Twin Two Through

I made quick work of my Snowville charm pack, a yard of fabric for the backing, and a bunch of snowflake scraps from my stash. I used my longarm to draw snowmen all over the sandwiched layers to match last week's first twin quilt. This baby was finished in three days, and both quilts are now in the mail to my mother-in-law for her neighbor's preemie twins.

I initially had thought I could do disappearing four-patch or nine-patch cuts on this quilt, but on the diagonal, so it would sort of be in harmony with the first twin quilt. But this fabric line isn't as charm-friendly, in my opinion. Many of the prints are better suited to a layer cake; some of the charms don't have much of a design on them because the polar bears and penguins are too far apart. So I decided to use the charms intact to preserve theme elements that did exist.

If I'd had both the Snow What Fun and Snowville charm packs on hand when I began the first twin quilt, I would have purposely switched a couple of charms so both quilts would have one block from the other twin's quilt. After I finished piecing this latest creation, I realized I could have cut another couple of frosty mug charms from my stash to match what I did to fill in a couple of holes on the first quilt (and to replace the two charms that don't have polar bears or penguins). I was kicking myself in the behind for not thinking of that before I finished piecing.

But then I realized both quilts have blocks made from snowflake fabrics from my stash, and both quilts are bound with the snowflake binding leftovers from previous snowflake-themed quilts I've finished in the past. A couple of the snowflake fabrics in each quilt even match. So, mission accomplished!

This twin quilt journey began while we were visting my mother-in-law in September. She took us to a quilting shop in her town, and I purchased the Snow What Fun charm pack to show her how fun disappearing four- and nine-patch designs can be. She's still somewhat intimidated by the entire quilting process beyond rag quilts. Her birthday is in a couple of weeks, so I'm including a present for her in the twin quilt package because I'm still hoping to get her addicted to quilting.

Sometimes it takes just the right fabrics to make you anxious to begin a new project. I found this charm pack and bought two yards of the coordinating fabric, then cut 42 charm squares from the solid. Lizard says his mom's favorite color is teal. Hopefully, this is just what my cowboy-lovin' mom-in-law needs to brave drowning in the love of quilting!

Linking up with Alycia Quilts and Confessions of a Fabric Addict.

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