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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: quilts

halloween quilt. DONE.

This is going to be the week of finished projects.  I can feel it.  The Halloween quilt is kicking it off, but Will’s car quilt and the chalkboard tablecloth are going to follow.  All that organizing and reorganizing charm squares is done! It didn’t come out as I planned–I had wanted to place the patchwork […]

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quilts in action

It’s not just a quilt, it’s a play mat.  It’s not just a quilt, it’s a magical cape that makes babies disappear and reappear!

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wip: halloween pumpkins gone wild charm pack quilt

In honor of October’s arrival, Will and I started working on our Halloween quilt yesterday.  I picked up the fabric–a Moda Pumpkins Gone Wild charm pack–in Breckenridge last fall but decided to move a few days after purchasing it, so not much sewing happened last September! I love getting Will involved in my projects.  Whether […]

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“my blankie!”

I totally forgot about this flannel quilt for a long time because it was living at preschool as Will’s nap quilt.  When it came home to be washed I forgot to send it back, and when I picked Will up she mentioned that he had been asking for “his blankie.”  And when I handed it […]

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oooh–pretty

I love ripping out pages from Pottery Barn catalogs as inspiration for future quilts (especially the kids stuff–they have such adorable applique quilts).  I love this color combo:

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a baby quilt for my four daughters

I finished this quilt in 2001, in my senior year of high school.  I had been collecting fat quarters in these pastels for a while and I remember being totally over-the-moon that I used up almost every scrap.  I was sure that I was going to grow up and have four girls, and that this […]

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