▮Twin Kobys▮

Although these are queen size quilts, they're also twins!!! They are made from the exact same fabrics, same pattern, same thread color, same batting, same pantograph/quilting, same backing, and the same binding. Only the placement of the prints varies! Maybe that makes them fraternal twins?!!

Quilt Info #1 & 2:

Makers: Lynn and Me!

Pattern: Koby from GE Designs

Fabrics: Greenstone Lollies by Jen Kingwell for Moda

Size: 85" x 90"

Batting: Quilters Dream Batting Wool

Thread: Glide--Thyme

Pantograph: Rainbow Garden ⤵️ from Sew Shabby Quilting

I used "Rainbow Garden" quilting because this is a quilt full of hope for Spring in the middle of Winter, with a little bit of modern vibe Baptist Fan thrown in!

Are you familiar with Jen Kingwell's Lollies fabrics? There are 4 coordinating prints across the width of the fabric, like this.⤵️ Ours came in 1/2 yard cuts, with 4 prints on each half yard. We each started out with 11 different half-yard Lollies--that's 44 different prints, plus 2 coordinating prints in half yard cuts. These fabrics are 4 times the fun!!!

Gudrun has a video class on making the Koby quilt which includes a segment on how to cut out the Lollies to make a Koby quilt!!! It was super helpful!

Now, you might be wondering how these quilts came to be so identical, or fraternal! Lynn bought enough fabric for the both of us and gifted me half! Late last year we had a day when we got together and cut out all our fabrics. 

After cutting out everything we needed, we had two 2 1/2" strips leftover from each of the Lollies prints. That was perfect for each of us to have scrappy looking binding without doing the work, since there are 4 prints across each width!⤵️ We joined the strips with straight seams, too, which isn't my usual go-to, but it worked with the Lollies!

We had a sew day in January. We both managed to sew all of our blocks together in one day, plus we arranged and rearranged Lynn's blocks on my large design wall. Lynn had enough energy to return home and sew her entire quilt together that night! It took me another day or two!

We both used a Grunge 108" backing--a gray with a bit of a green tint to it. (Another peek at the binding here, too!⤵️)

This one is Lynn's. She has the binding on now and is using it on her bed.⤵️

And here's mine, being put right to use on our guest bed. Btw, all those fun pillows were made by my daughters in their younger years!

This was a super fun joint project!!!

Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy

You'll find more quilt inspiration: Sew & Tell, Design Wall Monday, Monday Musings, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down, TGIFF, Off the Wall Friday, Finished Or Not Friday, From Bolt To Beauty, Patchwork & Quilts.