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February 20, 2014 by Jennifer

Simply Vintage – A Vintage Sheet Quilt

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Simply Vintage - A Vintage Sheet Quilt - BusyBeingJennifer.com

I love quilts. I love vintage sheets. And I LOVE quilting! So when you put those things together, you end up with a colorful, vintage-y quilt! The real fun part about this quilt is that I put it together, start to finish, in a single day! It was a little crazy and certainly ambitious, but I got it done!!

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The only thing that I had done before I started this epic quilting project was cut the squares. Great big awesome 12.5 inch vintage sheet squares. I had originally planned on using them to make a queen size quilt for my own bed, eventually that will happen, but instead I used them for this extra-large lap quilt for a friend!

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This whole crazy thing all started when my bloggy friend Brittany posted on instagram about a project she was working on when she should have been packing to move! They’re leaving the Fort Worth area and moving to Louisiana… I laughingly suggested that I’d take all her fabric off her hands so that she didn’t have to pack it… and then she laughingly suggested that she’d swap me fabric for a vintage sheet quilt. Before we knew it, we were serious about the whole thing! Well Brittany moves in less than a week and had a massive bag of fabric for me (think over flowing garbage bag full of fabric goodness), so we made arrangements for me to come pick it up… shipping was really not an option! I don’t often get to visit the Metroplex area… hubby hates the traffic and I am pretty much terrified of driving in it, plus Hubs is on the road… so my friend Shelli came to the rescue!

On Monday we made the arrangements for Wednesday (yesterday). Monday night I had the thought that I should really “whip up” the promised quilt since I really didn’t want to have to ship it ( Hello shipping Fees! ) and I REALLY wanted to see Brittany’s reaction! So the plan for Tuesday changed from blogging and shop stuff to a netflix marathon and quilting until I couldn’t quilt any longer!

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My day of quilting wasn’t without its hiccups… I got the top pieced together in record time. That’s the nice thing about using nice big squares of solid fabric. I quickly moved onto quilting. I grabbed a sheet out of my stash to use as backing, layered it, the batting and the top all together. Once pinned it was go time! Quilting a 68″ by 56″ quilt on my vintage beast of a machine was not an easy thing. A third of the way in, I checked the back and discovered I had a 12 inch pucker and another 7 inch one that simply HAD to be fixed! Ugh! It took almost 2 hours to fix those nasty little buggers! Needless to say I was hyper vigilant about checking for puckers as I went after that!

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Once quilted and trimmed, it was time to bind! Suddenly I was freaking out!! What on earth was I going to use for the binding? After sorting through the vintage fabric that hasn’t quite made it to the new fabric shelves, I discovered the perfect thing to use for binding! I scored 6 yards of this vintage flower print for $1.50 at the thrift store, added it to the vintage fabric bin and promptly forgot about it. Ha!

The finished binding - BusyBeingJennifer.com

I seriously thought about hand-stitching the binding… but since it was 11pm and it was going to a house with 5 kids, I figured machine stitching was a better option!

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I have to say the whole thing turned out better than I thought it did a first! After a good nights sleep, a wash and double checking for threads, it was time to head to Fort Worth! I’ll admit, I had second thoughts about handing this quilt over… Its. Just. So. Pretty!

 

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Brittany loved it! Her youngest daughter loved it! And I was so glad that I was crazy enough to challenge myself to a marathon of quilting! That being said… I won’t be doing that again any time soon! 😉

Filed Under: DIY Projects, Quilt Love Tagged With: Adventures with Shelli, Bloggy Friends, fabric, quilt, quilt love, Quilts, vintage sheet, Vintage Sheet Quilt

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Comments

  1. Lana says

    February 20, 2014 at 8:41 am

    Love, love, love it!!!!! I've made baby quits in a day and they are usually yarn tied and definitely not machine quilted. Go YOU!

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  2. Sarah says

    February 20, 2014 at 9:01 am

    I love it, so pretty!

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  3. Julie says

    February 20, 2014 at 9:06 am

    It is so pretty! I started a quilt top about 5 years ago, but never finished it. Maybe it's time 🙂

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  4. allthatglitters87 says

    February 20, 2014 at 9:56 am

    So pretty! Girl, you are crazy! One day?!?!?! YOU GO GIRL!

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  5. Brandi says

    February 20, 2014 at 10:27 am

    I love it! I bet it was so soft and a bit hard to hand over but I'm sure they will love it. Well done!

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  6. Crystal says

    February 20, 2014 at 11:35 am

    Beautiful! You did an amazing job!!

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  7. Jenne says

    February 20, 2014 at 3:42 pm

    I really should commission you to to make me one. I would love one in red, black and gray. Very pretty!

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  8. Carolyn Michelle says

    February 23, 2014 at 6:38 pm

    WOW this looks soooo cool!! I've been wanting to make a quilt for a while now, and this one is just too cute. Nice work! I don't know if I could pull off a one day quiltathon, but go you for making it happen!!!

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  9. MomMaven says

    February 27, 2014 at 9:27 am

    This quilt is beautiful! I love it. I wish I could sew.

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  10. Sonnet at SohoSonnet says

    March 1, 2014 at 4:27 pm

    GORGEOUS Jennifer!! Love love love! Thanks for linking up at Link It Or Lump It Sundays, would love to have you again tomorrow.

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  11. Jessica says

    February 4, 2015 at 9:02 am

    This looks great! Good job!

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  12. Heather Grow says

    February 5, 2015 at 12:03 am

    Jennifer, your quilt is so pretty. I can't believe you did it in one day. I mean, I know your'e telling the truth but it looks like a major undertaking. Pinning.

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  13. Lysa says

    February 5, 2015 at 5:01 am

    So very pretty! I love anything vintage/retro/antique! Great project! 😉 Thank you for linking up to the Oh My Heartsie Girls Wordless Wednesday Linky Party!

    Wishing you a fabulous week!

    Much love,
    Lysa xx
    Welcome to My Circus
    Co-Host OMHGWW

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  14. Christie says

    February 5, 2015 at 7:26 am

    This looks lovely! Thanks so much for linking up at Wordless Wednesday this week. It's great partying with you!

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  15. Jill says

    February 5, 2015 at 2:46 pm

    Oh my goodness – a quilt in a day! That is incredible! You did an amazing job – it looks beautiful! And such a lovely gift!
    Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
    Hope you have a fabulous week!
    Jill @ Creating my way to Success
    http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/

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  16. Laura Irion says

    February 6, 2015 at 12:16 am

    This is darling!! So glad you shared at Found & Foraged!! xo!

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  17. Julie says

    February 7, 2015 at 5:08 am

    Just . so. beautiful ! How funny that growing up I thought these kind of prints were old fashioned and now I just find them beautifully comforting!

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  18. Nicole Hallford says

    February 7, 2015 at 9:27 am

    Oh I love this! So beautiful!

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  19. Create With Joy says

    February 8, 2015 at 1:45 am

    Your quilt is just gorgeous! I can't believe you made it in a day! No wonder your daughter is so thrilled!
    Thank you for sharing your creative talents with us at Inspire Me Monday at Create With Joy.
    I can't wait to see what you share at our next party! 🙂

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  20. Marva says

    January 24, 2022 at 11:45 am

    Omg I love it! It’s gorgeous! I’m just cutting squares for my first vintage sheet quilt. Sent you an email about whether you can add cotton fabric with it….

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