Rail Fence Quilt and Annie's Choice Quilt - Now both finished! Finally!

[jungrrl]

So as I mentioned in my other thread, I got a crazy idea to make my mom and grandma quilts for Christmas about... oh... 2 weeks before and having at the time only completed one other quilt top.  

My mom wanted greens (although she didn't know for what yet  ) and I thought she would like the Rail Fence pattern.  I love this pattern and it was so easy!  Here is her top:

Fabrics:

Design:


For my grandma I chose the colors on my own although I knew they were a good match for her and I really wanted to use triangles in her quilt so I chose the Annie's Choice pattern.  This quilt top was the bane of my existance for a while and I was up until 4am on Christmas morning finishing the top!  She loved it though so of course it was worth it.    I think this pattern was a little bit of a jump in front of my abilities but it still didn't turn out too badly.  This is her quilt top:

Fabrics:

Design:


Now I just need to quilt them    I hope to finish them this month and I'll definitely post updated pictures when I'm done!

Completed quilts!
Rail Fence: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=217255.msg2489306#msg2489306
Annie's Choice: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=217255.msg3669605#msg3669605

[DaisyTattoo]

They are both darling and so well put together! Im sure they love them.

[SewPixie]

I love that rail fence...great colors!

[jungrrl]

Well-put together! *blush* Thanks!

[craftydame]

casey you're amazing! the quilts are beautiful!

i adore the rail fence pattern, it's definitely my favourite quilt design. it's so easy, yet so striking!

[QuiltersBlock]

Congrats on some beautiful tops! Great fabric choices, good work! Looking forward to seeing the finished quilts!

QB

[bananabanana]

The Annie's choice one is soooooo pretty! I bet your grandma just loved it.

[grammardog]

They are both lovely, but I love the Annie's Choice.  I have four blocks completed of that one myself... the blocks are gorgeous, but I hate the method of piecing them!  I wonder if I'll ever go back to it.

Lovely work!

[jungrrl]

Thanks everyone!

I saw a method posted about making two squares in one, where you'd draw a diagonal line down the middle and stitch up each side.  Did you do that?  I couldn't wrap my brain around the colors so I had to do it triangle by triangle and it was very much a pain!

[lorky]

I like the rail fence too!  I used it on my Dad's quilt with wood grain fabrics (see the 5 quilts of Christmas thread).  Its super fast but looks much more difficult to the untrained eye. 

[jungrrl]

I finished one!  

I added a bit around the outside because it was very small.  However, it came out a little crooked. Oops!  

The whole thing.


The binding.

[taloola]

i like your stitiching on the binding! very cool quilt yo!

[craftydame]

ooh, you did FANCY stitching! very cool!

[jungrrl]

   My machine did fancy stitching!    I just sat there while I took forever.

Thanks!

[craftydame]

i hate that the fancy stitching is so slow... i'm way to impatient for it!

therefore i'm impressed that YOU had the patience for it!

[jungrrl]

 

[lissaw70]

  .........All I can say is............WOW!...........

They're great!

[batgirl]

These are beautiful! I love the greens! You did a great job!

[jungrrl]

Thanks guys! 

[jungrrl]

Ok, so I promise that this quilt has been finished a long time I took pictures ages ago and then lost them, then I took them again and forgot to upload them. *sigh*

This was for my grandmother. As you can see I added a border to the quilt top since it was still small. I just used the backing fabric.  I stitched in the ditch to quilt it. This was a difficult pattern for me and I probably shouldn't have jumped up to triangley things so quickly but oh well. I'm pretty sure she'd love it no matter what.  


DSC_1436 by jungrrl, on Flickr


DSC_1437 by jungrrl, on Flickr


DSC_1440 by jungrrl, on Flickr


DSC_1441 by jungrrl, on Flickr
(See that giant nasty bunchiness down at the bottom? yea.  )

[MareMare]

Those look great! I love the rail fence pattern too, I think your colors worked really well in it too, nice contrasts. And the stars look awesome!!

[jungrrl]

Thanks Mare!