Villa Rosa Blog Hop - My Day

Welcome to my day for the Villa Rosa Blog Hop - Fast and More Fun! If you have missed any of the posts, you can check below, where I have a clickable list of all participants. A big pat on the back to our hostess, Tricia at Villa Rosa Designs! I am so appreciative of her putting together this blog hop with such amazing prizes and a list of 28 participants! Thank you Tricia! And thank you Jeanna and Wendy for the reminder that today is National (aka Worldwide or International) Quilting Day!

NOTE: If you were unable to find the post for CT Publishing yesterday, they were experiencing technical difficulties with their Comment section. I have added their link to today's list. Be sure to note the link in their post to enter their giveaway!

You can win prizes!

OK first let's talk about prizes! Each participating blogger gets to select a total of 7 winners, including three Individual Prize winners, one winner for a set of the Blog Hop patterns, and three names for entries into the Grand Prize drawings!! That means that seven of you who comment on my blog will have a chance to be entered into the giveaways! I will do a random drawing at the end of the blog hop and send a list to Tricia. If you win, you will be notified by email. Please note that if your comment posts as "Anonymous", please put your name and email address in your comment so you can be contacted! You may find a list of sponsors toward the end of this post.

This is a quilt I made in 2017 with Tricia's Akito pattern. You may read the details in this post.

Tricia's patterns are on pretty cards or you can purchase the digital edition. For this blog hop, Tricia generously offered us these five Villa Rosa patterns from which to choose for our creations, or we could make all of them. I had trouble making up my mind, but ultimately I chose Twinkle (on the right), with Gypsy running a close second. The set of five patterns is only $8.95, and you may purchase the set right here, or you can find information on the individual patterns below:

• 31
• Clover
• Ebb Tide
• Gypsy
• Twinkle

For this pattern I chose fabrics from a kit I bought in 2014 - Elementary by Basic Grey - and for the sashing a I used a fabric I purchased from That's So Janice on Etsy - a floral from 2013, "Serenity" from Riley Blake Designs.

My favorite quilt holder skillfully tamed the quilt in the breeze

The kit I bought contained a layer cake and a jelly roll, along with yardage. I used the yardage for part of the pieced backing and jelly roll pieces for the scrappy binding.

Pieced backing (Same favorite quilt holder, different shoes)

Quilting was with a free panto from Urban Elementz - Lisa's Raindrops. I absolutely love how it turned out.

Backing

Toby had to step in for quality control before I sewed on the binding

Jack likes the colors with his ginger handsomeness

Gypsy

This flimsy was made using Gypsy - I love the name and the pattern! This one may end up larger with borders like Cheree's version, and I have started a second one with colors inspired by Kathleen's beautiful version! It is an easy pattern to put together, and I really enjoyed choosing a variety of fabrics, and I see more of these in the future.

PRIZE INFO:

• There will be prizes from sponsors: Hoffman, Moda, Timeless Treasures, Jaftex, Electric Quilt, Banyan Batiks/Northcott, Benartex, Hancock’s of Paducah, Fox Chapel/Landauer, and C&T Publishing.
• Plus a complete set of the patterns used in this blog hop from Villa Rosa Designs.
• And the grand prizes: Kaffe Fassett Precuts Collection, $100 digital gift certificate for Hancock’s of Paducah, A Big Mystery Box of Quilting Goodies, and Download of Electric Quilt 8

Prize registration closes Sunday, March 23 2024

Here is a list of participating blogs (with clickable links) for the week and today's links in BOLD:

Thursday, March 14:

Tricia at https://villarosaquilts.com/

Friday, March 15

Kathleen at https://kathleenmcmusing.com/

Cheree at http://livelylatte.blogspot.com/

Roseanne at https://www.homesewnbyus.com/

Wendy at https://www.piecefulthoughts.com/ 

Saturday March 16

Valerie at https://www.ctpub.com/blog/ (The link to enter their giveaway i

Bernie at https://needleandfoot.com/

Sandra at https://www.mmmquilts.com/

Linda at https://www.texasquiltgal.com/ (YOU ARE HERE)

Debbie at http://time4stitchn.blogspot.com/

Branyn/Jennifer at https://blog.siysewityourself.com/

Sunday, March 17

Carolyn at https://quarterinchcapers.blogspot.com/

Emily at https://www.nortonhousequilting.com/blogs/news

Gail at https://quiltinggail.com/

Susan at http://wazoonewsbits.blogspot.com/

Monday, March 18

Nann at https://withstringsattached.blogspot.com/

Jennifer at https://scottfortunoff.com/

Jan at https://www.cocoaquilts.com/

Tricia at http://quiltwithaview.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, March 19

Joy at https://shout4joy-shouting.blogspot.com/

Emily at http://thedarlingdogwood.blogspot.com/

Vicki at www.knitbug2.blogspot.com

Rose at https://somethingrosemade14.blogspot.com/

Lexie at https://www.qovf.org/

Wednesday, March 20

Nancy at https://www.graceandpeacequilting.com/

Jocelyn at https://happycottagequilter.blogspot.com/

Tracie at https://joyfullytracie.com/

Daryl at https://patchouli-moon-studio.blogspot.com/

Diane at https://doyoueq.com/blog/

Thursday, March 21

Tricia at https://villarosaquilts.com

Be sure to leave a comment if you'd like a chance to win a prize!