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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2013’s first finished quilt

I hinted at this trip around the world quilt way back last summer and had the top done for MONTHS before knocking this thing out.  I am in love with my orange gamble of a binding.  My mom and I hand sewed this binding on in one evening (while watching Homeland) because when you come to see me, if you have any sewing skills, I put you to work like a sweatshop employee.  And I pay even worse.  (Although I do let you drink wine and watch Homeland while you work.)

 

The fabric is from one of the DS Quilts lines–long live Joann’s 50% off coupons!

Sew Create It - Jane - Looks fantastic and the colours are so soft! Good job!!

Kelly - LOVE LOVE LOVE it. 🙂
It looks great. I especially love the orange on the binding. It’s the perfect pop!

Susie - I really like colors on this, Traci!! So inspired I might have to try this kind, too 😉 great job!