Fast & MORE Fun Blog Hop Day 2: Gypsy Rose / Orchard Daze

Hello and welcome to the Morning Latte where we

drink lots of coffee, talk about our quilt projects

and make lists to make sure everything gets done!

Today is a really big day around here (psst--prizes!)

so you've picked an awesome time to stop by!

It's DAY TWO of the Fast & More Fun Villa Rosa Blog hop!

If you are unfamiliar with Villa Rosa Designs or if you want

more information on the hop, please check out the

 blog hop home page where Tricia has the great info.

With 28 quilters who are all excited to share their creations

from this new collection of five Villa Rosa Designs patterns,

you won't want to miss a single post so keep on reading!

You can purchase a set of these 5 patterns HERE OR you can

visit the Villa Rosa Designs website HERE where you can

also see over 600 more great Villa Rosa card patterns.

Simple, affordable and so, so cute on those little postcards!

Or hey, you might just win a set! 

There are lot of prizes up for grabs, including quilt pattern sets,

books, precuts from fat quarters to 5″ squares, and more.

And finally, there are FOUR very awesome Grand Prizes!

This is important stuff for you so let's go over the prize specifics now:

VILLA ROSA DESIGNS PRIZES

Villa Rosa Designs is giving away a 2024 Blog Hop

Rose Card pattern collection on each participating blog.

INDIVIDUAL PRIZES

Individual Prizes (each blogger will select 3 winners on their blog)

 which may be books, patterns, fat quarter bundles, 5″ squares,

 2 1/2″ strips, 10″ squares, or notions.

 FOUR GRAND PRIZES

 * Kaffe Fasset Precut Collection *

* $100 digital Gift Certificate to Hancock’s of Paducah *

* A BIG BOX of mystery quilty goodies *

* An Electric Quilt 8 download *

(The winner for this last one will be selected on the EQ blog

so you will need to register there for this prize)

THE SPONSORS

Please see the list of great sponsors below.  Their generosity

has helped make this blog hop possible!  Thank you!!

HOW TO ENTER FOR PRIZES

Hop from blog to blog using the schedule and links found on all

participating blogs (mine is below) from today, March 14th

 through March 21st and register for prizes at each blog you visit. 

The more participating blogs you visit and register with,

the more chances you have to win prizes!  How easy is that?

Winners will be selected randomly. Each blogger will select 3 names

 to go into the Grand Prize drawings and then 3 winners will be

selected randomly to win from the bloggers’ entries.  Each blogger

will also randomly select 3 winners for the Sponsored Individual

Prizes and 1 winner for a set of the Blog Hop patterns.

Prize registration closes Sunday, March 23 2024.

Winners will be announced just as soon as all winners have been

notified.  Prizes will be shipped as soon as possible. Please be

patient if you are a prize winner, this process can take a little time.

Stay tuned to see how to register to win here at the Morning Latte

but first, seeing as how we've already spent so much time together,

I should really introduce myself, especially if you are new around here.

I am Cheree, the head coffee-lover-quilter in charge around here.

I could start off by telling you a bit about myself--you know, 31+

years with the hubs = 4 adult children and 3 grandchildren, and

some other things like the huge garden, chickens and a rooster with

no concept of telling time.  My life's summary would also include a

love of knitting, reading, (esp classic lit & non-fiction history) and

cooking with all of that real food from the garden, and of course

 there would be an extensive section on golf.

But it's okay, I feel ya--I know you want me to get right to what we're

 all here for, yeah?  Ah, I thought so.  Let's get down to the quilty talk!

I have been a quilter for over 25 years.  Over the last 6+ years, my

"full-time hobby" expanded into a longarm business that includes

quilt sales on Etsy (with the proceeds going to charity--very fulfilling!)

I currently sew on a 2023 Pfaff 720 Quilt Expression.

I quilt on an APQS 2019 Lucey, complete with Quilt Path (v 5).

Both are in my studio which is in our home. YAY me, right?

I get to stay home!

* Side Note *

I recently did a room tour with Angela Huffman so if you'd

like to see a little of my studio, you can check it out on the

March 2024 Quilted Joy Clubhouse episode here or

on their Facebook page if you belong to that group.

(The tour begins around 22 mins into the video.)

So now it's time to share my Villa Rosa Designs quilt!

It is with those trusty machines (they become our friends, right?)

that I quickly worked up my version of the VRD pattern "Gypsy".

What a fun and quick pattern--and just perfect for those

large-print fabrics that you don't want to cut up too much!

My previous quilt had well over 3,000 pieces so I was very

due up for something fast and fun!  What great timing for

a Villa Rosa Designs pattern, right?

To make this quilt, I decided to go all Bonnie and Camille

with my fabrics.  Well, most of them anyway--there may be

a few others mixed in there.  But, see?  I'm telling you, this is

an easy one to just toss in anything that coordinates!

Now, you could just stop here for a nice baby quilt (36x45).

(Aw, look at that ray of sunshine showing its approval!)

But believe it or not, I don't currently know anyone with a baby

 on the way so I decided to add some size to this one.  If you've

followed along with me for any length of time, you'll know that

I add borders to just about everything. I'm also currently trying

to move out these Bonnie & Camille fabrics so why not get more

of them into this quilt?  So Ms. Ray and I started playing around...

and a few geese and churn dashes later...

(59x68)

Voila!  It's that simple!

(Simpler than trying to get that white to show up well in a pic!)

I am calling my Gypsy quilt "Orchard Daze" because it reminds me of

our orchard when I was young.  We had all kinds of fruit trees

including two cherry trees.  (I used the red cherry fabric on the back)

 We now have peaches, pears, apples and apricots but alas, no cherries.

But I digress.

I quilted my version of Gypsy in "Riviera" (My Creative Stitches).

How do you think it turned out?

The VRD "Gypsy" quilt pattern provides a beautiful patchwork

design for a great baby quilt OR, if you want more size, it's a quick

base for adding a border or two and then you'll be good to go!

Either way, you'll have your quilt top done in a day!  A day!

And as a bonus, do some stash busting while you're at it!

I know you're excited to get started on your own VRD quilts

but first here's the part where you sign up for those prizes!

HOW TO ENTER TO WIN PRIZES HERE

To register to win on THIS blog, I would appreciate if you become

a follower of the Morning Latte.  (You can subscribe up to the right).

I generally post just once a week and do nothing else with your

email address!  Please leave a comment below telling me what your

 favorite of the 5 new VRD patterns is.  

If you are "no-reply" or "anonymous", please be sure to include your

email address so that I can contact you if you are one of the winners. 

(Used for prize notification & blog subscription only--nothing else.)

UPDATE:  I am getting entries from no-reply commenters but

with NO email address left!  PLEASE!  I would love to include you

in the drawing but I cannot without a way to contact you!

Now, as I mentioned, this is only day two of the fun.

There are 4 other bloggers who are excited to share their own VRD

quilts today so check 'em out.  THEN make sure you check back

daily over the next week because the fun is JUST beginning!

Use the schedule below to make your plans. 

And don't forget share this with all of your quilty friends so

they don't miss out on all of the inspiration, fun and prizes!

Thank you so much for stopping in today, especially you

newbies out there.  I can't wait to hear from you!
Happy quilting with Villa Rosa Designs!

* UPDATE:  I am getting entries from no-reply commenters but *

with NO email address left!  PLEASE!  I would love to include you

in the drawing but I cannot without a way to contact you!

2024 VRD Blog Hop Schedule

Thursday, March 14

https://villarosaquilts.com/

Friday, March 15

Kathleen McCormick -- https://kathleenmcmusing.com/

Cheree H -- http://livelylatte.blogspot.com/  (You are HERE!)

Roseanne Nelson -- https://www.homesewnbyus.com

Wendy Tuma -- https://www.piecefulthoughts.com/

C&T (Valerie) -- https://www.ctpub.com/blog/

Saturday March 16

Bernie Kringle -- https://needleandfoot.com/

Sandra Walker -- https://www.mmmquilts.com/

Linda -- https://www.texasquiltgal.com/

Debbie Huber – http://time4stitchn.blogspot.com/

SIY (Branyn/Jennifer) – https://siysewityourself.com/

Sunday, March 17

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

Emily (Norton House) -- https://www.nortonhousequilting.com/blogs/news

Gail Sheppard -- https://quiltinggail.com/

Susan Slaton -- http://wazoonewsbits.blogspot.com/

Monday, March 18

Nann Hilyard -- https://withstringsattached.blogspot.com/

Jaftex (Jennifer) -- https://scottfortunoff.com/

Jan Altomare -- https://www.cocoaquilts.com/  

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

Tuesday, March 19

Joy -- https://www.cocoaquilts.com/

Emily Leachman -- http://thedarlingdogwood.blogspot.com/

Vicki S -- www.knitbug2.blogspot.com/

Rose Mikulski -- https://somethingrosemade14.blogspot.com/

QOVF (Lexie) -- https://www.qovf.org/

Wednesday, March 20

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

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

Tracie -- https://joyfullytracie.com/

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

Electric Quilt (Diane) -- https://doyoueq.com/blog/

Thursday, March 21

villarosaquilts.com

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