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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: May 2011

It’s okay, Mommy. It’s really hard to make beautiful things. You just have to go slowly. Will, running to comfort me yesterday after I accidentally sliced through the dress I’d spent many hours on for Ellie and let loose a string of curses.

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Can I get you a glass of water or something? Will, every morning in the middle of my workout.  He is so sweet.  Or genuinely concerned that I’m going to have a heart attack.

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it’s a hoot charm pack quilt

It’s done, and it’s super fun.  I really do love simple patchwork–sitting underneath it or on it, it always looks so nice and quilt-ish! This will be heavily used for shoots, so Ellie volunteered to test it out. And then it dissolved into a tickle fest of giggles.

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easy ipad case

I made a quick case for the ipad on Friday.  I end up sticking it in my purse a bunch and I wanted it to be a little protected as it rattles around with all the rest of the crapola I drag around. It’s a super simple design–I used fusible fleece for the interfacing and […]

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Me: Willie, can you grab me a diaper? Ellie pooped. Will: AGAIN?! My thoughts exactly.

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sunglasses pouch

Our guild is doing a swap today–everyone participating is bringing a sunglasses pouch.  As usual, I had about 800 ideas and then when I actually made the item I dumped all of my ideas and made this instead.  🙂 I love it and want to make another one for me (and I’m planning on sticking […]

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