Easter Roundup

Easter is coming up in just 2 weeks.  I guess that means I should get on the band wagon and consider doing a little decorating for the holiday.  Thanks to Pinterest, I have a nice little board full of holiday ideas. The people at Southern Living seem to have been most helpful in my search…

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Preferred Content

Here at MouseInMyPocket, I’m always trying to decide what topics to write about.  I have a bit of erratic personality – so I tend to write posts about lots of different topics.  That’s everything from agriculture to crafting, from food to fashion, to the adventures in my daily life.  For those of you that read…

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How is your content shared?

As much as I love sewing, crafting, cooking and farming, I’m a techie at heart.  I am a web developer, after all.  I also have to admit, that I want to know that people are looking at the articles I post on my website – and hopefully finding them useful.  Maybe I just need the…

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Cotton and Metal

Over the last few weeks, the weather has been pretty nice most of the time, so I’ve not spent a lot of time inside the house crafting. If it was a sunny 82 degrees at your house, you wouldn’t either. But don’t worry, I have been working on a couple of projects. I’ve done a…

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It’s Lent

Today is Ash Wednesday, which is the first official day of Lent.  Now for lent, I’m either supposed to give up something, or add something to my schedule.  This year for lent I’m going to give up my mess.  Yes, my mess.  My whole house is a mess most of the time because I don’t…

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Designer Fabrics

Why designer fabrics? Everyone loved designer fabrics. OK, probably not everyone, but I do.  Let’s talk about why. The PROs Great Designs – once you find a designer you like, you’re pretty much set for life High Quality Materials – I’ve never purchased designer fabric that I didn’t love. You can feel the difference. Lots…

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Fabric Stash

As many of you know from my recent posts, I am working on a Crazy Quilt and a Dear Jane quilt to help use up some of the fabric scraps in my stash.  But just because I’m using up some of my fabric doesn’t mean that I don’t have a lot more to use. I’m…

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My Sewing Machine Hates Me

I’m having issues with my sewing machine again.  I’m sure that the problem that I’m having could be solved very simply, so for those of you that sew, help me out.  This is what is happening. I thread a bobbin. I put my bobbin in the machine. I sew for several minutes – everything is…

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Featured Story

I’m happy to announce that my recent post about my crazy quilt blocks was featured on The Quilting Daily.  That makes me super excited!  It’s the first time one of my blog posts has been featured on someone else’s site. rxxbuynoprescriptiononline.com rxxbuynoprescriptiononline.com/bupropion.html rxxbuynoprescriptiononline.com/cipro.html If you get a chance, stop by The Quilting Daily and read the…

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