Flash forward 8 months and I'm having two little girls. But I only love one quilt. Bummer.
It seems I've run into this problem a lot since we learned we were having "twins". My take on our whole baby situation is that we happen to have two of our daughters arriving on the same day. Are they going to be the same? No more than I expect them to be exactly like E. To me, they're two distinct, seperate individuals who'll share the same birthday. I want them to know that from the get-go I've prized their individuality.
When I set out to design their room the quilt caused a problem. I love that quilt. I couldn't give it to one of them because then the other would be getting sloppy seconds. Believe me, I looked all over to find another quilt I loved as much and just couldn't. In fact, every other quilt I saw just didn't measure up to the one I had. So about two weeks ago, I decided that the only thing to do was copy the pattern with different fabrics and make them quilts. I went on Etsy and found the most adorable fabric collection and ordered enough fat quarters and yardage to make complimentary quilts, with one having mostly greens and the other mostly pinks.
The fabric came. I laid it out. I realized I liked the pink quilt more than the green quilt. Not funny. I was bugged and the only solution seemed to be to make them matching quilts, but I put a blank panel in that I personalized with their own initial. It took a lot of work and time, but luckily I love their quilts and the fabrics I picked more than the one I bought last summer so in the end everyone wins!
As for the rest of the room, a huge thank you to my M-I-L for sewing the crib skirts this last Saturday. The rest of it all came together collorabitively (T, E, & Me) and we did the whole room for under $120. That $120 includes:
- Both quilts
- Bumpers
- Decorations
- Crib skirts
- Window treatments
- All paint
I absolutely adore their room! It's everything I wanted: feminine, soft, calming, beautiful. I love that it can grow with them because it's not an obnoxious, juvenille theme. I love that it makes me want to curl up in their cribs and remember how it felt to be a child princess. I hope the girls love it as much as I do.
View when you enter the room
A's Quilt
A's crib set-up
Window between A and M's cribs. Though it may seem unjustified from the picture, the valance is my second favorite thing in their room. It used to be a coverlet on T's great-grandmother's bed and the little dots are yellow pom-poms made of yarn. The texture of it is awesome and when we found it in the antique cedar chest we inherited I knew someday it would have a great purpose. Behold, it's purpose has been found.
M's quilt
(Side note: M's quilt turned out better than A's did and I was actually relieved by that. It seems that if I sew something for the girls I sew M's first and then after I've passed my learning curve I do A's and it's more polished. Unconciously, I did M's first, but somehow it turned out better!)
M's quilt(Side note: M's quilt turned out better than A's did and I was actually relieved by that. It seems that if I sew something for the girls I sew M's first and then after I've passed my learning curve I do A's and it's more polished. Unconciously, I did M's first, but somehow it turned out better!)
M's Crib
Rocking chair. Also an antique we inherited from T's great-grandmother.To my quilting friends, (aka: Melissa & Victoria for sure)
