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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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Category Archives: pillows

swap mania

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Posted in Christmas, mug rugs, pillows, swaps, WIPs

I’ve been bitten hard by the swap bug, and right now all projects are swap related–either official swaps or ones I’ve arranged on the side.  Here’s a sneak at some of the projects in work: Yep.  I free motion stitched the eiffel tower for the scrappy mug rug swap.  (And was super impressed when Will […]

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pillow swap time!

Sunday, November 7, 2010 Posted in pillows

Along with the mug rug swap, I signed up for the Pillow Talk Swap.  I have been super excited about it, because it’s a modern swap, with a few more guidelines on the general style of the project.  Having never made a pillow cover, I thought I should do a practice project before diving into […]

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