I love that story.  Your mom must have been a very special person to be so thoughtful.  And now you are carrying on the tradition!  You have inspired me to think ahead.  My grands are boy, 12, boy, 9, girl, 6. Those are from my son.  My daughter and her partner have not been successful in having babies and are no in the process of considering fostering, so there may be more new grandkids and great grands down the road from them! 

I will noodle on this - I love your quilt because it's so modern and so colorful!  I may take a page from your playbook for my own quilt.  You probably won't believe this, but I do not like batiks and own NONE!!  I don't know what it is about them - they look fantastic in your quilt, so maybe I will reconsider. 

Anyway - thank you for sharing a fantastic idea. 

Mary in Michigan

Batik fabrics are so tightly woven that some people find them unpleasant to work with. I don't like working with homespuns because their loose weave makes them so different from batiks. Someone one wrote on the forum about trying to handquilt a batik project and how it was torture. Poor woman needed to be warned about the density of the weave on batik fabrics.

The quilting world is full of fabrics for different tastes and techniques.

What I did with those batiks on the baby floor quilt certainly would not work with homespuns.  LOL

*Love* your circle quilt for your yet-to-be-born grandchildren!

I have kinda/sorta done a similar thing.   You might remember those very easy self-mitering blankets that were popular some time ago? Well, I've made them in my girls' "colors".

Well, at least for the 2 girls who *might* get married & have children.  (I would be very, *very* surprised if either one of them decided to become a single mother intentionally. ) 

Our oldest daughter decided some years ago that she just was not interested in having kids.  Fair enough; that's a valuable piece of self-knowledge to have.  We raised our family; I can't tell them to have a family for them to raise.

Although I haven't explicitly pieced a quilt for a future grandchild,  I do have some potential candidates hanging in my Tops To Be Qulited closet,  as well as some interesting patterns that I haven't made yet.

I think this is a good plan.

I don't know much about the twins at all and so for all I know they may never intend to have children.

I will merely present the quilt to my son and his wife and tell them of the tradition that quilt makers in our family inflict quilts on gene carriers ... LOL

My Omi (Granny) made several quilts for my children's children before she passed. One was made of a very silky fabric and my granddaughter (my son's first baby) loved it to pieces. The other is tucked away for my daughter, if she ever has a baby.

I think this is a wonderful tradition. I was an older mom at 40 with my first child so my two daughters are still pretty young and I am just hoping for grandchildren. I should go thru my finished quilts and tops and see if there are any candidates for grands and great grands. 

It's nice to know I'm causing  you to look at your stash of finished quilts and tops with an eye toward reserving at least one for your first "grand".  Just don't tell a daughter, though, but put it aside as a secret gift ...   certainly don't want to give a kid any ideas.  LOL

I remember when you were making  that lovely quilt. In fact, I see some Illinois black and whites in there.  Many years ago I made a quilt out of my mom's embroidered linens with the intention of it being for my DD's wedding.  Well, she is still single so I'll just put a note on it for her to have it when I'm gone.  She  is the only one of my three that puts sentimental value on things.  It was way too much work and too big  to leave to a great grandchild to drag around.  I love your plan to prepare for a great--I may have to think of doing that too.

I'm glad I put that "bee in your bonnet".  With all the charity quilts you have made for children it is time for you to make something special to tuck away  for your first great-grandchild.

Hide it in the back of a linen closet.

What a sweet story! And I love your new version :D