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Old 09-01-2011, 01:08 PM
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I would do something totally non-traditional....like black and white with pops of yellow or other brights.
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Old 09-01-2011, 01:12 PM
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Black and white with splashes of blocks of primary and brights! Very exciting!
Once went to a baby shower. More pink than a Mary Kay Convention....until THE BEST GIFT was opened....some wild, loud funky geometric mod dress! This was in '06 and I still remember it.
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Old 09-01-2011, 01:18 PM
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Why don't you make them both red, blue, yellow and green (with some white) but in different patterns? One Log Cabin and one strip-pieced Trip Around the World would be great---- or even better, use some of the new Dr Seuss and Eric Carle fabrics.
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Speaking as a mom of twins and a grandmom of twins, you are on the right track to make the quilts different. Since you do not know the sex of the babies, I would avoid floral all together. There are so many cute stripes, polka-dots, tone on tones, or even Moda solids to work with. Has the mommy to-be registered online? That is usually the first place I go before making a baby quilt. See what the mommy's taste is and go from there. I've seen so many interesting trends: yellow with grey is really big right now. So is orange with baby blue, or aqua with red. If you can't figure out what the parents want, if you go with any of those 3 color combinations you'll have a winner.
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Old 09-01-2011, 02:10 PM
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I love this idea!!!!!
Originally Posted by willferg
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...
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Old 09-01-2011, 02:14 PM
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One I made when the mother didn't know and didn't care for pastel colors was purple and green.
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Old 09-01-2011, 02:56 PM
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I like bright bold colors blues and greens and oranges and reds
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Old 09-01-2011, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by quiltingcandy
You can do any child friendly quilt and it will be okay - they don't have to be gender specific. I used to crochet using the primary colors because little ones really like the bright colors.
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I would stay away from the pastels. They will seem "babyish" when the kids are 4-5 yrs old. They would probably carry it (cherish it) longer if they were in bright colors. I just made one with teddybears on it in red, yellow and blue. Turned out cute.
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Ask the mom what she would like.
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