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

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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 .

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open backed and shirred baby dresses

Remember this shirred dress I made for Ellie?  The straps in front were too far apart, and it took me until yesterday to get around to fixing them!  It’s super cute on her and I know there are more in our future!

Underneath she wore a pair of bloomers that is able to do double duty between these two dresses.

Another open backed baby dress (with buttonhole instead of elastic loop) in a Riley Blake print with some green/white dots on the reverse side.

Girl sewing is so much fun!

(And yes, my children are rarely seen in the afternoon without a graham cracker in hand!)

felicity - As I scrolled through this post, I actually said out loud, “Oh my god that kid is so cute.” And she is. As are the dresses.

Susanne - She IS SUPER cute!! I love that open back dress. I’m not sure if my L is excited about the dress, graham cracker or Ellie….but she sure is screaming and pointing at the screen with some enthusiasm!! HAHA!!

Jenny Yarbrough - Just discovered your blog! Not sure how I haven’t stumbled upon it in the past. I’m glad to have found it! Come by and say hi when you get a chance…

Ashley - She is too cute, my goodness! Love the dresses too, but Ellie with her Graham cracker -just adorable!