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:

Sayonara 2023🐰, Yōkoso 2024🐉

Farewell 2023! Welcome 2024!!! Here's a Grace and Peace Quilting review of 2023, and a preview of what's to come in 2024, the year of the dragon in Japan!

First, 2023: I quilted 135 quilts in 2023, 53 of my own, and 82 for others.

Of my own 53 quilts, here's the breakdown: