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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NEW December VRD Rose Card Patterns, Rose City Sewing Grand Opening, and Holiday Gift Idea #4

December 11, 2025December 10, 2025 rosecardsLeave a comment

Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

As I begin writing today’s post, I am sitting in the waiting area at my local Safelite getting a new windshield in my little red Jeep Compass, Sassy. This is her Christmas present (as well as for me). Luckily for me, Safelite has free wifi as well as TV tables so customers can work while they wait.

A snowy winter scene with a parking lot covered in snow and slush. In the background, trees are bare, and snow is falling gently from the gray sky. — This photo shows what it looks like right outside right now.

Welcome to Pennsylvania in winter – except, well, it isn’t really winter. Not yet, anyway. Huh. Mother Nature, what are you up to now?

It’s a really really ugly day today – we are getting a winter storm right now here in NW Pennsylvania. If I hadn’t had a couple important appointments, I would have happily stayed home today. The roads were pretty horrible on my way into town, slushy and slippery. It’s a very wet snow/slush mix because the temperatures are right around freezing. We may also get freezing rain. Then we’re going to get lake-effect snow on top of all of this as the temperatures drop.

Sadly, I didn’t see one snow plow on my way and several of the roads hadn’t been plowed (including in town). I was lucky if there was a little salt down the middle of the road. I drove really really slow today and I still managed to slide through an intersection. YIKES! But I’m here and Sassy is getting her new windshield. Hoefully the roads will be in better condition when I head home later.

Enough about winter weather, let’s talk NEW PATTERNS!

NEW December VRD Rose Card Quilt Patterns

Anyone know what today is???? It’s the Thursday after the first Friday of the month and that means………NEW PATTERNS! YAY!

Graphic showcasing five new quilt patterns for December 2025, including Autumn Leaves, Feline Friends, Fruit Cake, Caledonia, and Lending, with captions and designer names.

Get the set of 5 Print Patterns HERE

We have a nice cross-section of new patterns this month – something for everyone!

Melissa has 2 fun new patterns this month – Autumn Leaves and Feline Friends. Yay! We’ve even got kits for you.

A vibrant quilt featuring a variety of stylized leaf patterns in multiple colors set against a white background, showcasing autumn-inspired designs.

Autumn Leaves VRD kit in Madison One fabric HERE

A patchwork quilt featuring a design with cat shapes in black, gold, and white fabrics, arranged in a repeated pattern.

Feline Friends 3 Aunts kit in Klimt fabric HERE

Heidi has a fun holiday pattern for you called Fruitcake.

Ahhh! I’m smiling right now, remembering the yearly fruitcake my Great Aunt Jule would send my family for Christmas when I was a kid. It was the one in the tin and I don’t remember if we ever actually ate it because it looked kind of scary and weird. LOL!

You can find Fruitcake kits featuring Australian prints (like the pattern cover quilt) over at 3 Aunts HERE.

Pat designed another fun and fast quilt called Caledonia, featuring Tim Holtz Palette fabrics. You can find a kit with the same fabrics you see on the pattern cover at 3 Aunts HERE.

Rachelle also has a new pattern for you this month called Lending. And of course, there’s a kit for you, too.

Colorful quilt featuring a patchwork design with blue, green, black, and grey fabric squares arranged in a grid pattern against a light pink background.

You can find the Lending VRD kit in Simply Primitive fabrics HERE.

But wait – there’s MORE!

We have 2 – yes that’s 2 – NEW Table Runners this month! Yippee!!

Heidi created this super fun and speedy runner that couldn’t be more festive – she calls it Heidi’s Ho Hos.

A holiday-themed table runner with 'HO HO HO' in red and green letters on a white quilted background, bordered with a candy cane-like striped pattern.

You can find the Digital Pattern HERE or the Print Pattern HERE.

There’s a 3 Aunts kit for Heidi’s Ho Hos featuring the same fabrics you see on the pattern front HERE.

And the second runner, Jingle, is by yours truly. I’m thinking Jingle would look great in any color combination. Right now, of course, I’m thinking of make a wintery blue and white one next. Hmmm….I wonder why. LOL!

A quilted table runner titled 'Jingle' featuring red, green, and patterned fabric, displayed outside in a snowy forest setting.

You can find the Digital Pattern HERE or the Print Pattern HERE

Speaking of different color combinations for Jingle, we have a VRD Jingle kit available featuring America fabric HERE. PSST! Maybe you can get a head start on 2026 and the 250th anniversary of the United States.

A vertical quilt runner featuring a pattern of alternating blue and red quilt blocks on a white background.

Seasonal and holiday table runners make such great gifts! Especially for that someone on your list who has everything and needs nothing – you know exactly who I’m talking about, we all have one. And guess what??? You still have enough time to make a runner or 2 before the big day – they are VRD patterns, after all.

Now that we’ve seen all of the new December patterns, I’ve got some great news to share.

Rose City Quilting Grand Opening

Congratulations to Catherine and Pat and everyone at Rose City Sewing!!!

Graphic promoting the grand opening of Rose City Sewing with a sewing machine, a stylized deer, and roses, including event details: December 12-13, 10 AM - 4 PM, at 3401 GE Drive.

Our VRD designer and quilting partner, Catherine of Running Doe Quilts, announced that the new Rose City Sewing shop in Tyler, Texas will have its grand opening this weekend on December 12th and 13th. Rose City Sewing will also be the new Texas home of VRD. If you’re in the area, stop by and say hello – Pat will be there, too. Just tell ’em Tricia sent you!

Holiday Gift Idea #4

I’m really enjoying searching for super cool Holiday Gift Ideas with a quilting theme. Whether it’s something for your quilting bestie, something you add to your Holiday Wish List, or something you even buy for yourself, it’s always fun to get some fresh ideas. And I’m happy to help.

This week’s suggestion is something we can do that’s quilty when we can’t get to our sewing machines – quilty puzzle books! Here are some puzzle books I’ve enjoyed, I’ve gifted, or I’ve received as a gift.