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Baby Quilts for Twin Girls – WIP

Posted on September 22, 2010July 27, 2015 by Martha

Pam-Quilts-2Our wonderful music teacher, Pam, is pregnant with twin girls. Although I’ve made lots of baby quilts for teachers at school and family members, these are my very first twins. Pam and her husband are both music teachers, so when their son Collin was born, I wanted to use a music theme for his quilt. Unfortunately I couldn’t find any fabric that I liked, so he ended up with an Around The World quilt made with 1930s reproduction fabrics. It was cute, but not musical.

This time I searched on ebay and found this 22″ length of vintage Holly Hobbie fabric. All the figures are doing something musical and there are music notes in the background — it was perfect! When the remnant arrived in the mail, I was surprised that it was brighter than the ebay photo — the background is a soft yellow, but the other colors are bright 1970s shades and definitely out of my comfort zone, but still pretty adorable.

Not wanting to cut into the cute print, I decided to design the quilt with the HH fabric in the middle and blocks around the outside. I also wanted each little girl’s quilt to be different, but similar. Because the HH fabric is busy, I thought the blocks should be simple — the colors will be solids, with the exception of the green polka-dot fabric.

Last night and all morning today I worked on designs for the quilts. Each square is 1″, so these will be little infant blankets (like Collin’s) — something a baby can lie on, and also carry around when they’re a toddler. I’m really happy with the way the final designs look (there were lots of drafts), and now I’m excited to start stitching them up.

11 thoughts on “Baby Quilts for Twin Girls – WIP”

  1. Ann says:
    September 22, 2010 at 9:03 pm

    Martha! Those will be ADORABLE! I love the detail of the Holly Hobby fabric and the fabrics you selected to go with it are so bright and happy. I like that the borders tie the two quilts together but the blocks are different. You’ve got a great plan in place!

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  2. Barbara says:
    September 23, 2010 at 4:37 am

    Oh, those lucky babies! I like how they’re different but similar. I thought I had seen every Holly Hobbie fabric in the day, but this print is a new one to me.

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  3. kath says:
    September 23, 2010 at 6:35 am

    Im looking forward to seeing these develop Martha.

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  4. Holly says:
    September 23, 2010 at 7:11 am

    Those are going to be gorgeous! Can’t wait to see them put together.

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  5. Anna says:
    September 23, 2010 at 7:47 am

    Those quilts are gonna be just wonderful. Enjoy your stitching!

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  6. Ann Champion says:
    September 23, 2010 at 8:40 am

    That HH fabric is SO cute! I love the fabrics you’ve selected to go with..and your quilt plans look perfect to me! 🙂

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  7. Pratima says:
    September 23, 2010 at 10:21 am

    Martha, your. Hoice of fabrics is fabulous! The solids compliment the print perfectly! The designs you drew up for both quilts are adorable! Can’t wait!!

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  8. LoriD says:
    September 23, 2010 at 2:55 pm

    Both quilts will be so sweet!!! Very nice designs.

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  9. Miri says:
    September 24, 2010 at 7:24 am

    Adorable! That Holly Hobbie is very cute and the colors are really “in” now!
    Great twin quilt designs.

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  10. mickie says:
    September 25, 2010 at 5:05 am

    Love the fabric (i am a sucker for brights) and your designs will be perfect! Can’t wait to see it come to fruition!

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  11. Valentina says:
    September 29, 2010 at 8:43 am

    Dear Martha, these will be so fabulous!
    I can’t wait to see them!
    I can’t decide which i will like more: the flying geese or the pinwheels!
    Don’t you just love it when a design comes together?
    Lucky girls, indeed!
    🙂

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