Quilt Market: Villa Rosa Designs & Giveaway

At a Quilt Market Schoolhouse session, Villa Rosa Designs shared their new quilts, created using their postcard patterns --- perfect for quick quilts and community service projects. Since the Villa Rosa designers are so prolific, I'm going to do a large stream of captioned photos, so you can search your local quilt shop for your favorites, or absorb the inspiration.

Birdie by Running Doe Quilts for Villa Rosa Designs

Lil' Cross Stitched by Running Doe Quilts for Villa Rosa Designs

Zip Tease by Running Doe Quilts for Villa Rosa Designs

Bounce by Running Doe Quilts for Villa Rosa Designs

Pointless by Running Doe Quilts for Villa Rosa Designs

Heat Wave by Running Doe Quilts for Villa Rosa Designs

Falling by Running Doe Quilts for Villa Rosa Designs

Star Spangled by Running Doe Quilts for Villa Rosa Designs

Liberty Bell by Villa Rosa Designs

Paddywhack by Keri G for Villa Rosa Designs

Salute by Tricia Lynn Maloney of Orphan Quilt Designs for Villa Rosa Designs

Link Up by Molly Cook for Villa Rosa Designs

Show Stopper by Tamara Cook for Villa Rosa Designs

Chef's Special by Heidi Cook for Villa Rosa Designs

Domino Five by Melissa Milligan for Villa Rosa Designs

Positive Sign by Melissa Milligan for Villa Rosa Designs

Infinite by Melissa Milligan for Villa Rosa Designs

Gathering by Sugar Pine Quilt Designs for Villa Rosa Designs

Picnic Time by Sugar Pine Quilt Designs for Villa Rosa Designs

Sew Charmed by Sugar Pine Designs for Villa Rosa Designs

Bohemia by Villa Rosa Designs

Brownsville by Villa Rosa Designs

Daring Spirit by Villa Rosa Designs

Beach Walk by Sugar Pine Quilt Designs for Villa Rosa Designs

Batty by Running Doe Quilts for Villa Rosa Designs

Lickety Split by Molly Cook for Villa Rosa Designs

Ribbon Dance by Keri G for Villa Rosa

Eternity by Keri G for Villa Rosa Designs

Fairy Pink by Villa Rosa Designs

French Braids by Melissa Milligan for Villa Rosa Designs

Fernanda by Villa Rosa Designs

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Quilt Market: Schoolhouse with Christina Cameli & Giveaway

Christina Cameli of A Few Scraps presented her upcoming fabric line for Maywood Studios, Moongate, at a Schoolhouse session during Quilt Market in Houston.

The line is a combination of prints and ombres, which continue to be hot this season.

Christina has authored several books (on Amazon) specializing in free-motion and applying the wedge shape to piecing.

Christina teaches classes on Blueprint if you want to check her out online.

For your chance to win a Light Speed pattern (shown below), read on.

Let's face it, you want to hear about the giveaway, right? Here's the deal. Find this picture on my IG feed, like it, and tag a friend. Tag a bunch of friends for a bunch of extra chances of winning.

Sewing Room Finds at Dollar Tree

Do you find yourself wandering around Dollar Tree and Target, finding things you never knew you needed. Or is that just me? Today, I thought I'd share some of my favorite sewing room items that can be found for the low, low price of $1. (Affiliate links present, so if you make a purchase, I earn a small commission that doesn't affect what you pay.)

I like these Jot Stencil Brushes for the fuzzies I find when I pop off my stitch plate.

These small caddies are a nice size for keeping a seam ripper, stiletto, screwdriver, tweezers, etc. within arm's reach of the sewing machine. The larger size is good for project components and bigger notions.

These organizers are good for small notions, spools of thread, and bobbins.

Hang a quilt by attaching safety pins to the back and hooking them to adhesive hooks. Alternatively, tie a ribbon loop through the hole in your rotary cutter and use these to keep your cutting tools away from curious hands.

These metal hangers can be screwed into a wall or a bookshelf, and have skinny enough hooks so there isn't the need to add an additional loop to cutting tools.

Rather than attaching into the door or wall, you can also choose an over the door hooks.

There's a screw loose somewhere. Welp, maybe not. Use a small screwdriver set to change up preset feet or to assist in creating glue stick, needle turn appliqué.

I found these Jersey Gloves to be a good fit, though I'm partial to my Machingers for getting a better grip during free-motion.

Parchment paper can be used as a protective layer between fusible and your iron, and between fusible and the ironing board cover.

Large plastic bags are great for keeping projects in progress together between sewing sessions.

It's rarely a day when I'm not wearing new threads. Literally threads...
Lint rollers help.

Both starch and a mist of water are useful for pressing. Dollar Tree can hook you up with spray bottles for each.

So tell me, what did I miss? How do you repurpose budget items for quilting?