Needles and a Pen » Knitting, Sewing, and Nursing School

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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 .

    I've created a map that shows links to our camping/hiking/general family fun review posts that you can find here. It's pretty much the coolest thing on this site. Thanks, Google!

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it’s a hoot charm pack quilt

It’s done, and it’s super fun.  I really do love simple patchwork–sitting underneath it or on it, it always looks so nice and quilt-ish!

This will be heavily used for shoots, so Ellie volunteered to test it out.

And then it dissolved into a tickle fest of giggles.

Fran - Gorgeous! Perfect for shoots–and the Ellie shots are fabulous!

Susanne - aw!!! Ellie looks SO pretty in that first pic! Great quilt too 😉

Elizabeth - It’s gorgeous!! And the quilting is amazing as well.

I love patchwork too though I have yet to make one. Someday..

Lindsay - So lovely! How many charm packs did this take?

nicke - i love this quilt. it is so simple and bright and lovely! i LOVE the quilting also. did you do it yourself? it is really stunning. i have been really drawn to bright bold quilt like this lately. i think the “its a hoot” is on my list of must have’s now!

Natalie - I love this quilt! The quilting is a great design, and I also love how you pieced the back. So bright and cheerful!

Deborah - This is so pretty! I love the birds fabric on the back as well.

Audrey - This is so beautiful! It is so bright and cheerful, and I love the simplicity of the patchwork. It works great with this line. You are making me want to dig out my YARDAGE of this line, and cut it up!

Audrey - This is so beautiful! It is so bright and cheerful, and I love the simplicity of the patchwork. It works great with this line. You are making me want to dig out my YARDAGE of this line, and cut it up!
(If anyone else reads this, please don’t think I’m a snob. Traci doesn’t believe I have yardage of anything-just scraps.:))

Susie - I love it- turned out fantastically, Traci!