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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 .

    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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Monthly Archives: February 2011

yard sale wrap skirt from heather ross’s weekend sewing

Monday, February 7, 2011 Posted in clothing

Look what I made! It ties. It twirls. It has a rolled hem and serged seams! That’s right–I broke out my brand new (old) serger for this one!  After months of Craigslist stalking (seriously–I logged on every night for months to do national searches) I found a Baby Lock Imagine on Craigslist for $300 (they […]

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a little break

Wednesday, February 2, 2011 Posted in aprons, swaps

I’m going to take a little internet break this week.  Feeling a little down, so I’m going to unplug for a while.  🙂  Here’s a peek at my apron for my spice up the kitchen swap partner.

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