My mother was a twin, and she tells me stories how she didn't like to be dressed or treated like her sister; but if they weren't dressed or treated the same she always felt her sister got the best! How's that for a predicament?
With that in mind, I made the quilts the same, but set slightly different and with different applique centres. The blocks were inspired by a quilt in "Country Threads goes to Charm School". I used their idea of setting the little blocks with sashing...from there I made four blocks into one block, forming an x or an o. Can you see it? One quilt has Xs in the corner, the other has Os in the corner. The applique are from an EQ collection by Sue Spargo.
After deciding to raid another planned quilt for its background fabric, from Lollipop by Sandy Gervais, I went online to look for other fabrics from that collection. I added a red and yellow from the collection, the rest from my stash. And I fell in love with the little fishies print. As it turned out, it didn't work in the quilt, but it made a great pieced backing; one with red, and one with yellow.
As twins are often premature, and these babies are considered high-risk, I wanted to have the tops ready to quilt! It should only take a few days to quilt them lightly, and I'll be sure to have them ready to go by the end of October.
