Vintage Sheet Side Braid Quilt

Happy Wednesday! I am so excited to share this finished quilt with you today! This is one of my favorites that I've finished in a while!! Say hello to my vintage sheet side braid quilt!


To be honest, I don't actually remember how this quilt idea came about. I knew I wanted to make another quilt with my vintage sheet stash, so I believe I just went through my patterns and picked one that I hadn't made in a while. I still love my Side Braid Quilt Pattern, and I have only made one other full size mini braid quilt! See that version here: Mini Braid Quilt.


I decided to try to cut as much of this quilt from my scrap bin as I could. Super scrappy was the goal, even for the background. I filled in the rainbow of colors with my stash where I needed to.


The layout definitely took some playing with to get right. I swapped out a really bright orange that was sticking out, and a background piece or two that had too much going on. There is minimal contrast in this quilt, so it has a really soft pattern compared to the original mini braid quilt I made.


Here it is in all its glory!! It finished at 60"x78". It's super soft and is like a scrapbook of my sheet stash!


The quilting for this quilt is SO special. This is my first vintage sheet quilt that I've had long arm quilted. I sent it to Katie at Autumn Moon Quilting and she knocked it out of the park. It looks incredible!! I'm so grateful that she was willing to quilt it for me. And I love this fun retro floral quilting design, it goes so well with the vintage sheet prints. It's called Posy Patch.


For the backing I used a sheet (of course!), this one is a fun warm floral. I originally cut and made a striped binding for this quilt, but when it came back I realized it really didn't match the backing at all. So I sent it aside for another quilt and made some with this fun orange geometric. I think it works really well with the front and the back, win-win! I thrifted it in 2011, so it's been waiting for its moment to shine!!


This was a fun quilt to make. It was nice to revisit this pattern, how did it come out 12 years ago!? I think this version is one of my favorite quilts I've made with it. It's great for stash busting fat quarters or scraps!


Pattern: Side Braid Quilt Pattern
Fabric: Reclaimed vintage bed sheets
Quilting: Autumn Moon Quilting

Happy Quilting!