Quilted Delights

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Meander Quilting & 4 Fast Finishes! TGIFF

I am happy to be hosting TGIFF this week and to show off my four latest finishes!

The past year I have been working on shortening my UFO list by sewing at least 15 minutes a day on my UFOs. I had been working on a One Block Wonder UFO, but didn't have the right fabric I wanted for the border, so while I waited for that to come in I worked on four quick finishes.

The first finish was my Diamond Bars quilt that I started in February of 2020 when I was playing along with the Color it Red Blog Hop. I made the top for the hop, but never got it quilted. I spent so long trying to decide how to custom quilt it that it never got done. In the end I decided to do some all over meander heart quilting and it turned out perfect! If you want to make your own I have some simple instructions on this blog post: Diamond Bars Instructions

I still had more UFO sewing time that week so I put another small quilt top on the frame. This top came about when I made some other samples for my Brick Windows Quilt Tutorial. It is a quick quilt that showcases fun novelty prints, the ones that are too cute to cut up into small pieces. This top came about as I made samples of what the quilt would look like in a different color ways. I enjoy showcasing different color variations in my tutorials, especially when the quilt tops come together so quickly.

If you want to see how fast it is to make, you can view the video here:

With those two quilts done I decided to keep going and added another small quilt top the quilt frame.

This time a flowery butterfly version of my Baby Geo quilt. This is Another quick baby quilt and is a fun quilt to introduce new quilters to sewing with Triangles. It is another color way from the main version, but has a border added as well to make it slightly bigger than the original.

Click the image below to see how to make this quilt and to see it in color ways.

With those three done I still had a few more days left in my week for UFO sewing and since these small quilts were quilting up in under an hour, so I decided to do one more. Another Brick Windows version.

A Pokémon version! I have some Pokémon lovers in my life and couldn't pass up this fabric when I saw it, but I wasn't sure what I would do with it till I came up with my Brick Windows quilt pattern. It fit the center squares perfectly. With this one quilted up, I now have all the Brick Window quilts from my YouTube video quilted. No more UFOs left over from that video project.

It sure feels good to have these four finishes off the UFO list.

If you want to see more pictures or to hear more about my process on getting these four quilts done, check out my most recent YouTube video on my UFO progress:

This is my second year documenting my UFO progress on YouTube. I started in 2025, completed the entire year, and decided to continue in 2026 so I can knock even more UFOs off my long list. If you would like to follow along with my weekly progress, check out my YouTube channel, Quilted Delights. I usually share my progress videos on Wednesdays.

Do you have a finish you want to show off? If so add your post to the link party below.

Happy Sewing!

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Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Starry Seas Blog Hop

Welcome the the Starry Seas Blog hop! Jennifer Fulton of Inquiring quilter asked me to help showcase her Island Batik Signature fabric line, Starry Seas, this week and I was more than happy to help!

She sent me all the fabric I needed for the top and after some fiddling around with EQ and color placement I was ready to sew!

I am calling this quilt Star Currents.

I decided to focus on stars for this quilt and made three my focus points in the center of the quilt.

The quilt is made up of 12 blocks surrounded by large sashing and cornerstones and measures approximately 63 x 79 inches.

I am loving how the oranges and different shades of blue play so well together.

If you want to see a little more about my thought process behind this quilt check out my YouTube Video by clicking on the picture below.

Be sure to go back and see the other great projects this past week if you missed any!

January 12th - Jennifer @ Inquiring Quilter (ENTER TO WIN A FAT QUARTER PACK!)

January 13th - Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing

January 14th - Preeti @ Sew Preeti Quilts

January 15th - Emily @ The Darling Dogwood

January 16th - Laura @ Slice of Pi

January 17th - Lisa @ Lisa’s Quilting Passion

January 18th - Gail @ Quilting Gail

January 19th - Sandra @ Textile Time Travels

January 20th - Leah @ Quilted Delights

January 21st - Jennifer @ Inquiring Quilter (WINNER ANNOUNCED!)

Happy Sewing!

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Sunday, December 21, 2025

Tilted Christmas Berries - Island Batik December Project

Today I am excited to show off my newest Christmas quilt!

Island Batik Ambassadors were given the assignment to create what ever they wanted this month and having the freedom to choose anything to make turned out to be the hardest part of the challenge for me. I always struggle to narrow it down to one thing I want to make when we have the freedom to make what ever we want.

The idea for this quilt finally came when I was writing up the pattern my my Tilted Berries pattern. I made that quilt in October when I was helping Jennifer of Curliecue Creations promote her Island Batik Signature fabric line, Berry Crush.

I needed to test out my math in the pattern and I also wanted to make a simpler version of the quilt and with it being so close to Christmas, I opted to test the pattern with Red, Green, and a few neutrals.

I went to my Island Batik Stash and pulled out a variety of prints. A few older prints from the shelf, some leftovers from other projects, and even a few strips from several stash builder rolls.

The simpler version of this quilt sewed up pretty quick, which was good for me as I was short on time the past couple months. I had family in town, Holiday festivities to take part in, and to top it off, I was finishing up classes for a masters degree!

But now, with most of the holiday parties over, and my last homework assignment turned in I was able to get back in the sewing room and finish this one up.

I didn't get any good shots this time of some of the extra products I used from the Lumin Fabric industry partners as I was rushing to get this done in time for Christmas, but as always, I sewed and quilted it with Schmetz needles and did my pressing with my M3 Pro mini iron from Oliso.

I did my "go to" swirly line quilting and had it on and off the frame within an hour.
It is a small quilt so it was fast to quilt up.

I am calling this one Tilted Christmas Berries.

Click the image to go to the video with the free pattern.

Head on over to my You Tube Channel to see the video on how I made the original Titled Berries Quilt as well as a few more close ups of the Christmas version. The link to the free pattern is there as well.

Be sure to check out all the other Ambassador project this month. You can see them all, along with links to their websites on the Lumin Fabrics Webpage. It's fun to see what everyone likes to create.

Happy Sewing!

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Monday, December 1, 2025

Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange and a Quick Last Minute Project Idea

Hi all and welcome to the first day of the Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange Blog Hop, hosted by Carol of Just Let Me Quilt.

This is a fun hop showing off Christmas projects and cookies and I am excited to help kick it off!

For my project, I whipped up three jewelry pouches.

I used some larger left over Island Batik scraps I had from other projects.

You only need four circles to make one pouch, two big ones and two medium ones.

And I pulled some left over prints that played well with each other.

These pouches are perfect for traveling and are fairly easy to make.

I used a old pattern from a magazine for mine, but a quick you tube search for "Jewelry Pouch" will pull up several tutorials if you want to make a few of your own for quick gift giving.

And if you don't want to give them empty, you can put a few cookies in them.

I found this fun Unicorn sprinkle mix with a cookie recipe on the back and thought it would be fun to try.

They turned out pretty good and they are quite colorful. If you decorate in candy themes for Christmas, these are the perfect cookies to leave out for Santa!

Be sure to check out the other goodies on the hop

Happy Sewing!

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Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Timeless Traditions Island Batik Blog Hop

Welcome! It's my day to show off the Island Batik Hello Sunshine line by Jerry Khiev of Lumin Fabrics as part of the Timeless Traditions blog hop, sponsored by Lumin Fabrics.

This month, Island Batik Ambassadors are showing off all the new Island Batik Fabric lines heading to stores and I got to play with Hello Sunshine!

I love the fun bright and the orange and pink hues!

Part of the challenge of this hop was to use at least five different traditional blocks and have them blend together to make one quilt. I ended up using 7 different blocks with each block showcasing a different print in fabric line.

I used four Sawtooth Star blocks.

Five eight inch Pinwheel Mosaic blocks and four at four inches.

Sixteen Flying Geese blocks.

Four Economy Blocks.

28 darker Quarter Square Triangles and 20 lighter ones.

I had the right size die to help me cut out the triangles for my 4 inch finished quarter square triangles.

I like the triangle dies from AccuQuilt as they cut perfect size triangles without having to trim down later. So I was glad I had the right size die for this one.

Sixteen half Square Triangles and sixteen Four Patches which I turned into...

Eight Buck Eye Beauty Blocks. This block has several different names, but I first saw it as the Buckeye Beauty block, so that is what I call it.

My mini Oliso M3Pro was on hand to press each unit!

When you put all the blocks together they create a cheerful quilt that radiates light and joy, just like the Hello Sunshine fabrics it’s made from.

I wanted a layout that felt classic but still full of movement, so I let the flying geese guide the eye across the quilt.

like a crisp fall morning under a clear blue sky, tying everything together with those golden center squares. With the light inner border, I sued all twenty prints from the fabric line.

I quilted it using a Schmetz 90/14 universal needle and some light orange, almost peach, Aurifil thread. It matched all the colors perfectly and wasn't too overwhelming on the white background.

I quilted it with some all-over swirls and squiggly lines that give it a fun texture and fit right in with the cheerful colors.

I am calling this one Chasing Sunshine.

My fellow ambassador, Jennifer Thomas is also showing off her creation today using this same fabric. Head on over to her blog, Curlicue Creations, to see what she created!

Be sure to check out the the other fun lines being showcased this month, you can see all the blog links and the fabric lines on the Lumin Fabrics Blog.

Happy Sewing!

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