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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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reorganization

The seasons must be changing because I am getting the urge to clean and reorganize.  I tackled my craft books today, putting my knitting, (and now crocheting–I have a new crochet book to go along with my new hobby), sewing, and quilting books together on my dresser.  Oh holy idea overload, batman!

Between this and what’s currently in my pinterest boards, I could never again get another pattern or book or see another idea and I’d still have wayyyyyy more projects than time!  It’s enough to totally overwhelm!

Up next for me, I’m planning on a new twirly skirt to replace the one that got killed by an exploding pen at the bank, a puppet show tunic from the Oliver + S pattern for Ellie (before she outgrows the pattern sizing), and a wonky cross quilt from the new Joel Dewberry.  And playing a little more with crochet, which I taught myself during my exile with Ellie on the sofa while she was fighting off the plague.

Dolores @ A Labour of Love - All those ideas sound fab. Did you try soaking your ink stain in milk? We used to remove ink from my school uniforms this way!

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Kate - I must have gotten bitten by the same organizing bug! There’s not a closet in my house that’s safe from my weeding-out rampage. What crochet book did you end up getting? Did you use the book to learn, or did you find something online?

Jessica - I am excited to see your Joel Dewberry quilt! I am going to make a Modern Cross version with the pink/purple and blue colorways, although I am very in love with the orange and aqua!