The Communique Layout
Popularized by Rhonda Dort, who uses the layout in her classes, the Communique Quilt Layout works for both featuring large fabric and panel pieces, as well as a basis for multiple block designs.
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Welcome to Mouse in My Pocket! I'm Andrea, a web developer living in rural America with her husband and daughter. I'm excited to share my life with you as I explore some of the great things about living in the middle of nowhere. Be sure to check out the blog below to see a few of the things that are speaking to me right now.
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Saving Chickens
I saved the life of a baby chicken today! My neighbor, Bob, sells eggs, and because chickens produce best in their first year, he gets a new batch of chickens every year. This year’s batch of baby chicks just came in the mail, and of course I had to go see them. I decided to bring my…
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Never Fail Pie Dough
This is the pie dough recipe I use. I find that it is much flakier if you are willing to use real lard instead of Crisco. You can purchase lard in buckets and sticks at most large groceries. Don’t be concerned if you use your own lard and it has a bacony smell, this bakes…
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Wedding Favors
I am trying to get caught up on all of the things, I’ve cooked and created in the last year, so for the foreseeable future, I plan to post at least one story for the recipes and crafts sections each day. For my wedding my family and I made home-made ornaments. We started with cookie…
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Zucchini Bread
My husband and I have a garden, but this is our first year to grow zucchini. It’s not quite ready yet, but I wanted to try my zucchini bread recipe before we started getting a bunch ready in the garden. Fortunately, I was able to find some nice fresh ones at the store to test…
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The Great Water Hunt
So, today it took me a half hour to get a bottle of water. Yes, I know, it’s simply a bottle of water… this should NOT be difficult, yet it was. This afternoon, I went to take some photos at the nun chorus rehearsal for the Gibson County Theatre Company production of Sound of Music. I…
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