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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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wip: sherbet pips quilt blocks 4 and 5

Can I just say that I love having two?  They played in the play room so long this morning that I got two more blocks done before lunch!

I am going to be good and finish up the last apron and Christmas gift (yes–I still have one Christmas gift to go) but these are SOOOOO fun it’s hard not to get seduced by the pips pile!  (A quick recommendation to anyone buying the Pips precuts–I would recommend going with larger cuts–like a layer cake or fat quarter set–I am doing a lot of fussy cutting on the prints and with the case of the girl in the tree swing in particular I could see missing ‘The’ scene on a narrower cut like a jelly roll or charm pack.)

Kristie at OCD - Love the puppy block especially! I can’t wait for my Pips to arrive! I was going to go simple, but maybe I need to get some funky block action going…this looks like too much fun!

Brooke - I am SO loving how this is coming together! It really does look fantastic!