, of course, and discovered that if you were careful putting it up and down that your quilt blocks could actually stay stuck to the design wall. Brilliant!

You can see Tony himself introduce his design wall in the video below and you can check out Tony’s website HERE. Just tell him Tricia sent you. Tehehe……..

Patience Griffin Books

I don’t remember what she said to me that had me laughing that hard………….

I had the pleasure to meet Patience Griffin at Quilt Market. In addition to being the popular author of both the Kilts and Quilts book series and the Sweet Home, Alaska series, Patience is a quilter and also a new fabric designer with Riley Blake Designs. You can see Patience’s collection, A Touch of Celtic, coming to a shop near you in May 2025, HERE.

If you love quilt fiction as much as I do, you can find her books HERE.

Printed Felt Board Story Panels

This one is for all you librarians, teachers, early childhood educators, parents, and grandparents. I mentioned this adorable felt printed panel by Jennifer Long for Riley Blake a couple weeks ago (the Created with Love panel, above, will be available in shops April 2025), but I just had to include it again on my “favorite finds” list.

When I was a children’s librarian, I created my own felt board pieces to go along with the stories, rhymes, songs, and activities I used for my weekly felt board story as part of my library toddler story time. Oh! How these wonderful shapes would have been a fabulous addition to my felt activity repertoire! Although I am no longer a librarian or early childhood educator, I still have very fond memories of engaging the youngest library patrons with fun stories, songs, and rhymes accompanied by my humble pieces.

Here’s a Nativity felt panel by Jennifer, which is available right now. You can find it HERE.

Goldie Lou’s Shirts

Image from the Goldie Lou website

Goldie Lou’s was a new business at Market and Festival this year. They were selling the most fun quilting shirts and sweatshirts with the cutest tongue-in-cheek sayings! Oh sew fun! I bought a couple shirts myself to show off my quirky quilter style, including one of the shirts you see above (it is sew me!). You can find more info about Goldie Lou’s HERE.

Horn of America Deluxe Storage Chest

I am sew sew in love with this cabinet! It has drawers and shelves and cubbies on one side and a flip up extension table on the back where you can even add more shelves! This would be a real dream piece of furniture in anyone’s sewing space! I kept walking past it whenever I went to the food court and dining area — it stopped me every time and I would pause to test out the drawers or just imagine it in my own sewing dungeon, er — studio. I would want the one in the white finish……You can find more info HERE.

Mary Ellen’s Best Press

Yippee! Mary Ellen’s Best Press Spray has a new scent — Lemon Mist! I’ve been using the Best Press starch alternative spray for a long time now and I am thrilled that they finally have a lemon scent. I was very excited to have scored a sample at Market so I can test it out, but I already know I am going to love the Lemon Mist scent. It will most likely be my new favorite. You can find it HERE.

Well, folks, I hope my favorite finds will inspire you — they have certainly inspired me! Now I’m adding everything to my quilter’s holiday wish list. Sigh…..do you think that cabinet will fit down the chimney????

That’s it for me this week. Take care and travel safe this coming week if you are heading somewhere to celebrate Thanksgiving. And while football is playing after Thanksgiving dinner, maybe you can sneak away and read all about my recent visit to Ohio Amish country for my Mom’s birthday.

Until then —

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

Quilt Market is Coming and a NEW Villa Rosa Fabric Collection
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Quilt Market is Coming and a NEW Villa Rosa Fabric Collection

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Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

It’s October! How’d that happen? I feel like this year has been too short and yet too long at the same time. Does that even make any sense? So much has happened this year, yet there is still so much to accomplish, and now there is only a few months to do it in. Oh brother……… (me, smacking my forehead).

I know I mentioned last week that Fall is my absolute favorite season and happily, October is my most favorite month. October in northwest Pennsylvania is simply beautiful! You can almost watch the leaves burst into shades of red, orange, yellow, and purple . Then after a grand showing of color for a little while, they simply hop off the tree branches and drift down to the ground. There is nothing better than walking through those piles of color, crunching as you go. Raking leaves into a big pile and jumping into it is still an option for me too. Of course, I adore the cool nights and warm days, which make me feel more energetic and eager to get back on track to get things done after the lazy hazy crazy days of a hot summer.

Did I mention the food of autumn (and October)??? Goodness! How could I forget that? Apples are huge in our area this time of year, in fact I even have a couple neglected apple trees in my backyard. I was able to rescue some good-sized apples, even if they weren’t perfect. Apple pie, apple crisp, apple cider, homemade applesauce………need I say more? And if you have apple cider, you simply must have donuts to go with it. I don’t know if this is a regional thing or common all over, but I have fond memories of Friday and Saturday night cider and donuts.

In my hometown, there is also a huge nighttime Halloween parade later in October. When I say huge, I mean HUGE! Every firetruck and queen/princess for miles takes part! As well as all the area marching bands. There are floats, too. It was always a fun time when I was a kid, snagging all the candy thrown from the parade participants. I must admit that the Zem Zem mini race cars always made me nervous when they were doing their routines, — I was always afraid they’d run over my feet when they drove so close to the curbs where all of us kids were sitting. And after the parade, it was time for — you guessed it! — cider and donuts. LOL!

International Quilt Market

October also brings Fall International Quilt Market (the professional event) followed by Quilt Festival (the retail event) in Houston, Texas. YAY! Although there’s a lot of work that goes into getting ready for Market, it’s so much fun and totally exhausting. For me, it’s the one time a year I actually get to work with Pat and the VRD gang in person, which makes it super important to be there so we can brainstorm, discuss ideas, and dream up fun new VRD events just for you.

This was the VRD Market booth in 2022
This was the VRD booth for Festival in 2023

I attended my first Quilt Market in 2010 when my very first quilt book, Orphan Block Quilts, was coming out. It was also where and when I first met Pat and fell in love with Villa Rosa Designs. My pal, Leslie (who I went with to Maryland back in August) went with me for that very first Market — basically she help my hand and provided me with training wheels, or…………simply moral support. LOL! Thanks, Leslie! I’ll never forget when we saw superstar Ty Pennington from HGTV, who was there to promote his first fabric collection. OMG! Women were practically throwing themselves at him. He had a security guard trying to protect him and they even had to bring in stanchions and ropes to help control the crowd of rowdy women. Ahhh, good times.

Last year I was really fortunate to be able to stay on for Quilt Festival (the retail event) after Market. That was my very first Festival experience, even though I’ve now been to enough Markets that I don’t even keep track anymore. I had an amazing time and I met such terrific folks at both Market and Festival.

I don’t really have any specific goals in mind for Market this year, except to work in the VRD booth and to just enjoy the experience. I do hope to meet some new industry professionals, to put a face to people I’ve only worked with online, and to catch up with some old friends — like my pals, the Springers, of Quilts of Mulberry Lane, who kindly gifted me with an antique quilt last year. You can read the Story of the Quilt that Followed Me Home HERE. I might even line up some new fun sponsors for our 2025 VRD Blog Hop.

Bedazzled Fabric Collection

The most exciting thing going on for Villa Rosa at this year’s Quilt Market is Pat’s new fabric collection with Riley Blake Designs. It’s called Bedazzled and it is a batik collection. If you know Pat Fryer, then you know she adores batik fabrics!

Here’s our Pat’s RBD designer photo on the Riley Blake website.

There are 26 fabrics in the Bedazzled collection. Lots of purples and teals with hints of pink, jade, and blue. The fabric designs have a lot of movement and energy and the colors are just sooooooo rich. Of course, Bedazzled will be available in precuts — 5″ squares, 10″ squares, 2.5″ strips, and fat quarter bundles, so the collection will literally shine in lots and lots of VRD Rose Card patterns!

But wait……………….there’s more! There is a teeny tiny little extra detail that makes Bedazzled truly unique and special — it has bling! It isn’t called Bedazzled for nothing, you know. Tehehe. The main print has wonderful hints of sparkle and shine.

A close up of one of the main prints — can you see the gold stars and moons? That’s the sparkly bling!

Bedazzled will debut at Quilt Market later this month and is shipping to quilt shops in December, which is only a couple months for you to wait. Right now all of us at VRD are busy working on quilt samples to show off the Bedazzled collection for Quilt Market, so you will be seeing those soon, I promise. You will be SEW inspired! I’m also working on a couple new tutorials for you, which will go live towards the end of the month and into the beginning of November.

One of the things I’m most excited about Bedazzled is the collectible Bedazzled tin Riley Blake created for the collection. What makes this tin so special??? It will hold Villa Rosa Rose Card patterns! Yep. SERIOUSLY! A tin designed specifically for our Rose Cards. How many times have we talked about how to store our VRD Rose Cards right here on the blog and on the Facebook page?

Ridiculously, I am so in love with this tin already and I haven’t even seen one in person. Hmmm…..maybe Riley Blake will have one as part of their Bedazzled display. Guess we’ll have to wait until then to find out.

The collectible Bedazzled Rose Card tin. Isn’t it yummy???

Remember, Bedazzled is shipping to quilt shops in December. Of course, we’ll have it available at Villa Rosa Designs. Did you doubt we would? So, hang in there. December’s coming really really fast!

Well, that’s it for me. Time to get back to work on my Bedazzled sample quilts and tutorials. Stay tuned for updates coming soon.

Until next time —

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @VRD

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What’s NEW with Villa Rosa Designs???

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Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

Happy Memorial Day Week end to you too! What are your plans for this unofficial kick off to summer? For me, I am hustling to put together a garage sale for Friday and Saturday as this is THE BEST weekend all year to have a sale where I live. Fingers crossed that I’m not pulling an all-nighter Thursday to have everything ready for Friday. Wish me luck!

I am SEW EXCITED to share some AWESOME NEWS about Villa Rosa so I’m going to jump right in.

Exciting VRD NEWS!

Our Rose Queen and VRD owner, Pat Fryer, has a brand new fabric collection coming out with Riley Blake Designs! It’s called Bedazzled! and I can’t wait to share it with you! It will be available at your local quilt shops and at our online shop, villarosadesigns.com, in December! So mark your calendars now AND ask for it at your local shops.

Bedazzled! is a batik collection and is part of the Riley Blake Expressions line. It has 26 fabrics in rich saturated eye-popping colors! It’s fun and whimsical too!

Here is the entire collection:

Here are some larger images of each different pattern so you can see just how yummy the fabrics are:

Of course, Bedazzled! will be available in precuts — 5″ squares, 10″ squares, 2.5″ strips, and fat quarter bundles, so the collection will shine in lots and lots of VRD Rose Card patterns!

Speaking of VRD Rose Cards, here are the patterns Riley Blake Designs has selected to showcase with the collection.

Get The Lady in PRINT or DIGITAL
Get Baby Zip Tease in PRINT or DIGITAL
Get Lazy Goose in PRINT or DIGITAL
Get San Julian in PRINT or DIGITAL
Get 2M in PRINT or DIGITAL
Get Sugar and Spice in PRINT or DIGITAL

And if that’s not enough — Riley Blake Designs has created a SUPER SPECIAL Rose Card Pattern Storage Tin! Finally!!! We’ve talked about storage ideas for your Rose Card collections many times in the past here on the blog and I know the topic comes up frequently on the Facebook group.

Thank you Riley Blake Designs for creating a solution for storing our Rose Card collections!

I am really excited about this tin and can’t wait to order several. I imagine we’ll carry them at villarosadesigns.com, but make sure you request these tins at your local quilt shop! I think they’ll go fast, so make sure you get yours in December.

Are you getting EXCITED yet???? Remember, Bedazzled! will be in stores in December, just in time for Christmas! I know what I’ll have on my Christmas list this year. Just sayin’ . . . .

One More VRD Update For You

Do you watch (and shop) Pat’s Fry-Day VRD Live Shows on Facebook? Or maybe you didn’t even know we had a weekly Live Show and Sale.

Here’s the info:

FRY-DAY HAPPY HOUR

Join us every Friday at 4pm PST on our Facebook Page for our Fry-Day Happy Hour.

Watch as we show new fabric and last-chance items – and comment to buy directly from the video.

I just wanted to let you know the show will now be available on the website due to some changes with the platform. We’re trying a few different things out right now in order to pick the new format that will be easiest for you, the shoppers and fans, so please be patient with us.

For now, you will be able to find the Fry-Day VRD Live Shows under the Live Shows tab at the top of the website. Please reach out if you have any questions.

Well, I guess that’s it for me this week. I’m off to work on getting my garage sale ready. If you find yourself in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, stop on over — I’d love to meet you in person.

Take care and be safe this Memorial Day Weekend. Don’t forget to kick back and relax, too.

Until next time —

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @VRD