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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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Category Archives: bags

Rifle Paper Company Fabric Makeup Bag

I adore this Rifle Paper Company floral canvas and it makes it VERY hard to cut into my stash of it! Luckily I think it’s amazing with the Hobby Lobby canvas and the new rose gold zippers I picked up, so I was willing to cut into my precious floral canvas for this makeup bag […]

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Another Noodlehead Pouch

A third noodlehead pouch? Yes. You barely sew and then you make three of the exact same thing? Yes. But really, when something gets as big a reaction as my first noodlehead pouch, it begs for a concert style encore that lasts longer than the original show. The print fabric is a Cotton and Steel […]

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Noodlehead Pencil Pouch Part 2

This little pretty is the twin of the first pencil pouch I made with this pattern, as the fabric is the other side of the stripe repeat. The noodlehead pencil pouch pattern is easy (and free!) and made a perfect gift for my aunt! The woven fabric is a fun souvenir I picked up from […]

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Noodlehead canvas pencil pouch | bag pattern review

While we were in Taos last month, I picked up some beautiful women fabrics from Common Thread Textiles knowing they would make beautiful bags. I got brave enough to cut into them for my friend’s birthday present. I made the noodlehead canvas pencil pouch, a gorgeous (and free) pattern/tutorial. Pattern notes: Since I didn’t have […]

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Noodlehead open wide pouch | pattern review

I used the highly praised Noodlehead open wide pouch pattern to make a gift for my manager as I left the hospital this spring. It’s free, easy to follow, and results in a beautiful pouch! My only adjustment was creating a two fabric exterior. It was hard knowing how the ratio would shape up given […]

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Sew Together Bag | The Manly Version

Turns out you can’t make a manly version of this bag. My dad is awesome. For his birthday this past winter I wanted to make him something great. My first try, the bray hat, I decided was too girly. So in my great wisdom I decided that the opposite of a girly hat would be […]

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