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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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Yearly Archives: 2011

stacks

I pulled this stack of fabric out to add to my diamond star quilt and noticed how gorgeous they look together. Also prepping some pretty neutrals… A shot from this weekend–the family watching Tangled and my Central Park quilt in action. I was taking pictures of Ellie ‘helping’ Will put his shoes on before preschool […]

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diamonds progress

My diamond quilt is progressing, even if I failed miserably to finish even ONE piece of clothing in the alloted 7 hours for kid’s clothing week and feel like a sewing loser this week.  My sister-in-law and brother-in-law came to visit this weekend (hi Erik!), and I kept my diamonds on hand for sewing while […]

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growth-spurting

Ellie literally just finished her breakfast of half of a PBJ sandwich and a whole banana and I found her in the pantry eating raw oatmeal from the carton.  She has been an eating pooping MACHINE this week.

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It’s okay, Mommy. It’s really hard to make beautiful things. You just have to go slowly. Will, running to comfort me yesterday after I accidentally sliced through the dress I’d spent many hours on for Ellie and let loose a string of curses.

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Can I get you a glass of water or something? Will, every morning in the middle of my workout.  He is so sweet.  Or genuinely concerned that I’m going to have a heart attack.

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