You’re a quilter, and your friend (or daughter, or mother, or aunt – you fill in the blank) has a special birthday coming up. What can you make as a memorable gift that the birthday girl will treasure? How about a vest? There’s no better way to express your creativity through a gift that you’ll enjoy making as much as the recipient will enjoy receiving and wearing.

Free Vest Quilt Patterns
Browse free vest quilt patterns to select a style that reminds you of the birthday girl’s tastes. Ladies who love cats will be crazy about the Bazaar Cats vest, with its feline friends frolicking across the front. The Autumn vest would be a treat for your friend with a fall season birthday, especially when you create it in richly, autumn colored fabrics. This vest would look lovely when worn to a Thanksgiving dinner (you may even want to make one for yourself!).

Free vest quilt patterns vary so that you can find one perfect for just about any personality, regardless of your skill level. Are you a beginner? No worries. The Gone Hunting Vest pattern is within your ability. Quilters with more experience may choose a design like the Autumn Leaf Vest.

Birthday Vests
For a spin-off of a vest made as a birthday gift, why not try putting your creative side to work in making a birthday day vest? To do this, sew a basic vest from one of your favorite free vest quilt patterns. Then, decorate the vest by appliqueing various birthday shapes in bright colors onto the vest. You can use shapes of a birthday cake, birthday hats, gifts – you name it. Add brightly-colored fabric trim along the edges, and you’ll have a vest perfect for wearing each year on your own special day. No one will miss the fact that you’re celebrating a birthday, and they will admire your quilting skill in getting the message across.

Click image to download the free quilt pattern.