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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WIP Wednesday
It’s been ages since I’ve written up a WIP Wednesday post. And that’s mainly because I haven’t had any progress to share, but with some recent work to my sewing space (more on that later), I’ve managed to get some work done over the last few weeks. I made up a baby quilt for a…
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Bookish Questions – Favorite book turned movie?
What is your favorite book turned movie? At this point, I think my favorite book turned movie is The Hobbit. It still amazes me that Peter Jackson was able to take one book and turn it into three feature length films. The movies are beautifully produced, the acting superb, and though it’s been ages since…
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Coffee Talk – Random Acts
Welcome to Coffee Talk, where I’ll join you each week to talk about some of the interesting things going on in the world and around the web. Random Act Foundation This week Robert Downey Jr. announced the kickoff campaign for his new Random Act Foundation. It seems like it’s going to support a lot of…
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#Project52 – Photographer’s Choice
Photographer’s Choice week for #EverydayProject52 coincides with National Library Week, so guess what you’re getting. Photos of libraries. I’m sure you’re thrilled. There are several libraries in my area. Though not the original library, the one currently standing in Princeton, our county seat, is a beautiful old building funded by Carnegie. There are also two…
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Bookish Questions – Your first favorite book?
What was your first favorite book? While I’m sure I had a book that I made mom and dad read to me over and over when I was little, the first book I really remember falling in love with was the Mother Goose book that was at my grandmother Ruby’s house. It was A Treasury…
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Coffee Talk – Back to the 90s
Welcome to Coffee Talk, where I’ll join you each week to talk about some of the interesting things going on in the world and around the web. Back to the 90s JNCO Jeans popped up in my Facebook feed. You know the ones I’m talking about. Those massively wide-leg jeans that we all wore in…
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#Project52 – Selfie
This week’s #EverydayProject52 challenge was the selfie. It’s something I could certainly use more practice with, as I always seem to take 20 bad ones for each good selfie. So here are a few selfies I’ve taken over the last few weeks, that I’ve actually liked. The first two photos were taken with my phone,…
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Bookish Questions – How do you style your bookshelves?
How do you style your bookshelves? My bookshelves are a conglomeration of styles. Where I have enough books from a single series, or group of related series, I like to create a single shelf devoted to that series/group. For example, I have an entire shelf devoted to Harry Potter. (If you follow my tumblr, I…
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Coffee Talk – Birthday Wishes
My birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks, so I’ve been giving some thought to things I might like to have for my birthday. In case you missed it, we recently bought a new house, so a lot of these things will be linked to that. Buying a house can be a long,…
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#Project52 – From Above
I picked up a lovely planter of succulents for my office this week. It’s nice to be able to bring some green into the house. Now, with a little luck – and as long as the cats don’t eat them – I might be able to keep these alive for a while.
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Bookish Questions – Do you gift your friends and family with books?
Do you gift your friends and family with books or bookish items? I love giving books as gifts. For Christmas last year, I got one sister a book on making your own baby food – she just had that baby (Yea!); and I got my other sister an Amazon gift card so that she could…
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Book It! – Curiouser & Curiouser
Another month gone. Can you believe the year is a quarter of the way through? Lots has happened this month. I’m an aunt (again). My sister had her first baby, early in the month, and it seems to have put me on a children’s literature kick. I have to admit it was fun to read…
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