Song Bird Blog Hop - A Bargello Quilt and Pattern Giveaway

Welcome!  Today I am helping Jennifer of Curlicue Creations show off her Island Batik Signature collection called Song Bird, created by Jerry Khiev.  You can find it in quilt shops now!

I loved all the prints in this line and wanted to make a quilt that could showcase them all.  My mind went right to my Majestic Mountains Bargello quilt pattern, which uses 2 1/2 inch strips.

Jennifer sent me a five inch strip of each print and I cut each one into two 2 1/2 inch strips.

Lumin Fabrics sent me the Island Batik neutrals to go with it. I chose six different prints to add a little variety rather than using a solid white fabric between the main prints.





This fabric line also comes in a precut strip set too, which can save you from having to cut out 40 strips if you want to make a quilt like this of your own.

I actually designed this bargello quilt specifically for Island Batik strip packs, which contain 20 prints with two strips of each print. This makes it possible to create two identical panels to cut the bargello strips from.

With two identical panels I am able to press one panel in one direction and the other in the opposite direction, which helps nest my seams later for easier piecing.

I created this pattern in 2023, but I still love making it. 

This is my fourth version of this quilt and every time it gets easier.  

Once you get used to working with strip tubes and where to break them open, this quilt becomes easier to make.  

I also designed the quilt specifically to use up almost every inch of the strip set.  I didn't want to add anything else to my scrap bins when I was done with this quilt.

It does take a little time to sew the strips together, cut them back out, and line them back up again in order, but the more you do it the faster it goes. 

Again, the quilt may look intimidating at first glance, but it's really only lining up strips and sewing them together over and over.

  I even have a companion video on YouTube to help with some of the more confusing parts.   Check it out on my Quilted Delights  YouTube Channel.

In the other versions, I quilted some fancy feathers in the different bargello waves, but this time I opted for a quicker all over wavy pattern.

My time as an Island Batik Ambassadors has left me with a lot of solid gray batik fabric. I would get about four yards twice a year.  I used it in a few quilts, but it wasn't always my favorite background color, so I have quite a pile of it, but this week I discovered it is perfect for quilt backs.  It really shows off the quilting!

I have a few more yards of this gray, so I know what will be on the back of some of my future quilts!

And now for my giveaway,  If you want to try making your own Majestic Mountain Bargello quilt I have a few hard copy patterns left over and will be giving them away.  Just leave a comment below saying you'd love to make one and would love to have the pattern.  Make sure you leave a way for me to contact you if your not sure your responses are set up to send me your contact info.

I'll be picking three winners, one from each of the following platforms: My Blog,  Facebook, and Instagram. 

You can visit all three places for three different chances to win!

I'll pick a winner next Monday!

And if you don't win the giveaway,  the pattern will be half off in my store for the next two weeks.

After you leave a comment be sure to check out the other Blogs on the hop.  It's fun to see what everyone else is making with this same fabric!

August 10:  Curlicue Creations 

August 11:  Freemotion by the River

August 12:  Lisa's Quilting Passion

August 13:  Songbird Designs 

August 14:  Sew Cute and Quirky 

August 15:  Textile Time Travels 

August 16:  The Darling Dogwood 

August 17:  Quilted Delights (me)

August 18:  Heard it through the Quilt Vine 

August 19:  Pamela Quilts

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Sunflower Spice Blog Hop

Welcome to day eight of the Sunflower Spice Blog Hop!

When Jennifer of Curliecue Creations asked me to help show off her signature fabric collection by Island Batik I was super happy to help!

She graciously sent me some of the prints from the fabric line and Lumin Fabrics sent the background fabric.

The line has twenty prints and I played with almost all of them.  

I had a good sampling of cool and warm prints. 

I made the quilt using two different blocks.  A warm centered block.

And a cool centered block.  I added some strips and triangles to the corners of each to create hour glass blocks between the main blocks.

Sunflower Spice is a fun fabric line to play with.

Fun bright colors, right up my alley!

And a quick swirly meander quilting helped the quilting finish up super fast.

My main blocks are eight inches finished so with the borders, the quilt measures about 62 x 46.  

Below is the full list of bloggers who have shared they Sunflower spice creations or are ready to share in the next two days. Be sure to check them out!  And check out Jennifer's post on June 1st for a chance to win a bundle of this fabric for your self!!

June 1:  Curlicue Creations  (Giveaway on this post)
June 2:  Freemotion by the River
June 3:  Lisa's Quilting Passion
June 5:  Textile Time Travels
June 6:  Lady Blue Quilt Studio
June 7:  Sew Preeti Quilts
June 8:  Quilted Delights (You are here)
June 9:  Sew Cute and Quirky
June 10:  The Darling Dogwood

Happy Sewing!

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TGIFF - A lovely UFO and some Shifting Chevrons

 

I’m so happy to be hosting TGIFF this week and to be showing off two of my latest finishes!

First up is my Wonky Hearts quilt. This was a UFO that had been sitting around since April 2022, so it feels great to finally have it finished and crossed off my list.

I made the blocks several years ago, so all I had to do was sew them together and add a small border and quilt it.

Since the blocks are all wonky hearts, I quilted it with a quick, all-over heart swirl meander, which felt like the perfect fit.

The quilting really pops against the blue backing, which makes all that texture stand out beautifully.

I’ve been documenting my UFO progress each week over on my YouTube channel, Quilted Delights. You can see more about this quilt in this years Week 11 and Week 12 videos. If you’d like to follow along with my progress, I share new updates every Wednesday.

Next up is a project that started as an idea I’d been playing around with for a while, My Shifting Chevron quilt. 

It wanted a quick quilt that looked cool and could be a "go to" in case I needed a baby or kid gift in a hurry and this Shifting Chevron idea kept rumbling around in my mind.

I finally set aside some time to work on it and it felt so good to bring it to life. The quilt top came together super quickly, which is what I was hoping for.

I did spend a bit more time on the quilting, adding some custom details within each of the chevrons.





 That said, you could easily finish this one even faster with a simple all-over design.





The top was so fast to make I made three more in different color ways.  

I also created a YouTube tutorial for this quilt, so if you’re looking for a quick project with a bold, modern look, be sure to check it out!

Do you have a recent finish you’d like to show off? If so, be sure to add your post to the link party below, I can’t wait to see what you’ve been working on!

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Happy Sewing!

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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.

  

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Happy Sewing!

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