Twins!

In the middle of making dressing for cole slaw, I heard my phone and then my iPad ding.  I had been chatting with my former neighbor, Jane, on text messaging, but the sounds from that were different than what I was hearing.

After the dressing came to a boil and I turned off the stove, I checked my phone.

There was a FB message from Lindsey, my hairstylist.

Lindsey had told me two hair appointments ago that she and her husband Shawn were expecting a baby.  I was one of the first people outside of their immediate families and close friends that she had told, and I was very excited for them.  in the course of our conversation the subject of baby quilts surfaced.  She knows that I make quilts, but only for special people.  She knows my tale of the baby quilt for a former colleague that never made it to her and was instead finished this past Christmas for my first great-nephew.  She knows that I make quilts for family and that our daughters and grandchildren are my favorite people to receive quilts.  She knows that I have been super busy sewing since the pandemic happened and she had commented on the pictures I had posted on FB of the quilts for Tessa and Lynnlee, the rag quilt for Nick, and the table runners I had made.

When I asked her if she would like a quilt for the baby, she agreed that it would be very special to her if I did make one.  By the time I left the shop that day I had a mission --- finding special fabric, green and yellow and Green Bay Packers print.

Do you realize how hard that was?  There was nothing at Betty's shop.  There was nothing at JoAnn's.  There was nothing online  So in desperation I asked one of my DWLZ friends who lived in Wisconsin if she could check her local JoAnn Fabrics.  She did and after several phone calls and several pictures sent, Bonnie purchased two yards of Packers print, a yard total of green, and a yard of wide yellow solid. 

I used one of the patterns in the Three Yard Quilts book to make this quilt.  There were some issues with the green since what Bonnie had found was just quarter packs.  They  weren't quite perfect in their measurements so creativity and some extra fabric were needed to complete the top. 

The end result was quite the cute quilt.  Betty quilted it in a football helmet, star, and football pattern which was perfect.  The pattern is really obvious on the green backing fabric.

I picked up the finished quilt last week and was ready to add the binding. In fact Gary had helped me hold the quilt on the table so I could trim accurately without snipping any excess fabric that could be used for binding.

Then the FB message today.

What Lindsey said really threw me, and I am sure I was not the only one shocked with the news.

At her ultrasound appointment yesterday it was discovered that there was not just one baby--but two.  A boy and a girl! 

Wow!

She asked me if I had enough fabric AND enough time to make another quilt for a second baby.

Well, you know the answer to that one.

Fortunately when Bonnie grabbed the bolt of Packers print from the cutting table that Saturday, she told the clerk she would take ALL of the remaining fabric, which turned out to be just about two yards.  Since I didn't use quite a yard for the first quilt, I had plenty left for another quilt.

After checking out my new Three Yard Quilts book, I determined which pattern to use, checked the amount of fabric I would need to buy, and off to JoAnn's I went.

I found a cute green that matches the patterned fabric well along with a yellow that will coordinate well with the other two.  Then I found a different gold/yellow fabric that would be perfect, I think, for the backing.  Hilary and I agreed that the two quilts should have some distinctive features so that each baby has his/her own special one. I did buy enough of the green print to use as a backing, just in case I liked it better, but I am hoping the yellow/gold piece will work.  It will be fun to see how it all comes together.

So yes.  Twins.  Two Green Bay Packers quilts for two special babies.

Lindsey knows that I don't sew quilts for just anyone.

She is special too. 

I'll post pictures as the sewing progresses.  What fun! 

And I am not even a Packers fan!