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Friday check in: top-a-long + reading from With Strings Attached

Thanks to everyone who's asked for our address for Stevens' birthday card shower. It's not too late--PM me to send the address.

Quick post this morning. The Running Doe top-a-long (what is that? read details here) is a flimsy.

I cut into a few Kaffe prints, including the spashy center flowers. I used up the large part of several others. (I'm trying to get over the "can't cut this!" hurdle.)

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In a small outport town in Nova Scotia in the last months of World War I a dead whale is stranded on the shoreline. In a ...

added by Nann 3 months, 1 week ago. under finished or not friday , reading , villa rosa

Midweek: 25 blocks, OMG 2025, top-a-long from With Strings Attached

All 25 Old Town blocks are assembled. I think the design looks good this way but the sashing, which I have yet to make, kicks it up several notches. I will persevere.

I've begun something new.

I signed up for the Top-a-long with Running Doe Quilts . She is a designer for Villa Rosa. One pattern a month with the goal of making a flimsy. Getting it quilted is not required. The January pattern is Amelia .

These are big blocks -- 17" finished -- and that 8-1/2" center square called for the jumbo Kaffe flowers.

My One Monthly Goal for January ...

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Blog hop reveal -- with prizes! from With Strings Attached

I'm honored to be among the bloggers participating in this year's VRD blog hop.

Here's the story behind Villa Rosa: We call Pat Fryer, the owner and the creator of the Villa Rosa Designs brand, our Rose Queen, because she absolutely adores roses. In fact, her love of roses helped her name her new venture in 2010. When she designed her first Rose Cards, she had a brilliant and unique idea to name ALL of her VRD patterns after Roses (also why we call them Rose Card patterns). For many years, all of the patterns were named ...

added by Nann 1 year ago. under blog hop , design wall monday , oh scrap! , sew and tell , villa rosa , weekly update

Worldwide Quilting Day from From My Carolina Home

Tomorrow is Worldwide Quilting Day, and our local guild is having an exhibit for the day. If you are local, please stop by the Blue Ridge Mall in Hendersonville, NC on Saturday, March 16, 10 am to 3 pm to see the 34 challenge quilts and cast a vote for your top three favorites. The challenge was to take page 42 from a non-quilting magazine as the inspiration for a wall hanging size quilt. Page 42 is for our 42nd year as a guild. Viewer’s choice winners get some great prizes, and our local quilt shop, Beginnings, will be ...

added by Carole @ From My Carolina Home 1 year, 1 month ago. under national quilting day , quilting , strip piecing , tutorials , villa rosa (Comments)

It's time for the Villa Rosa blog hop! from With Strings Attached

The Villa Rosa Fast and More Fun blog hop starts today!

Here are the five patterns that each guest blogger received. Tune each day to see our interpretations.

My day is Monday and I'm delighted to report that you'll see that I made all five of the patterns -- and got them all quilted, too.

Here's the schedule:

Thursday, March 14
Villa Rosa Quilts — https://villarosaquilts.com/

Friday, March 15
Kathleen McMusings — https://kathleenmcmusing.com/
The Morning Latte — http://livelylatte.blogspot.com/
Homesewn By Us — https://www.homesewnbyus.com
Pieceful Thoughts — https://www.piecefulthoughts.com/
C & T Publishing ...

added by Nann 1 year, 1 month ago. under blog hop , villa rosa

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