🌈RSC Yellow🟡

I'm doing the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) in 2024! It's a great way to work through your scraps and turn them into quilts! April's RSC color is yellow! Angela at Super Scrappy posts a new color every month.

This year I'm making butterflies from my spare stash of 5" squares! Some are old, some are new! I'm using the Hope Takes Flight free pattern from Robert Kaufmann. Let me know if you have any of these fabrics in your collections:

2024 GE Designs Virtual Retreat

On March 14, 15 and 16, I participated in the Stripology Virtual Retreat 2024, along with 200 other quilters!!! The following week, March 20, 21 and 22, 150 more quilters experienced the same virtual retreat! The 350 virtual quilters represented 43 US states and 7 countries: USA, Canada, Australia, England, Scotland, Denmark and Sweden!!!

These are my 3 finished quilts started during the retreat! ⤴️ And here's the retreat box!!!⤵️

🏆Villa Rosa Designs Blog Hop Winners!🏆

The Villa Rosa Designs Blog Hop in March was a blast!!! So fun to see all the different versions of these fast and fun patterns!!! Thank you to everyone who commented on my VRD Blog Hop!!! 

I asked everyone to comment on which pattern they would like to make first. The definite top winner was Twinkle!!! A distant second was Gypsy Rose!!! Ebb Tide, Clover and 31 all came in close to each other, in that order. 

Twinkle takes the most time of all five patterns, so I was surprised that it was the most popular, but it definitely has the cuteness factor!!!

Here are the winners from my blog, drawn by random generator:

Winner of the 5 VRD Blog Hop patterns: Nikki, VA

1. Winner of a quilty prize: Johnna, OH

2. Winner of a quilty prize: Nancy, CA

3. Winner of a quilty prize: Anne, TN

1. Winner of entry to grand prize drawing: Rita, NC

2. Winner of entry to grand prize drawing: Sandra, FL

3. Winner of entry to grand prize drawing: Tawnee, MT

Congrats to the winners!!! They have each been contacted. And btw, Rita, NC, won the grand prize drawing of "A Big Box of Mystery Quilt Goodies"!!!

The prize winners of all 28 blogs are listed on the Villa Rosa Designs blog, here.

The patterns can still be purchased from Villa Rosa Designs, here! They truly are FAST and FUN!!!

Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy

Check out the quilt inspiration at: Sew & Tell, Design Wall Monday, Monday Musings, Monday This & That.

3 Quilts ㆔ by Lynn

Here are three quilts Lynn has been cooking up recently!!! 

Quilt Info #1:

Maker: Lynn

Pattern: Koby from GE Designs

🦠Amoeba🦠

Here are two quilts I quilted this week that both have "amoeba" quilting!!!

Quilt Info #1:

Maker: Me!

Pattern: Dina from GE Designs

Shenandoah Quilt

This is one quilt!!! Front and back!!!! How cool is that?!!

Quilt Info:

Maker: Lynn

Happy Easter!!!🐣

 Happy Easter!!! The day that changed history!!! He is risen!!! 

Here are some of my Easter decorations and handmades: the bunnies and wooden eggs were carved by my Dad, the decorated eggs were made by my childhood friend and next door neighbor, and I made the bunny hop mini quilt, fabric basket and felt bunny item.

Four more fabric baskets I made, and each one stuffed with a Squishmallow!!! ⤵️

And the real reason for the season, we celebrate Jesus, laying down His life for us, defeating death and giving eternal life to all who believe in Him!

Happy Easter!!! 

Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy

Check out the quilt inspiration at: Patchwork & Quilts, Sew & Tell, Design Wall Monday, Monday Musings, Monday This & That.

Lucy & Dina❖Quilts

My Quiltin' Cousin Sue has been busy making some GE Designs quilts!!!

Quilt Info #1:

Maker: Sue

Size: 76" x 76"

Pattern: Lucy by GE Designs

Baptist🪭Fan Quilting

Here are two large quilts that called out for Baptist Fan quilting!!! The first was made by Missy and the second by Karen!

Quilt Info #1:

Maker: Missy

Size: 108" x 108"

Pattern: Brightly by Cluck Cluck Sew

Fabric: William Morris prints

Villa Rosa Designs Fast & More Fun Blog Hop

Welcome to my stop on the 2024 Fast & More Fun Blog Hop!!! Villa Rosa sent 28 of us bloggers the 5 featured patterns and we got to choose which one/s to make!!! They really are fast and fun to make, as is demonstrated by how many made multiple quilts! I made 4 of the patterns!!!

🌈RSC Purple🟪 + Villa Rosa Blog Hop Info

 I'm doing the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) in 2024! It's a great way to work through your scraps and turn them into quilts! March's RSC color is purple! Angela at Super Scrappy posts a new color every month.

This year I'm making butterflies from my spare stash of 5" squares! Some are old, some are new! I'm using the Hope Takes Flight free pattern from Robert Kaufmann. Let me know if you have any of these fabrics in your collections:

Dina QAL

On February 13, 2024, Gudrun of GE Designs held a "Quickie Quilt-Along" on YouTube. If you missed it, you can still get in on the fun: purchase the pdf pattern and you will get the 2 teaching videos that accompany it. This is a great pattern to show off your favorite prints. And it comes in six sizes, from baby up to king!!!

Quilt Info:

Maker: Me!

Size: 67" X 85"

National Sew a Jelly Roll Day 🌀 2023

The third Saturday of every September has been declared National Sew a Jelly Roll Day! In 2023, it was September 16th. My sister and I have a tradition of sewing together on that day, using the same pattern, different fabrics. This year we chose Jelly Roll Twist, a free pattern from Fat Quarter Shop!

Quilt Info #1:

Maker: Me!

🥎Softball T-Shirt Quilt🥎

Susan made this t-shirt quilt for a high school senior--she received a softball scholarship!!!

Quilt Info:

Maker: Susan

Pattern: BQ2 from Maple Island Quilts

🌈RSC Red🟥

I'm doing the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) in 2024! It's a great way to work through your scraps and turn them into quilts! February's RSC color is red! Angela@SuperScrappy posts a color every month.

This year I'm making butterflies from my spare stash of 5" squares! Some are old, some are new! I'm using the Hope Takes Flight free pattern from Robert Kaufmann. Let me know if you have any of these fabrics in your collections:

African🌍Quilt

This quilt is a labor of love, made by Lynn, for her friend who served in Zimbabwe🇿🇼!

Quilt Info:

Maker: Lynn

Size: 58" x 80"

Pattern: Winter Hot Dish 

Batting: Quilters Dream 80/20 

Thread: Glide--Marlin

Pantograph: African Storm ⤵️ from Intelligent Quilting

▪️Mini Quilts▪️

Since getting the cast off my arm, I've been making small projects! My wrist is still recovering from the break, so I've found making minis is easier on my wrist. Here are 6 I've made in the past couple weeks:

Quilt Info #1:

Maker: Me!

🌈RSC Green🟩

I'm back!!! My cast came off my left arm on January 26th, five weeks after the accident. Now I have a removable brace and have much more use of my thumb. I'm able to drive, work and quilt again! 

I'm doing the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) in 2024! It's a great way to work through your scraps and turn them into quilts! January's RSC color is dark and bright green! Angela @ SuperScrappy posts a color every month.

This year I'm making butterflies from my spare stash of 5" squares! I'm using the Hope Takes Flight free pattern from Robert Kaufmann. Let me know if you have any of these fabrics in your collections: