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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

Will calls Darth Vador “The Star Wars Daddy.”  As in, we were at the mall and there was a Stride Right store with a Darth Vador cut-out promoting their brand new Darth Vador shoes (of which Will is now the proud owner) and he said “LOOK!  MOM!  It’s the Star Wars Daddy!” I imagine, since […]

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dreaming up a dream on quilt

I have a Moda Dream On charm pack that pushed its way to the front of the project queue last night.  I absolutely love the fabrics, but the finished projects I’ve seen on flickr have left me a little bummed out and stumped on how to use them.  They have a vintage tablecloth/bedsheet look to […]

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another practicality bag

This one is a birthday present for my momma so I’ve been hiding it.  🙂  Fabric is from the Glam Garden Robert Kaufman line and I lined this one (again) with Kona cotton pomegranate.  It’s the best hot pink!  My mom is big into not using disposable shopping bags, so I thought this would be […]

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Halloween Costumes

It’s that time again.  Nic’s been nagging me for weeks now, and keeps giving me that “this isn’t actually going to happen” face.  It’s the same face he gives me EVERY year. I loathe and love making Halloween costumes.  I love giving the kiddos a handmade costume just like I had.  I loathe that Halloween […]

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a conversation at bedtime

Will: Mommy, can you get me a snack? Me: How about cheese? [this is the official ‘if you say you’re hungry at bedtime this is what you eat’ snack since it’s filling, not particularly thrilling, and can be eaten in bed with no mess ] Will: Cheese is awesomeness!

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stash: too pretty to cut (farmdale)

Stupid work is getting in the way of my sewing time this week–October is always a massively busy editing time, but a time of very little inspiration or motivation.   (Which means that by tomorrow I should be cranking out another pair of 10 Minute Cranky Pants around midnight). Since the only thing leaving my […]

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