Quick (fairness?) Poll

My older daughter has a full size bed and when she was younger i made her a big (queen-ish size) quilt.

My younger daughter has a twin size bed and i am making her quilt now.

My best friend has sisters (I have none) and says i should make the younger one's quilt as big as the older one's even though it will look silly all bunched up on her bed.

Are sisters really this competitive?

Thanks,
Melissa

I can't imagine they would want a quilt that didn't fit the bed. I don't think the sisters would be that silly.

I would make a Queen size because she may want to keep it/use it when she gets older. Not many grown ups have twin beds now days. A Queen would ensure she can use it longer! My 2 cents!

To me it's not about competition but function!

Nicole

This message was edited Mar 27, 2007 2:49 PM

Why not just ask her? Why put the time and effort in to something she does not want? For a quilt I would make sure that it is of the color and fabric type of her choosing.

My mother makes me stuff out of colors and cloth that I will NEVER wear and then wants to make me feel bad because I do not like bright colors or any synthetics. SHE KNOWS THIS. I am a grown woman and believe that I can dress whatever way I want now, I may be ugly but my mother does NOT dress me funny any more................... Sorry for the rant but this is a pet peeve of mine.

I have a son and a daughter. And my daughter can tell you every singel thing that her brother has got that she hasn't - whether she would use it or not. My wife said she even knew how many pictures of each of them we have in frames. Which of course makes me want to take hers out and put all of my son's in to see what she says.

She picked the colour scheme and the main fabric.
Funny, this is the hardest time i've had with something like this, because the main colour is blue and all the colours are BRIGHT. So not my favorites! My husband says it is "Pretty and VERY loud, just like her." LOL

She is three and couldn't care less about the size (now) all she wants is it done (yesterday). I just don't want that teenager she will become to gripe, or feel slighted.

If she is only 3 I would go with what fits her bed, what she can use NOW. That way yesterday will happen sooner, I know the patience tolerance for 3 years old..........

You may however find that down the road she will want her full size one "That MY MOM made JUST FOR ME!" She may even want to help make it so the memory will be of the 2 of you doing it together, what a fun project, Good Luck~!

i would think they bigger gripe wouldbe different sized beds not quilts. If she is okay with that difference I'm sure the quilt in twin size would be great.

If the quilt is used every day, it might be all worn out by the time she is an adult (I have no idea) so it all becomes a moot point, but I'd say make a twin size quilt in a design that could be added to, that way, if she wants a bigger quilt later, you can add more to it. (I don't quilt so I don't know if that is really practical.)

I have a twin bed with a full size quilt on it that I use as a bedspread. It reaches to the floor on the sides and foot and I have a matching pillow sham for the head of the bed. But this only works because my bed is high so the quilt doesn't drag the floor. Since you are creating this specialy for her maybe it could be made to fit her bed like a bedspread now and could be used as a topper with a skirt when she eventually gets a bigger bed?

Zany,

That sounds so comfy!

You could make the large quilt and get those bed footstools college kids use so her quilt wouldn't drag,

I have an afghan my grandma made me as a kid---it's over 20 years old now and still going strong---I use it every winter. But that may be stronger than a quilt with all the delicate stitching?

Tombaak,

Make it to fit her bed. With my 2 DGDs, one 6 and one 4 the issue is now. The youngest loves getting her sisters hand me downs. When your daughter is older I believe she will love the quilt made special for her and not notice the size of sisters.
You have plenty of time to make her a queen size and the other one a twin. That way their first born will have a twin.

You wouldn't make a queen size baby blanket if you were pregnant so it would match the size of sisters blanket you made. You would never find the baby in it or you would end up putting the blanket in the stroller and carrying the baby. I don't see it happening. Maybe with things as they get older but not now.

My mom has made quilts for all of us, daughters, grandchildren, and now great grandchildren. They are either full or queen. That way, they will be useable for many, many, many years. And we all love our "grammy" quilts, and we know how special they are!

mqn - beauty is in the eye of the beholder. you sure SOUND beautiful to me. smile and be happy. can't help with the rest of this post. have no daughters and no grandchildren yet. my two boys aren't even married yet but one is getting close. sometime next march.