NEW VRD Rose Card Quilt Patterns for June, A Local Quilt Show (YAY!), and the Upcoming VRD Small Project Summer Challenge

June 11, 2026June 10, 2026 rosecardsLeave a comment

Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

Gosh, we have a ton of stuff to do today. I was hoping to add another post over the weekend to finish my quilt show experience, but with my Dad sick, I was just too busy to sit down and write it. Sorry about that, but we’ll get the rest of the trip added to today’s post about NEW PATTERNS and our VRD SMALL PROJECT SUMMER CHALLENGE. Let’s dive right in!

NEW VRD Rose Card Patterns for June

I won’t even say it – you know – how much I love the Thursday after the first Friday of every month. Dang – I said it. Well, hopefully I get an E for effort because I tried. LOL!

Here are this month’s new patterns!

A collage of quilt patterns for June 2026, featuring five designs: Blinds, Loomed, Oh Helena, Breezy, and Rosholt. Each quilt design is displayed with its respective name and designer, promoting all five patterns available for $8.95.

Get all 5 print patterns HERE.

Molly’s latest pattern is called Blinds and uses your favorite Jelly Roll plus a background. You can find a kit featuring the same fabrics as the pattern front HERE or one in Pat’s Bedazzled fabrics HERE.

Catherine of Running Doe Quilts is back with another fun star pattern called Loomed. I know what you’re thinking – where are the stars? You’ll just have to trust me if you haven’t gotten your pattern yet. LOL!

Deanne of Creative Sewlutions has a new pattern this month called Oh Helena. What fun! You can find a kit featuring the Birds collection HERE. And you might remember one of her earlier pattern called Oh Henry. I think they are fraternal twins….

Rachelle’s latest pattern is called Rosholt. It’s fast, fun, and fat quarter friendly. You can find a kit featuring Hearts and Stars + Sunprint fabrics HERE.

My new quilt pattern this month is called Breezy and it really is an easy breezy quilt. Grab a set of fat quarters or fat eighths and a background fabric and this quilt practically makes itself!

Next up are the Accessory patterns for June!

A colorful quilt featuring star patterns, draped over a gray armchair with a plant nearby, showcasing a cozy indoor setting.

Get the digital pattern HERE or the print pattern HERE

Rachelle’s second pattern this month is this cool table runner, Shannagolden. It’s another fat quarter friendly pattern and I can just imagine it in red, white, and blue. I think it would look like fireworks!

A cozy pillow design titled 'Parade Day Pillow' displayed on a blue quilted sofa, featuring a patterned quilt in shades of blue and red, with a fluffy dog resting beside it.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Last but certainly not least is my June pillow pattern, Parade Day. I really love the bold red, white, and blue fabrics – it’s charm square friendly so grab your favorite patriotic charms and get started on this great pillow. And there is little Miss Bailly posing beautifully like the little queen that she is. You might even recognize the quilt on the chair – it’s my VRD Farmhouse Blues quilt. It provided such a great backdrop for both the Parade Day Pillow and Bailly. You can find the Farmhouse Blues digital pattern HERE or the print pattern HERE.

I’m really getting my red, white, and blue on right now and I think any of this month’s quilts would be wonderful in patriotic colors. Time to get busy making those quilts in anticipation to all of the awesome events happening in July to celebrate the 250th birthday of the Declaration of Independence!

Quilt Show Wrap Up

Now I’m going to finish last week’s post about my quilt show trip, so if you missed the beginning of the post last week, you can check it out HERE.

I stopped last week right after the slide show of quilts that inspired me at the All Hands Around Erie Quilt Show because I took my Dad to the Emergency Room and I never got back to my computer. He is hanging in there, but he still has an awful cough a week later. Ugh.

Anyway, I wanted to tell you about the vendors at the show. Many of them had VRD patterns and kits. Yay! My local shops were vending so it was great to catch up with them and to visit with some new-to-me ones, too.

One of my local shops, Quilter’s Cupboard, had – not one Sisterhood sample and kit available – but three totally different options! Wow! They just love VRD there. So, a big shout out to Shirley and Brenda at Quilter’s Cupboard!

Colorful quilt display featuring a geometric pattern with bright colors on a black background, alongside a blue and white quilt in a craft booth setting.

A woman with long gray hair seated at a table with a cash register, working in a booth surrounded by colorful quilts displayed behind her.

Sisterhood digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE

Another of my local shops, Fox’s Sew and Vac was there vending, too. They always have tons of great stuff and offer VRD patterns and kits. I bought a really cool panel to make a bucket hat at their booth. I spied this Addison at Fox’s booth. Big Howdy going out to my friends at Fox’s!

A basket containing two bundles of fabric squares tied with twine, labeled 'Addison'. Each bundle features colorful fabrics with different patterns, and a tag stating 'Backing Not Included'.

Addison digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE

Detzel’s Sewing Center was there too. It’s also a local shop and I must admit, I haven’t been there. It used to be only sewing machines, but they have expanded and are continuing to expand. They had lots of VRD kits in their booth! I was totally delighted to see some of mine and introduced myself. I met Cathy and we really hit it off and now she’s reserved July 25th and 26th for their Christmas in July event. Now we just have to figure out what we are doing. LOL! So a huge huge HELLO! goes out to my new friends at Detzel’s.

A colorful quilt display featuring a table runner with red round shapes and green leaves, alongside various fabric stacks in bright colors.

A colorful quilted table runner featuring a patriotic design with eagles, American flags, and stars in red, white, and blue fabric.

Left: Berry-liscious (digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE)

Center: Independence Day Snack Mat (digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE)

Right: Goody Goody Gumdrops (digital pattern HERE or print pattern HERE)

Basically, the shopping was awesome!

Here’s what I bought at the show – a one of a kind quilt clock, a quilty USA panel, a fun pot holder pattern, Minki Kim pouch panel, and the bucket hat panel.

A decorative wall clock with a diamond shape, featuring colorful patchwork patterns and black hour and minute hands, displayed against a patterned background.

Fabric art of the United States map featuring various patriotic patterns in red, white, and blue, including stars and stripes.

I’m really interested in what is going on with panels these days – pouches, hats, toys, etc. give sewists and quilters a lot of new and exciting options.

Did I mention there was live music at the show?????? I thought this was really awesome, it added another layer to the quilt show experience.

A woman playing the violin and a man playing an accordion on stage, with vibrant quilts featuring various designs in the background.

A decorated frame featuring the names 'Don and Jean Wisniewski' accompanied by illustrations of a violin and an accordion, with musical notes in the background.

Finally, I saved one of my favorites for last…….a display of antique quilts. The display was put together by our local antique quilt expert, Jill Meszaros, who has also curated a quilt exhibit at The Baldwin Reynolds House Museum here in Meadville, PA. I haven’t gotten there yet, but it’s one of the things I have on my summer bucket list (I’ll be sure to tell you all about it when I go).

So, please enjoy this slideshow of antique quilts. The info card is after the quilt photo.

Finally! I finished last week’s post about the quilt show. Now let’s move on to our VRD Summer Challenge!

VRD Small Project Summer Challenge

Who’s up for a Summer Challenge????

I know I am – I had a super time completing the 6 Quilts in 6 Weeks Challenge with you and I have decided I want to continue doing fun Challenges on the blog.

So……here’s the info you’ve been waiting for……..

VRD Small Project Summer Challenge

The Rules and All the Details of the Challenge:

Promotional graphic for the VRD Small Project Summer Challenge, highlighting participation details and deadlines. Features a colorful quilt pattern, a sewing machine, and various crafting materials, with sections detailing how to join, weekly drawings, and submission instructions.

Each week for 6 weeks, participants will post a photo of their completed weekly projects to our VRD Facebook page or if you prefer, you can email the photos to me at tricia@villarosadesigns.com.

I will post my before/after photos on the blog, villarosaquilts.com, each week and I will try to post them on the VRD Facebook page as well.

All projects must be VRD patterns – this is the VRD blog, after all. All projects must be completed by the Friday at midnight EST each week to qualify for the weekly drawing.

Each week there is a different project theme: Week 1 – Quilt under 50″ x 50″, Week 2 – Tote Bag, Week 3 – Pillow, Week 4 – Scarf, Week 5 – Table Runner, Week 6 – Snack Mat duo. Each week, you get to choose which VRD pattern you want to make as long as it fits the category. Easy Peasy.

Each week, I’ll draw a name randomly from those participants who posted photos of their completed projects by each weekly deadline. Weekly winners will get a surprise quilty surprise in the mail after the Challenge ends. Goodies might be from me or from one of our lovely quilting partners.

This Challenge is open to all, but please note that International winners will receive a selection of VRD digital patterns.

You might be wondering what happens if you don’t post a photo for a weekly Challenge or you miss the deadline. It’s pretty simple – your name won’t go into that week’s prize drawing – that’s okay because life gets busy. I’m not kicking you out of the Challenge, though – feel free to participate in any or all weeks. Your name will go into each weekly drawing that you complete a project and post your completed project photo before the weekly deadline.

All participants are on the honor system – please post only newly made and completed projects for the challenge. It’s not fair to other participants to post items that you made prior to the challenge.

I think that’s all the important info. I hope I’ve answered any questions you had. If not, feel free to email me.

Send your name and email address to me at tricia@villarosadesigns.com to officially join the challenge and be eligible for weekly prizes. Your name and email will only be used for this Challenge, I promise you.

So, the Challenge begins….now. Your Week 1 Finished Project photo is due by Friday, June 26th midnight EST (yes, you have 2 weeks to sign up and get your Week 1 project finished). Post your completed project photos on our VRD Facebook group or you can email them directly to me at tricia@villarosadesigns.com if you prefer.

Ready! Set! Go make something fun!

WHEW! That’s it for me this week. If you managed to get through the entire post, I applaud you. KUDOS! Hope you’ll join me for the Summer Challenge.

Sew. Laugh. Make. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

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6 Quilts in 6 Weeks Challenge – Week 3 and a Fun VRD Snack Mat Tutorial

October 23, 2025October 22, 2025 rosecards2 Comments

Hello Quilty Friends!

How are you this fine October Thursday? My thoughts are definitely turning towards cozy quilts, good books, and hot tea right now as the October winds howl outside, swirling the leaves in mini cyclones around the yard.

I’ve been really enjoying our 6 Quilts in 6 Weeks Challenge and I hope you’ve been tuning in to the finished projects on our VRD Facebook page. If you signed up for the Challenge, please make sure to write that your before/after photos are for the 6 Quilts in 6 Weeks Challenge so we can all ooooh and ahhhh over your completed project (this also makes it easier for me to note who finishes a project each week during the Challenge).

I’ve heard that it takes about 30 days to build a new habit so if we finish 1 quilt each week for 6 weeks, hypothetically we are building a new habit. At least, that’s my hope, anyway. LOL!

Before we get much further, though, let’s all congratulate Mary Q as our Week 2 winner. Yay you, Mary! Keep up the great work!

I wonder who will be our Week 3 winner next week??? Maybe Y O U ????

6 Quilts in 6 Weeks Challenge Week 3

For Week 3, I chose to complete one of my recent blog tutorial quilts from last month – Busy Bee. I was sew in love with the Hoffman digital fabrics I used for my tutorial that I just had to finish this one as part of the challenge. Busy Bee is fat quarter friendly and finishes at 45″ x 54″, which is a nice kids quilt, baby quilt, or small throw. If you want it bigger, you can easily add more blocks or an outer border (or both).

If you missed the Busy Bee tutorial, you can find it HERE.

Don’t have Busy Bee yet?

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE.

Here’s my BEFORE photo:

A patchwork quilt hanging on a clothesline, featuring a mix of floral and patterned fabric squares in shades of pink, green, and white.

Here’s my AFTER photo:

A cozy quilt featuring a patchwork design with pink, green, and floral patterns, draped over a chair outdoors.

I backed my quilt with a lovely dusty rose textured fleece and free motion quilted the quilt with an allover meander design in a pretty pink thread.

I had a question recently on the blog about using fleece on the back of quilts, so I thought I’d address it here. I do not use batting when I use fleece on the back. I generally only use fleece on the backs of my throw quilts, although my quilty cuz, Kim, is using her fleece scraps on the back of her table runners and smaller projects, too. As for quilting a fleece backed quilt, I try to stay away from designs that cross over because the fleece is really stretchy and the quilt top isn’t (or at least it shouldn’t be) and crossing over lines potentially runs the risk of getting pleats and folds at intersections. I find wiggly line and meandering my designs of choice when quilting fleece backed quilts.

For more tips when quilting fleece, you can check out a blog post HERE from a few years ago.

The binding is Riviera, a Dot batik from our quilting partner, Hoffman , and it’s the absolute perfect finish. I stitched the binding on by machine again to save time. It turned out okay, but a few of my corners had minds of their own and were trying to do the salsa. Sheesh! I even had to rip one out and force it into submission. Corners can be so tricky!

A colorful batik fabric design featuring a blend of deep reds, purples, greens, and pinks with a dotted pattern throughout. — *Riviera Dot batik from Hoffman*

Now to decide which quilt to finish for Week 4……..

FUN VRD Snack Mat Tutorial

Recently, Chris from Needlepointers.com reached out to us to share a really fun idea and tutorial using our VRD Snack Mat patterns and I’m thrilled to share it with you. If you haven’t ever checked out Needlepointers.com, you should! Chris and her daughter Annette have been sharing craft tutorials and projects for the last 20 years on their website.

If you’re like me, you’re on the lookout for fun and fast Holiday gift ideas because the holidays are almost upon us. Snack Mats, of course, are an AWESOME quick and easy gift idea and as a bonus, each pattern makes 2 Snack Mats. You can find all the VRD Snack Mat patterns HERE. Snack Mat patterns are available in both digital and print formats.

Thanks, Chris, for sharing this GREAT IDEA with us!

Have you made anything fun using any of our VRD patterns and put together a tutorial online? We’d love to see it.

Please note that if you are thinking about creating a tutorial of your favorite VRD project (or you’ve done one already):

You may show the front of the pattern, but never the back where the instructions are
Do not give any cutting dimensions or measurements out verbally or in writing as part of your tutorial

Please keep in mind that all VRD patterns are protected by copyright law. Thank you for kindly respecting our VRD designers, their creativity, and their hard work.

Well, I’d better get to work on my Week 4 Challenge Project. I’ll show it off next week. You’d better get yours going, too.

See you then.

Have a great week. Get SEW much done!

Sew. Laugh. Finish. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

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6 Quilts in 6 Weeks Challenge – Week 1 and NEW October VRD Quilt Patterns

October 9, 2025October 8, 2025 rosecards8 Comments

Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

There’s a lot to do on today’s blog post, so let’s just jump in with both feet!

First, I want to congratulate our very own Cook family – Molly, Heidi, and mom Tamara – on taking on the former Villa Rosa Designs physical quilt shop. They’ve renamed the shop 3 Aunts Quilt Shop and you can find it HERE. Please extend them your congratulations!

6 Quilts in 6 Weeks Challenge

I am absolutely THRILLED that 20 intrepid quilters have joined in with me for the 6 Quilts in 6 Weeks Challenge. Please post your before photo (unfinished quilt top or pile of fabric with the pattern if you’re making new projects) and after photo (completed project, quilted and bound [if you are doing Accessory projects, it may not actually have quilting and/or binding and that’s okay]) on our VRD Facebook page or you can email them to me at tricia@villarosadesigns.com if you prefer.

Your before/after photos must be on the Facebook page or emailed to me by each Friday at midnight EST during the 6 Week Challenge.

If you have any questions, please drop me an email.

All right! Wanna see my finished project for Week 1????

Here is my Before photo:

A vibrant quilt featuring warm autumn colors such as orange and brown, displayed outdoors on a sunny day, with trees and grass in the background.

And here is my After photo:

A colorful quilt draped over a chair, featuring autumn-themed fabrics in shades of orange, yellow, and brown, with a patchwork design.

This VRD quilt is the Alassio pattern. I did this one as a tutorial in August 2023 (when I first wrote this sentence I thought it was from last year, then I checked and found out it was from 2023 – yikes!) and it went into my UFO (unfinished Object) pile. I thought it would a great one to start out the Challenge because it has a lovely warm fall vibe with the yummy batiks from Hoffman. I backed the quilt with cozy orange fleece and free motion quilted it with an allover meander design. I added the binding and machine-stitched it down. I’m not the greatest at finishing binding by machine, but it sure does go a lot faster than doing it by hand. I then added my label to the back. As this isn’t one of my patterns, I added VRD and the name of the pattern to my label along with my name, city and state, and the year the quilt was finished. Even though I started it in 2023, I didn’t complete it until now, so 2025 goes on the label.

Cover image for the Alassio quilt pattern by Villa Rosa Designs, featuring a colorful patchwork design with various fabrics in squares and rectangles.

Don’t have Alassio???

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE

Find the VRD Alassio tutorial HERE

I’ve already picked my project to complete for Week 2, but you’ll have to wait until next week to see it.

Now it’s your turn – post your photos before midnight. I’ll keep track of everyone who has posted (or sent me) their before/after photos for each week. Then I’ll randomly select that week’s winner from those folks who completed their weekly challenge. Please bear with me as I line up the prizes as this past weekend was International Quilt Market and this week is Festival so many of the companies I work with are a bit preoccupied right now.

If you don’t post a before/after photo for a weekly Challenge or you miss the deadline, your name won’t go into that week’s prize drawing. And that’s okay because life gets busy. I’m not kicking you out of the challenge – just make sure to post your photos for the next week to get your name in the next week’s drawing. Easy peasy.

I want to encourage all of you as well as myself to finish projects, not to stress about them.

I hope I’ve answered any questions you might have had. If not, feel free to email me.

Now let’s take a look at the new October quilt patterns!

NEW October VRD Rose Card Quilt Patterns

As many of you already know, I just love the Thursday after the first Friday of every month because I get to show off our new patterns! If you’re new to Villa Rosa, you might not yet know that we offer at least 5 (but sometimes 6 or even 7) NEW patterns each and every month. It’s crazy, right? And nobody else does that, except VRD.

An overview of five new quilt patterns for October 2025, including 'Enchanted Forest,' 'Gabriella,' 'Maple Syrup,' 'Fennimore,' and 'Phyllis.' Each pattern features unique designs and colors, showcased in a collage format.

Get All 5 print patterns HERE

Enchanted Forest is Melissa’s new pattern just in time for Fall Quilting……or Spring…….or Summer. Her “happy trees” are right at home in any season! You can find a kit at Molly and Heidi’s newly named 3 Aunts Quilt Shop, HERE.

Gabriella is Pat’s newest Tim Holtz Palette quilt and features 3 lovely stars amongst the lavender and purple prints. 3 Aunts Quilt Shop still has kits available HERE.

Maple Syrup is Heidi’s latest foody quilt featuring a lovely panel and side borders of a coordinating printed stripe. 3 Aunts has kits in stock HERE.

Fennimore is Rachelle’s new modern pattern for October. It features a very interesting block. You can find Fennimore kits at 3 Aunts HERE.

Phyllis is Catherine’s October pattern and shows you a unique way to make the large star blocks. You can find 3 different kit options at Catherine’s shop, Running Doe Quilts, HERE.

There’s one more quilt for this month and it’s a real fun one!

Boscobel is a small or wall quilt sized project by Rachelle. You can use the cut off triangles from Fennimore for this project or your favorite stack of 5″ squares. This small quilt would also make a great table quilt!

A vibrant quilt titled 'Boscobel' featuring colorful triangles on a white background, designed by Rachelle for Villa Rosa Designs.

Get your digital pattern HERE or your print pattern HERE.

Yes, you probably noticed that yours truly did not have a new pattern for October. You’ll just have to wait for November!

I wanted to let you know that I’m still reading book 5 in the Quilt City series. The story is moving along swiftly, but I just haven’t had a lot of time to read this past week.

Well, it’s time for me to get back to my Challenge project for next week. Happy quilting to all of you!

See you right back here next week for more VRD fun and Week 2 of our 6 Quilts in 6 Weeks Challenge.

Until then –

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Always,

Tricia @ VRD

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