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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: December 2010

Finished! Pillow Fabric Button Closure

For this pillow, I knew I wanted it to have a really special show-stopping back, since the front is so clean and simple. And I did pull it off exactly as I’d planned, but man–for a little bit there while I was doing the elastic cording I had some SERIOUS doubts.  (And a lot of […]

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“ELOISE MARIE!” Will commanded at Ellie in the living room. “Hey—what’s going on in there?” I asked as I walked over from the kitchen. “Ellie is eating the tree,” Will explained. Ellie was drooling all over a pine needle she’d picked up from the floor. The white fir sure is more fragrant than the frasier […]

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I came downstairs and found Nic sleeping on the sofa and Will laying on the coffee table, singing for Ellie who was dancing to Will’s singing.

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dr seuss bags

I finished this today.  It made its way into one of my favorite items– the Practical Bag (for some reason I’ve had dyslexia when it came to this pattern and have been calling it the Practicality Bag for months). It’s lined with the Celebrate Seuss print and has a matching little zippered clutch/tote/wallet/catch-all. I’m in […]

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a modern almost done sort of pillow

This pillow is almost done–just missing some elastic cording for the back buttons that I need to pick up today or tomorrow.   This pillow has caused me more angst than is really possible for such a simple little patchwork pillow.  I have been full of self doubt–piping or no piping, quilting or no quilting, but […]

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