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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: July 2011

castle peeps quilt update

My Castle Peeps quilt top has been done for a few weeks and is patiently awaiting its backing.  We will be headed to the renaissance fair soon so I need to get cracking on this one!  (Or accept defeat.  Either way.)  These giant pluses have 7″ finished squares at the top and bottom and 7×21″ […]

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At bedtime I have been signing “love” to Ellie as I say “I love you.”  She started signing it back to me a few weeks ago, which I was very excited about.  This morning I could tell she was ready for her nap about an hour and a half ago, but she was playing nicely […]

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my antique doll house find

This is what the internet does to you.  You’re cruising along, minding your own business and then BAM!  All of a sudden you have to make a project.  First it was quiet books and now it’s a doll house. When I saw Sarah Jane’s blog post, I thought “darn it!  I want one!  It will […]

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Ellie occassionally swapps woah-wee for William.  It is very very cute to hear her say his long name! She is picking up baby signs at an astonishing pace.  She’s got please banana shoes socks coat love you wind And her spoken vocabulary just gets bigger every day.  One of the things that I love about […]

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open backed and shirred baby dresses

Remember this shirred dress I made for Ellie?  The straps in front were too far apart, and it took me until yesterday to get around to fixing them!  It’s super cute on her and I know there are more in our future! Underneath she wore a pair of bloomers that is able to do double […]

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