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    Hi! I'm Traci. I'm a Registered Nurse who loves quilting, knitting, cross stitch, and the great outdoors. In my pre-scrubs life, I owned Real Photography, and you can still see my old wedding and portrait photography site here .

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Monthly Archives: September 2010

car fabric marker roll

I love all of the crayon rolls on Etsy and thought it would be a good way to use up some of the Wheels fabric I have left over from Will’s car quilt (which is very close to being done–but both Joann’s and I ran out of our gray Gutterman).  It was very easy–I used […]

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Everyone says that second kids do everything faster because they see the first one doing it.  This is not true with Ellie.  She continues to show zero interest in movement beyond rolling.  Even if you hold her up so she’s standing and holding onto your fingers, she won’t play walk.  No.  Ellie has Will.  If […]

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got the kind of haircut today that should come with a complimentary paper bag.

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sewing day – a bubble skirt and a chalkboard fabric tablecloth

My friend Stephanie and I declared today Sewing Day. We met around noon at my favorite local shop Crafty Laine to pick up fabric for Stephanie’s first big sewing project–a bubble skirt. And then it was back to my place for the cutting and sewing. (and some beer drinking. cause we’re awesome like that.) I […]

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“my blankie!”

I totally forgot about this flannel quilt for a long time because it was living at preschool as Will’s nap quilt.  When it came home to be washed I forgot to send it back, and when I picked Will up she mentioned that he had been asking for “his blankie.”  And when I handed it […]

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