Works In Progress Wednesday

I am joining in on Works in Progress Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced! I am planning to do this every week!  This will motivate me to keep working on all my UFOs and hopefully finish some great projects this year.

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So, this is my friendship braid inspired quilt top.  I saw this tutorial over at Missouri Star Quilt Company:





I realized that I could use my Accuquilt Go and the Chisel Die to create my version of this quilt.

I laid them out a few times before I found this layout that I love.



 Here, I have pieced that strips and added the first border.



Hopefully I will have the entire top pieced by next Wednesday and then it will be ready to quilt.  I am going to attempt some straight line diagonal grid quilting. Hopefully it will work out. I have to say that I really love  my Accuquilt Go!  It saves so much time and with all that it going on in my life, I do all I can to save time!  This is the first of I believe many quilts that I will be able to create using my GO!

My other work is progress is not quilting related or even crafting related. Its my Masters Degree!  I am happy to say that though I am still working on it after 3 years, I am so close that I can almost taste it!  I will actually be done by the end of June! I am so excited.  My program is completely online and the school is in Salt Lake City. So if I actually want to participate in the ceremony, I will have to fly to Utah.  At first I was thinking, whatever, who cares as long as I get the degree. But this has been such a battle that I think that once I finish, I MUST walk down that aisle and receive my degree. So, Salt Lake City here we come! ( probably next year though since they only have two ceremonies per year.)

Oh, how about a 3rd Work in Progress:  The Cuteness!



He will be progressing for a while though I know time is flying pretty quickly.  Its so hard to believe that he will be 2 years old next week!  My husband and I have been looking at his baby pictures and some from just one year ago. Its just amazing how much kids grow in such a short amount of time!


We are planning to take him to Legoland. Hopefully I will be able to visit a quilt shop in the area while we are there!  Stay tuned for more  pics and updates!

April Craft Day!

Yesterday I attended the April meeting of my craft Meetup. We had a fabulous time. I actually found this group on Meetup.com and its a fantastic group of people. If you are looking for a likeminded group people to craft with or looking for people who share your other interests, Meetup.com is a good place to start. Check out the fun time we had.

I worked on three sewing projects.  I clipped my rag quilt.  I still have some more clipping to do.  I also pieced a new quilt that I will post in a few days. And, I began hand sewing tabs on the back of my little art quilt that I made last year and  posted about here:

http://kimknitsinla.blogspot.com/2010/07/oc-county-fair-quilting-and-more.html

I had the little art quilt taped up to the wall but now I want to actually hang it properly. So I found this  easy you tube tutorial:

http://youtu.be/Cgsb-qZA6Bk

Here is my rag quilt so far:

Front



Back




Hopefully I will post about my 3rd project, which I am making with my Accuquilt Go Die Cutter!

I almost forgot to add a little cuteness!  Here you go!