Twins on the way!
 

My niece is expecting TWINS in September. She doesn't want to know the sex before hand, so I'm at a loss for quilts that would work for "either / or".
I'd love to see any images you think would work, or maybe some of you have created! Thanks in advance, I know this is the best place to look for inspiration.

I spy quilts are always great for babies, but collecting the fabrics before Sep could be a challenge. There have been several swaps on the board hosted by mmonohon. Maybe you could join one of hers or host one of your own.

Darren

<sigh> feeling old here, I remember when we NEVER knew the sex of the baby before it arrived. How did we ever manage? LOL

http://www.keepsakequilting.com/prod...HARM-PACK-.htm

this is a link to a site that sells the fabric for I spy quilts. easier than trying to collect yourself. this is a cool idea

use greens, purples, teals, yellows. Any pattern you love would work. Or use Winnie the Pooh fabrics, or Beatrix Potter fabrics or 1930s fabrics. Don't limit yourself to pink or blue. And babies love high contrast, so you could do a black and white with a contrast color--say green for one and purple for the second.

I was thinking along these lines, but love this specific idea.

there are Baby Einstein fabric panels available that have a lot of black and white and red-those are the first colors they can see and the higher the contrast the better-anything you make will br greatly appreciated I'm sure and Congratulations GREAT AUNT

What color has she painted the room for the twins? That's always my big clue as to what the mother will like in the color ranges. There are lots of gender non-specific themes for babies. Alphabet blocks, numbers, teddy bears, nursery rhymes. The pages for soft baby books make great blocks. Baby animals make another great way to go. I personally hate to see a baby wrapped in a quilt that looks like it was pulled off of a sofa. I like a baby quilt to say baby in one way or another since babys are so special and happen so infrequently. Your niece will probably only have twin babies once in her life.

That's what the reading teacher in me says too Baby Einstein fabric for floor quilts gender of baby won't
matter. Congrats Auntie!

My niece is going to have twin boys in November. She (and my other nieces having babies this year) is painting her nursery and playroom gray. She is on bed rest until then, so I thought it would be entertaining for her to pick the pattern and fabrics. She bought two bundles of FQ from a line called Backyard Baby and another from Joel Dewberry on Etsy with aqua, green, orange, and yellow. She selected a stacked coins pattern for Baby A and New Waves for Baby B. She doesn't want to duplicate everything for the twins, she wanted similar. Different patterns, but both share many of the same prints, are strongly vertical in design, and have sashings in Kona medium gray. I've had to acclimate my eyes to accept the gray, but it is a good neutral for the brights.

I finished the straight-line quilting she selected on the Stacked Coins quilt last night. I love it-- it is just right for her.

If you like applique http://www.ginghamgoosepatterns.com/...?dir_cat=11637 has lots of really cute baby quilt patterns. I have been making these for 25 years. Everyone loves them. I add extra batting under the individual applique pieces to make them 3D.
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Those are so cute Gail!

I've made a couple "unisex" quilts for babies of unknown gender, and I just solve the color issue by using EVERY color, LOL! I've just begun making some small quilts for charity out of some precut strips and I'm doing the same; these ones are in pinks, blues, greens, yellows, reds... I figure babies would enjoy lots of different colors & patterns to look at.

I've made pinwheel quilts a lot. Do one quilt with pinwheels in the center surrounded by 9 patch blocks and a couple of plain borders. Do the other quilt with 9 patches in the center surrounded by pinwheel blocks and a piano key border. The quilts would be very similar but totally individual.

I always thought this would be a cool pattern to use for twins, choosing two fabrics for the two smaller stars to represent the babies (and alternate them in each blanket, so each one is being held in his/her own blanket) and a coordinating print for the "mom."

Haven't had any twins to make blankets for, though, so it's still on my list of things to do...

I am all for an I Spy quilt. Make the top and then add borders and backing depending on the gender of the babies once that is known. One of my girls is purple and one is pink. I knew they were girls so I made one for each in their color Delectable Mountain quilts and a turning twenties quilt. For boys one could be green and the other blue. If you make the I spy quilts 50x50 or 45x60 they can use it for a long time after babyhood for lap quilts.

Gail those are stunning!

I tried to send this before, but my computer sputtered and it just went into cyberspace! I am making a baby quilt right now -- and I am a rank amateur. What I'm doing is a white on white, appliqueing bright-colored lettering for ABCD (in three sizes, two series of letters are just at random) Then, I added pink butterflies, blue butterflies, yellow butterflies, red butterflies, ladybugs (larger, medium and tiny) some puppies and kittens (all purchased appliques -- iron-on -- which I don't really like that well, but I don't have an embroidery machine nor the time to do it by hand), then I'm quilting (by hand) in the outline of Sunbonnet Sue and Overall Bill so it would work for either a boy or a girl. If I had more time, knew the sex of the infant, etc. and if the baby were a family member, I would probably go to more trouble, but that's not the case. I'm a little anxious, but I'm stitching (zig-zag stitch) the appliques down because one could come off and the baby might choke on it if it tried to swallow the appliques. And, of course, everything a baby gets its hands on goes to the mouth!

You have gotten a lot of suggestions, which are all better than my idea. But, I'm learning. I'm just still a rank amateur, but I love it!

Jeanette Frantz

Gail, those baby quilts are absolutely priceless!

Jeanette Frantz