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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: kids

Happy Tank Pattern Review

After my Woodstock Tee success I couldn’t wait to try the Happy Tank, also by Hey June Handmade. It did not make me happy. The strap attachments are difficult and don’t look great. I can’t imagine a way to make them straight or finished looking with the bulk of four braided straps being attached to […]

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Woodstock Swing Tee Pattern Review

With my sewing area finally coming together, I’ve been doing a lot more sewing! One of my ongoing goals has been to make friends with my coverstitch machine (a Janome Coverpro 900) and I realized practicing on garments for the KIDS is a lot less angsty that working on garments for ME. This Woodstock Swing […]

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Boho Baby Romper Pattern Review

I sewed something last month!  Around here I’m all banjo and ukulele practice all the time now, so pulling myself away for other hobbies is hard!  When I saw this cute Boho Baby Romper pattern by See Kate Sew on pinterest a couple of months ago, though, I knew my adorable niece needed it for […]

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