Seeing Double

A friend of mine is adopting twins.  I was her Visiting Teacher at Church for a long time, so I would get monthly updates on her struggles with fertility.  They had been trying for so long and then hope seemed to dwindle after a failed IVF.  I was absolutely thrilled when I found out they had matched for an adoption, and not only matched, but adopting identical twin girls!  They are expected to be born in December, and I couldn't be more excited!

I've been waiting to make her a baby quilt for years now, so imagine how fun it is to do two coordinating quilts.  She's the type of person who I knew would have a specific color palette and have the nursery completely planned and decorated, so I asked for her colors from another friend.  The friend sent me a picture of the pillow that the nursery is based on:

The sheets are in the hot pink and the comforters are in the peacock blue, so I decided to make the quilts in the other colors of the feather.  My only point of disappointment is that my blue in the quilts ended up a bit darker than I was going for, but it still looks alright.  "These things do happen."

I used the Steps to Glory block as the base of both quilts: (It's 16.5" unfinished, so it's a big block)

Quilt #1:

 

Rotate the blocks in the opposite direction and you get Quilt #2:

The backs were just fun fabrics I had that reminded me of the Mom-To-Be.  And let's be honest, who doesn't want a bit of argyle and chevron love in their life? 

Her twins may be identical, but I thought I'd be nice and not make the quilts exactly alike.  She's going to have a hard enough time keeping things straight as it is. 

Linking up to Blogger's Quilt Festival.