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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: October 2010

I had a blast with Will tonight. I took him out after bedtime to run a few errands and we closed Cold Stone Creamery.  I love that kid so much.

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times, they are a’changin’

I finished Will’s car quilt today.  I took it to him and said “Look—your car quilt is finished!” And he said with Wii controller in hand “Cool.  Cool.  I like it a lot, Mom.”  His eyes never left the television screen.  I knew I didn’t have much longer to enjoy the little boy who was […]

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zoom quilt photos

I love Riley Blake fabric.  It’s pretty much the only fabric around that appeals to me even while being geared toward little boys.  I love love love the Wheels fabric line, and had this fabric stack on my desk for a long time before it got pieced this summer. I used a big piece of […]

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WIP: distactions

Ellie was not in the best mood this afternoon and since I wasn’t able to do anything productive, I figured we could at least play with some fabric stacks.  Am loving this combo and know EXACTLY what I want to do with it. But first I have to make Ellie’s Halloween costume.  One kid’s down, […]

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Ellie, do you want to watch an Eloise rectangle movie with me? It’s about you with cute yellow hair! When you get older maybe you’ll have yellow hair! Will, inviting Ellie to watch an Eloise mini-movie on Netflix instant download. 

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drawing with my sewing machine

I’m practicing free motion sewing on my machine.  It’s something I want to master, because I absolutely love little pieces of art like this (click on image for source): I’ve been obsessed with bunting lately, and wanted to make a mug rug with rainbow bunting.  All of a sudden this afternoon I realized that a […]

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