Sew Much Fun / Creations by Celeste: Twin Quilts

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Twin Quilts

Finished girl quilt

Last week I wrote about a baby quilt that I had made for my daughter-in-law's sister who had her second boy. This week I am writing about the two quilts I did for her brother and his wife that had twins, a boy and a girl.

I used the same Pathways - A 3 Yard quilt pattern. I went to my stash to see if I had anything there that would work.

I found a jungle print pattern, one that had a blue background and one that had the background in pink. I had enough of the blue stars to use on both quilts. The stripes I had to frame the jungle print weren't quite enough. I had a yard of the yellow but only about 3/4 of a yard of each of the purple and green. I did like how all the colors went together so I chose to frame the jungle print in two different stripe colors rather than buying something else.

Finished boy quilt

The two different stripe fabrics make for a different looking quilt pattern. I may have to try that again some time. There was enough of the star fabric to also do the binding.

I bought some flannel at JoAnn Fabrics and washed it in hot water to shrink it. It also makes it much softer.

I sent them off to the quilter and then did the labels. I was able to have them mostly completed by the time the babies were born. It is nice to sometimes know ahead of time what the baby's gender is.

Several Hallmark movies later I had them finished. I am just waiting now for a chance to meet the new members of the extended family so I can give them their quilts.