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Loved to Pieces

August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 ~ TracyBug Creative ~ 2 Comments

Welcome to my stop for the Loved to Pieces Blog Party. My oldest, now a teenager, and I have an ongoing debate about certain shades of blue-green and green-blue. It's a lively and jovial discussion. These are her favorite colors, and to her, they are all blue. I, of course, am trying to enlighten her … Continue reading Loved to Pieces

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I’m Tracy a modern quilter/quilt designer. Reflections and ramblings on grace, life, motherhood, schooling at home, and being creative.

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Perfectionism is the number one killer of dreams. It’s where creative endeavors go to die! The triangles and diamond in this quilt were hand sewn by my great aunt, made from a mix of her old clothes and my uncle’s as well. I inherited it as a quilt top and I finished it with her fabrics. I knew when I finished it my quilting would not be amazing. I looked at the top and realized my aunt’s piecing of the fabrics wasn’t amazing, but that didn’t stop her from making it, so I could take a cue from her and just get it done! I’m so happy I did. This is an absolute favorite quilt in my house. It’s used nearly every morning for snuggles and every evening for movie watching! If someone is sick they want this quilt to help comfort them! It is full of piecing errors, the triangle points don’t match or are lobbed off and there are too many puckers to count. We know these imperfections are in this quilt top, and we also 💯 don’t care. We love this quilt so much and we do not care that it has all of these less than perfect details. It doesn’t matter to us, we are so glad to have it and use it! Whatever your creative endeavors are, the world needs your gifts. Don’t wait to be perfect and by all means, don’t nit pick your work! We might notice lack of perfection, we might not. Like this quilt, they probably won’t stop us from enjoying your creativity!

My husband wanted to go to the opened evening of #nighttimezoo @sandiegozoo for Father’s Day. It was quite magical. The summer crowds had subsided, there were overcast skies and a cool breeze all throughout the park. The animals were especially active. We even heard the female lion chuffing and the elephants playing with their food and treat buckets! Something that is rarely seen! I found myself so grateful for all of the plants and flowers... so enjoy this flower/plant tour of the #sandiegozoo *all photos were taken with my iPhone and are unedited/no filters. #americasfinestcity #thisplaceisazoo #worldfamoussandiegozoo #lovewhereyoulive #welivewhereyouvacation

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there working hard, loving big, making jokes, pestering, embarrassing, and generally rocking the fatherhood! .😎To those that this day brings a sting because of a missing or harsh father my heart is with you. May your life be filled with new stories of hope, compassion, tenderness, gentleness, and attentive affirming love. .😎To those that are yet to be dads, I see you wait in silence, your voice is rarely seen or heard, your heart is often quite hidden, may you know peace in the waiting today. .😎To those that don’t know if they want to be dads, unsure if you are up for the task, I see you too. No matter your final decision may you always have deep connections to others in this world! .😎To the man that my babies call dad, @mrjamesmartin I see you taking time to connect, attend, provide, love, nurture, lead, defend, laugh, play, spoil, show tenderness, discipline, and give grace along with the last bite of cake to our children on the daily. We love you! 😘

Hey Hey Friday! Someone said “Welcome to the teen years, the time when your life is driving your children to their life!” Currently have 4 extra kids, super giddy about a big youth group event tonight! I filled my crockpot early this morning, stocked my cabinets with snacks, and have been playing Uno with the little one who is fighting off the “odd man out” feeling all day! #momlifebelike #momofteens #whendidthathappen #makermomma #somanysnacks #itstinksinhere #sweatykids

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