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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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Category Archives: WIPs

stash: will’s next quilt

Once Will’s car quilt is finished, this will be his next blankie–a Castle Peeps quilt (with some Wee Woodlands stripes and Riley Blake Cheery Circles thrown in for good measure). This quilt was the forerunner for the longest time: until I found this one: Now I’m torn.  🙂

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wip: halloween pumpkins gone wild charm pack quilt

In honor of October’s arrival, Will and I started working on our Halloween quilt yesterday.  I picked up the fabric–a Moda Pumpkins Gone Wild charm pack–in Breckenridge last fall but decided to move a few days after purchasing it, so not much sewing happened last September! I love getting Will involved in my projects.  Whether […]

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sewing day – a bubble skirt and a chalkboard fabric tablecloth

My friend Stephanie and I declared today Sewing Day. We met around noon at my favorite local shop Crafty Laine to pick up fabric for Stephanie’s first big sewing project–a bubble skirt. And then it was back to my place for the cutting and sewing. (and some beer drinking. cause we’re awesome like that.) I […]

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up next – a tablecloth for the kitchen table

A couple of weeks ago I recovered our disgusting kitchen chairs in this cute oilcloth stripe I found at our cute local store.  I’ve been so happy with them, but finding a tablecloth to match has been a little tricky.  I found one at Target that works okay, but there was definitely room for improvement.  […]

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