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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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Monthly Archives: August 2019

Noodlehead open wide pouch | pattern review

I used the highly praised Noodlehead open wide pouch pattern to make a gift for my manager as I left the hospital this spring. It’s free, easy to follow, and results in a beautiful pouch! My only adjustment was creating a two fabric exterior. It was hard knowing how the ratio would shape up given […]

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Sew Together Bag | The Manly Version

Turns out you can’t make a manly version of this bag. My dad is awesome. For his birthday this past winter I wanted to make him something great. My first try, the bray hat, I decided was too girly. So in my great wisdom I decided that the opposite of a girly hat would be […]

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The unisex hat | Bray cap pattern review

I wanted to make my dad a really special hat for his birthday, so last fall I started in on a pattern I’d had my eye on for years: the Bray cap from Brooklyn tweed. It is a cable and lace pattern, perfectly doable if you’ve tried either at least once before. I knit it […]

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