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  • Welcome to my blog!

    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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heather ross dress

I love this horse print from Heather Ross and got 3/4 of a yard to make Ellie another dress from the border print dress tutorial for next summer.

I haven’t been good about photos of the bee blocks I’ve made for the Front Range Modern Quilt Guild bee, but here’s my latest.  Lynn requested pinks, white/creams, and lime greens in this strip pattern with some lace accents.

Audrey - Love that dress! You just reminded me that I have to pick up some of that fabric before it is gone. It is my favorite, favorite print by her!

Lyn - Lovely block! It is now snuggled into my basket, joining the others. These are my daughter’s favorite colors, since she was the size of your dancing girl. I always had to make pink and green things for her. Luckily there was a Care Bear who was a lovely shade of pink with green trim. The cake for Katie McCarty’s First Birthday Bash was just this bear. So, as a mom of a darling daughter, you will appreciate that this quilt will be for my darling daughter who is now 27 years old.