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2024 VRd Blog Hop · Quilting Partners · villa rosa designs

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

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Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

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

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

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

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

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

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

VRD Blog Hop Winners

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

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

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

Grand Prize Winner — $100 Hancock’s Gift Certificate

Nancy M.

Grand Prize Winner — Kaffe Collection Winner

Andrea A.

Grand Prize Winner — Big Box of Mystery Quilt Goodies

Rita S.

VRD Quilt Winners

Anne-Marie, IN 

Kathryn, FL    

Kate, TX     

Susan, MN      

Jill, NE     

Robin, PA     

Pattern Set Winners

Nancy, MO

Nadja, AK

Deb, OH

Renea, IA

Anne, TN

Pam, MI

Debbie, IN

Darlene, UT

Elaine, TX

Sara, SD

Krista, TX

Carmen, TX

Bonnie, Saskatchewan, Canada

Patience, MI

Nikki, VA

Margaret, TX

Donna, Saskatchewan, Canada

Samantha, MS

Diane, NM

Mary, WI

Eva, Germany (sorry Eva!)

Pat, MI

Rita, NC

Cindy, TX

Jannette, Ontario, Canada

Lori, Newfoundland, Canada

Sponsor Winners

C.J., Netherlands

Donna, Saskatchewan, Canada

Mary Anne, Ontario, Canada

Carol, ID

Lisa, KY

Pat, NY

Renea, IA

Diane, NM

Lizzy, NM  

Terri, CO

Nancy, CA  

Rachel, IA

Jill, NE 

Ann, WI

Sharon, VA   

Mayme, MI

Samantha, MS  

Julie, AR

Debbie, IN  

Lisa, KY

Cindy, TX

Mary, WI  

Barb, NE

Pat, MI

Kim, British Columbia, Canada

Terry, MA

Anita, GA

Joanne, British Columbia, Canada

Connie, VA

Joy, OR

Nancy, OH

Lee, MI 

Carol, WI  

Diann, CO

Deb, FL

Sherry, TN

Johnna, OH

Anne, TN

Bonnie, Saskatchewan, Canada

Karen, PA

Margaret, TX

Carol, NC

Donna, PA

Beth, AL

Sandra, FL

Donna, FL

Jeanie, TX

Kathleen, IA

Kim, GA

Anne-Marie, IN

Sharon, MS

Pam, HI

Krista, TX

Patricia, MN

Pam, WI  

Cindy, LA

Julie, MN

Kathy, NC

Amy, WI

Deb, NY

Jennifer, NY

Julie, GA

Christi, NC

Diana, PA

Brenda, VA

Darlene, UT

Leslie, OR

Anna, MI

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

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

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

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

http://wazoonewsbits.blogspot.com/

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

http://quiltwithaview.blogspot.com/

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

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

https://hoffmancaliforniafabrics.net

https://modafabrics.com

https://www.ttfabrics.com

http://jaftex.com

https://electricquilt.com

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

http://benartex.com

https://www.hancocks-paducah.com

https://foxchapelpublishing.com

https://www.ctpub.com

https://www.pbtex.com

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

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

Have a great week!

Until next Thursday —

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @VRD

Rose Cards · villa rosa designs

Revisiting the Recent Solar Eclipse and NEW April 2024 VRD Rose Card Quilt Patterns

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Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

How many of you had the chance to see Monday’s solar eclipse? Could you see it from your own area? Or did you travel somewhere to see it?

Our area was overrun with people coming from all over to see the Eclipse — hotels and restaurants were full and the highways were all backed up. I was lucky that I could hang out on the back porch to see it — there was no need to go anywhere. Believe me, I was very happy not to have to go anywhere else, too.

My Mom (Hi Mom!) was super excited about the eclipse and had been for days. She put The Weather Channel on early on Monday so that we wouldn’t miss a thing as the eclipse arced across the US until it reached us here in northwest Pennsylvania. I popped outside frequently to watch as the moon’s shadow was creeping across the sun. I couldn’t stay outside for long, though, because my dog, Bailly (who was safely inside), would scratch crazily at the glass sliding door every time I went outside. My Dad (Hi Dad!) got in the spirit and came out from time to time to check it out, too. And yes, we all wore our special eclipse glasses.

It was so fascinating to watch the moon’s shadow slowly covered up the sun until almost totality, but, much to our disappointment, clouds covered the sun just as the eclipse moved into totality. We saw glimpses of it through openings in the clouds off and on, but we never did get to see complete totality in our location. WHat a bummer.

Of course, we had seen it on TV in other locations, but it wasn’t quite the same as seeing it yourself. Luckily, my oldest niece, Meg (Hi Meg!) took a great video of totality in our area and she shared it on Facebook, so I did get to see secondhand what I had missed.

Did you make your version of the Eclipses quilt?

Did you even get your Eclipses pattern yet? You can find it HERE as a physical pattern OR you can find it HERE as a digital pattern.

Here’s my Eclipses quilt top.

Mine was not the only Eclipses quilt in my area to celebrate the total Eclipses! My friend Kristine (Hi Kris!) and my cousin, Robin (Hi Robin!), made their own Eclipses quilts, too.

Kristine even machine-embroidered the center strip of her quilt with the Eclipse information and her location. What a great idea!

Kristine’s Eclipses quilt.

Robin made a wall-sized version like me. We even used the same fabrics, so they look similar, but not exact because of our fabric placement.

Robin’s wall quilt version of Eclipses.

What a fun project! I hope you will share your Eclipses projects on our VRD Facebook Group. Did you miss the Eclipses tutorial last week? You can find it HERE.

Now, guess what today is??? If you’re a new follower (Hey! Thanks for becoming a follower!), you probably have no idea why I’m so excited, do you? Let me explain —

This is the Thursday after the first Friday of the month and that means NEW Rose Card Patterns!

NEW VRD Rose Card Patterns for April 2024

Cue the trumpets and the confetti! Yay! Here they are!

Aren’t they great? What a lovely variety of patterns! I love that this group has new quilt patterns from multiple designers and you can see each designer’s own flavor. Which one do you want to make first?

You can get your own set of the 5 April patterns HERE for the low price of $8.95.

But wait……..there’s more! (Of course there is, did you even have a doubt?) Although there is no new table runner pattern this month (I’m sorry, the Blog Hop kept me hopping!), you are going to love the new Snack Mat — Bunny Ears!

Don’t you love it??? Yes, I know that Easter was actually at the end of March this year, but Easter is usually in April and bunnies are such a fun spring theme. You can get your own Bunny Ears pattern HERE.

Blog Hop Update

I just wanted to take a moment to let you know that all the winners have now been selected and contacted. Congratulations if you are one of them!

We did have a few folks who did not respond, so we had to randomly select new winners for those prizes. So the process takes longer than you’d expect it to. Now that everyone has responded, we will be starting to ship out prizes to the winners. Some of you will be receiving your prizes directly from some of our Sponsors. Thank you for your patience!

Next week’s post will be all about celebrating and announcing the winners of the Blog Hop — they are from all over the US and beyond.

Thanks for hopping with us! Here’s to more quilting adventures for us to share together in the future!

Until next Thursday —

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

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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 —

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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?

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 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:

  1. 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.
  2. Villa Rosa Designs is giving away a 2023 Blog Hop Rose Card pattern collection on each participating blog.
  3. 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