Tuesday 24 January 2023

Villa Rosa Designs Fast and Fun Blog Hop

    Hello, and welcome to my turn, on the first-ever Villa Rosa Designs Fast and Fun Blog Hop, a week-long event that celebrates five patterns from Villa Rosa. The blog hop features a collection of five different patterns: Snow Goose, Nantucket, Baby Zip Tease, Hillside Charm, and S’Witched. 



    The instructions fit on one side of a postcard, what a great idea! I had never heard of Villa Rosa Designs, but wow do yourself a favour and check out the designs they are only $2 each.

    My choice was Snow Goose, it is a great pattern to use up leftover jelly roll strips, or in my case scrap pieces.

scrap selection

I pulled out some of my green scraps, no shortage of those around here. As I was invited late to the party I didn't have a lot of time to play with the pattern. I must say however that the pattern does go together quickly. I decided on making a table runner, but I didn't make as many blocks as called for in the pattern. I think with more blocks this would make a lovely bed runner.

a fun variety of greens

For the quilting, I decided I would like some curves for a little bit of visual movement. In the sky section a curvy vine with leaves and in the goose section orange peels.

I used a variegated green thread for the curvy vines 

 Check out all the blogs for chances to win prizes!


There are several opportunities for you to win prizes during the blog hop:

Individual bloggers may be hosting giveaways on their blogs for you to win. Please visit these bloggers to find out about their giveaways and how to register.

Villa Rosa Designs is giving away a 2023 Blog Hop Rose Card pattern collection on each participating blog.

Everyone is eligible to win prizes. Please note that winners outside the USA will receive a digital set of the 2023 Blog Hop Rose Card pattern collection. To enter just leave a comment.

There are two Grand Prize Boxes overflowing with quilty goodness. Check out the photos at VRD blog. Every blogger will be selecting two people from their comments to enter that drawing.

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156 comments :

  1. I love the choice of green for your runner. Villa Rosa patterns are great.

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  2. Welcome to the blog. Great job on short term notice. Charlene Morris
    Charlenem622@yahoo.com

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  3. I love how you used the greens in the Snow Goose pattern! I have so many scraps, and I never know exactly what to do with them! Thank you for sharing your ideas! smb4inc@aol.com

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  4. Great use of scraps! Susanpshaffer@gmail.com

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  5. Jo sent me - love your green (my favorite color) Snow Goose runner - what a great way to use up “leftovers” Susan McC (sesjtm@yahoo.com)

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  6. The green in your runner would make this runner fun around St. Patrick's Day!

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  7. The runner is pretty. I love green! -Kelly. Virginiaracefan@verizon.net

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  8. Jo sent me! I love the idea of scrappiness for this pattern. (phenegerdonna@gmail.com)

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  9. Love ideas to use scraps! Jo sent me! Joyruiter@gmail.com

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  10. I love flying geese! Smithcindyk@gmail.com

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  11. Love your results with the Snow Geese pattern! Great use of favorite scraps!! And beautiful quilting, too. mrssummy@gmail.com

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  12. Very nice goose blocks. Love all the shades of green. Nice quilting.

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  13. I have a whole bag of green chunks perfect for this project. I like how your geese are flying.
    rjoehnk5@aol.com

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  14. I love your snow goose version. It is lovely. Thanks for sharing

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  15. I like the greens but I am thinking I might like to make it in reds and pinks for Valentine's Day. What a great, quick project! (peachesandswanatgmaildotcom)

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  16. Lovely table runner. Jo sent me.

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  17. Lovely runner. maymewyns@yahoo.com

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  18. Love your table runner. Your greens are sew pretty. I love all the inspiration and ideas from this amazing blog hop. ryarolim@gmail.com

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  19. Elizabeth Carman25 January 2023 at 05:53

    Jo sent me. I love that you did the table runner in a scrappy way. And I love the greens. My email is elcarman@att.net.

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  20. Love that you made snow goose a different way. Jo sent me. sgquilting@hotmail.com

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  21. Jo sent me. After seeing all the different versions of each Villa Rosa pattern, I can't pick a favorite anymore. This blog hop definitely opened my eyes to all the possibilities of each pattern. Thank you.

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  22. Kim Straughn kimstraughn407@yahoo.com25 January 2023 at 06:15

    Love this pattern in green colors!!!! Everyone does it in blues!! Beautiful!!!!

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  23. I like this in green. Sorta makes me think of a forest. Snow Goose has been my favorite of all the patterns. 14 the money [@] duck [dot] com

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  24. Jo sent me. I really love the green!! It is my favorite colour so I have lots of green scraps and stash! bagpipers159@gmail.com

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  25. Jo sent me. Lovely job on the table runner.

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  26. I like the fabrics you used as well as the quilting pattern. Wendyb810@yahoo.com

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  27. Your Snow Goose runner is sew pretty!

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  28. the green is a great choice! takes it out of the snow and into spring ;)

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  29. Love your green and white color scheme for Snow Goose — makes it fresh and fun! And you are right — it would make an awesome bed runner! Thanks for being part of the blog hop! Tricia — littlequilts at windstream dot net

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  30. Snow goose looks pretty in green. 24Tangent@gmail.com

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  31. No idea if I am a no-reply blogger. Love the greens in your Snow Goose. Anniequilts@hotmail.com

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  32. your Snow Goose looks great in green! thanks for the chance to win the prizes!!

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  33. I have the snow goose pattern. I guess I will have to get busy. Have seen lots of ideas during this blog hop. I don’t think I am a blog follower. Jagratrix@wavecable.com

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  34. Snow Goose in green is pretty! Thanks for sharing another color way. gunterheather@yahoo.com

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  35. Just look at all those lovely green scraps and your beautiful quilting, Cindy! I'm guessing I could make several of these scrappy runners straight out of my Quilted Scrap Baskets - yes, I have more than one green one. Last minute for the Blog Hop WIN!!!

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  36. I love the Snow Goose pattern! Thanks for sharing your version. It's beautiful!
    Darlene B (dsb448(at)att(dot)net

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  37. Like your table runner. Enjoyed looking at your past posts. I am playing along with Project Quilting also. nikki_moshier at hotmail.com

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  38. Your green table runner came out nice. Nice quilting, too.

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  39. This has been so much fun visiting all the shops even if online only.boothlois2atgmaildotcom

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  40. You made a pretty quilt. Jo Sent Me. sfernkopf@yahoo.com

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  41. Thanks for sharing your version of Snow Geese.

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  42. Your quilting on that table runner is fabulous!

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  43. At this time of year, during these wintry seasons, it's so lovely to see all that glorious green! Snow Goose is a pretty pattern!

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  44. I love table runners and have made a few of the Villa Rosa patterns. I have not yet tried Snow Goose but after seeing your model I think it may be my next table runner. Thanks for your blog post! lrugg1224@aol.com

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  45. Your table runner looks great, and the greens have me excited for spring. Beautiful quilting!

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  46. Jo sent me. marikds@gmail.com

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  47. You do lovely work! I was poking around a bit, and your Proj 13.1 Colour snippets idea was really cute! I would love to purchase your Outside Stars pattern, but I couldn't find it on Craftsy. Is it available somewhere else?

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    1. I am replying here as you are a no-reply blogger. The pattern is available in my Etsy store https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/StitchinAtHome

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  48. Great choice of pattern and great finish -these are great patterns and a good deal. cmberry@lsu.edu

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  49. Your green and white Goose table runner is lovely! Green is my favorite spring color.

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  50. Your runner came out great! I like the three-block version.

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  51. I love your Snow Geese in green and now I want to make it too!

    Darlene Sewista

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  52. I love the green. I would call this Snow Geese in the Meadow. This has given me the idea to experiment with other colors.

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  53. I love how your pattern turned out

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  54. It looks great in green, so spring looking!

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  55. Green is my favorite color and your Snow Goose is just lovely!

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  56. I really like your green runner! diana.breed54@gmail.com

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  57. Love your table runner-the quilting is so pretty! Thanks for the chance to win! This has bee fun! pas66427@yahoo.com

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  58. You might have joined the blog late, but you nailed it beautiful table runner. rem9640@aol.com

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  59. I love that you changed up the color of your runner from the original design. It turned out lovely. Thanks for sharing!

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  60. Jo sent me!
    I have lots of greens too!
    pjsdcrum@gmail.com

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  61. Love the greens
    Phyllis
    Pcline33@att.net

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  62. It's been fun to see how everyone changes up a pattern to work with what they need, want, have on hand, etc. When I worked in a fabric store we had people come in wanting to match (exactly) what was in the picture........that's no fun! peggibarrett808@yahoo.com

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  63. Love your runner it’s perfect for March. Thanks for being part of the blog hop
    molly@villarosadesigns.com

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  64. That is so pretty in the greens! Now I want to make this all over again in different colors. I like how you quilted your geese, too. Beautiful!

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  65. Green makes a pretty tablerunner. dorthac at aol dot com

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  66. Snow goose is such a cute pattern! I like your idea that it could be a bed runner!

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  67. Hi, I love your green scraps. The orange peel is one of my favorite quilting patterns.

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  68. My favorite pattern of the group is Snow Goose!! Love yours in green!! Great idea to make it a bed runner!!! wild_blue_farm@yahoo.com as I don't know why I am anonymous here!! Susan the Farm Quilter

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  69. Love the scrappy greens! Great quilting, too!

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  70. Love this pattern. It looks lovely in the scrappy greens and your quilting is great.

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  71. Great use of jelly roll scraps. Your Snow Goose is very pretty.

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  72. Your table runner looks like Spring! I love seeing the greens on this snowy day. Nice quilting.

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  73. I just love the greens you used Cindy! So you, and so pretty! It's a great pattern, isn't it. Well, they all are! I plan to make another one of the five very soon.

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  74. Your table runner is very pretty in greens.

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  75. I like the green. I like the pattern too. Fun Thanks.

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  76. I love the Snow Goose patterns in the green.

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  77. Turned out great in greens, looks like a nifty pattern!

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  78. I love your version of snow goose! It's great to put it to use with a color that you already have a lot of. Thanks for participating!

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  79. Jo sent me. Good job on your snow goose! Your quilting is lovely. Barb Hayden - rickhayden@comcast.net

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  80. I like your snow geese version of the quilt design- thanks for sharing.

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  81. Your color choice sure makes those geese stand out! Nice job

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  82. As I've seen in other blog posts, these patterns seem very adaptable to changes in size of block, number of blocks, size of finished projects. I like the idea of a bed runner which would keep my toes nice and warm.

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  83. Michelle Boswell25 January 2023 at 14:38

    Love the green! Spring is around the corner, right? Shell688 at aol dot com

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  84. I really like that you used your scraps for this beautiful table runner! I’m having trouble trying to sign in to my google account. Thank you for joining this blog hop. I’ll be reading your blogs from now on. Debbie Roseman
    Here is my email that I usually use. Droseman58@yahoo.com

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  85. These are wonderful patterns for scraps or stash and panels.
    djcutting2(at)gmail(dot)com

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  86. Jo sent me!! Love your snow goose quilt in green! It is fabulous!!!

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  87. Such a fabulous giveaway. Thanks!

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  88. Judy Hutchens judyhutchens@yahoo.com25 January 2023 at 16:20

    Love Villa Rose patterns.

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  89. I like the green snow geese runner. quiltjane@aol.com

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  90. Love the Snow Geese Pattern. Your table runner looks great and I like the variegated thread you used. rascott_5567@netins.net

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  91. Fantastic change up .. very interesting!
    This is my first blog run so am learning all about that besides the sewing!!
    Simmons_t2m at Hotmail dot com

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  92. I love Snow Goose too. In green it is just right for St. Pat's Day. Thank you.

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  93. I had never heard of them either. But I'm loving the designs in this blog hop. Your table runner is wonderful. Well done.

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  94. I love your green table runner! I would love to make that one for St Patricks Day!! Thank you! Jo sent me!

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  95. Jo sent me. Really like how your Snow Goose table runner came out! Villa Rosa has so many cute patterns, my favorite is Nantucket! Thanks for sharing!

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  96. I love seeing how different these patterns look in different colorways. This green looks so much different than the blues. Love it.

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  97. your runner is lovely. I love how the mixed greens play together. thanks for sharing. quilting dash lady at comcast dot net

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  98. Great green scrappy runner! Nicely done!

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  99. Pretty runner. Jo sent me. Dianne. lendi@frontier.com

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  100. I glanced back at previous posts and just want to say how lovely your wheelchair quilts were. So is your version of Snow Goose. carla.infante 64 at gmail dot com

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  101. What a pretty quilt! I love patterns that encourage me to pull from my stash/scraps. The pandemic has shown me that I can quilt for a very long time with what I have. Beth T./etalmage at earthlink dot net

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  102. The variety of greens in your Snow Goose table runner is lovely. It would be a fun and fast pattern to make. tkmattson@hotmail.com

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  103. Boy o boy, those greens are a winner. This is truly a lovely table runner. Jfoor at att dot net

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  104. Love your guilt/table runner. Jo sent me and so glad she did.
    Love all the patterns but like the ones that are QOV size.
    Jsyoungsurgery@gmail.com
    Thank You. Janice

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  105. Nice table runner and great to be able use up scraps!
    Kathy C - kdcamp4attelusdotnet

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  106. Thanks for the giveaway! Jo sent me 😻 tobyyellow@yahoo.com

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  107. I love the varied greens you used in your project. Thank for sharing and participating in the blog hop.

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  108. Jo sent me. Love your table runner. Lou Ann louannj48@gmail.com

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  109. Great table runner pattern! Thanks for sharing!

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  110. I think snow geese pattern could lend itself to a Xmas color scheme (to me they resemble trees as well). Gonna give it a try!

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  111. Villa Rose Designs are great. It has been so fun seeing all the different versions of the patterns.

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  112. You used a nice selection of greens in your table runner. It was nice to see a variety of choices in colours and sizes during the hop. quiltcarver at yahoo dot com

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  113. ii love your green quilt, and the quilting is perfect! s5821140@gmail.com

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  114. Table runner is very nice, love the greens. Villa Rosa Patterns are the best!
    konalindatwo@hawaii.rr.com

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  115. Love, love, love your table runner in rich green tones! I was thinking of trying it with Christmas reds and greens.
    Thank you for participating in the Blog Hop. It was fun to visit each website and see all the beautiful quilts, which has inspired me!

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  116. I like the Snow Goose pattern. I’m glad you chose to do it in green. Your quilting is great too. Thank you. Linda. Lheckathorn@charter.net

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  117. I I love your green version. If I win, my email is HdSharon@msn.com

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  118. I love making table runner for my large dining room table. This is a great pattern. I love your color choices! My email is comer109@comcast.net

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  119. Very nice! Sometimes smaller runners are just the ticket to brighten up a little spot!
    basaran.family (at) rogers (dot) com

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  120. I have been accumulating scraps and this seems like a great pattern to use some of them. I think I know what I’ll be doing this weekend. Mammich at comcast dot net

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  121. This has been such a fun blog hop! I love seeing all the variations of the patterns that have been shared.

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  122. I love using variegated threads for quilting, although I have been told it is a "no-no." Ha ha, I follow my artistic heart and do it my way. I would love to win some of the great prizes that Queen Rose has arranged.

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  123. I love this version of Snow Goosed! It's been a great hop.

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  124. I love your Snow Goose table runner! I have a new dining table and it surely could use a runner so I'd love to win the pattern!

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  125. Snow Goose is my favorite of these patterns too and I'd make myself a table runner in just the size you made! Your curvy quilting really gives the right texture and movement for those geese! duchick at gmail dot com

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  126. Hello! I liked your color selection for the Snow Goose pattern. That can be paired with other colors for use through out the year.

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  127. Love your choice of greens for this tablerunner! For coming late to the party, you did a fabulous job.

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  128. Love the greens you chose Cindy - I am always a fan when green is the focal color! I agree - this would be a great bed runner as well. Glad you joined in with the blog hop!

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  129. Great greens in your quilt--have enjoyed all the different variations in the blog hop--Thanks!
    barbkaup(at)(yahoo)(dot)(com)

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  130. I love the greens in your runner! We can all use a hint of spring right about now!

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  131. LOVE THE GREENS! RSMYLEE@HOTMAIL.COM

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  132. This has turned out so cute with the green prints. I love having little quilts around the house. Thank you.

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  133. I like the green prints; it will be great for St. Pat's Day.

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  134. I like the snow goose pattern and would love to make it in a variety of colors.

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  135. You did a great job for coming late to the bog hop!

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  136. I love the idea of a bed runner. Very clever use of the Snow Goose pattern. Cheryl Woolylambs@gmail.com

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  137. Jo sent me. Your snow goose is a different color choice. Good job!

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  138. Your variety of greens is great! A bed runner would make a good wedding gift! teeterdm at windstream dot net

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  139. Thank you for participating! (emilylfreese at gmail dot com)

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  140. Your table runner is lovely! My husband loves the flying geese pattern, so I'm going to look into this pattern. (cknapp3626 at sbcglobal.net)

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  141. Janet Rice

    Blogger hates me so thank you for still letting me comment. I like the Villa Rosa patterns. Switched is my favorite from this bundle.

    Jo sent me. Thank you for the blog hop.
    Jmrwdm(@)gmail.com

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  142. I have had fun with this. I like seeing the table runner. I have so many of the Villa Rosa patterns. The runners are a great way to make some.

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  143. I love making table runners, will definitely have to try Snow goose with the scraps and remnants I have collected.

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  144. I like your quilting choice. llkunkel@hotmail.com

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  145. I really like your table runner as green is my favorite color. My favorite of the 5 Villa Rosa cards this month is Nantucket. Thanks for taking part in the Hop.

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  146. Jo Sent Me. This was such a fun blog hop, really like your table runner. Thanks for sharing. odiane 79 @ yahoo (dot) com

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  147. I like the greens you chose for your Snow Goose table runner First time visiting your blog.

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  148. Jo sent me! I love the greens in your snow geese. They're fantastic!

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