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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#OurProject52 – Your Favorite
I’m working on catching up on my #OurProject52 challenge posts. This one was for week #29 – with a theme of “Your Favorite.” When I think of my favorite things, quilts are always near the top of the list. So, here are a few photos of some of the quilts in my house.
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Booklr Questions – Where is your favorite place to read?
Where is your favorite place to read? I hate to be a cliche, but my favorite place to read is probably in the tub. I’m a big fan of a nice warm bubble bath and a good book. Now if I could just figure out how to avoid getting my books wet. What’s you favorite…
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Book It – Short Fictions and Disturbances
August has been a light month of reading for me. I lost two whole weeks of reading to moving into our new home. And since then, there have still been boxes to unpack and decorating to do, so I’ve had less time to read. That’s thanks in part to using a reading challenge that’s expanded…
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Puff the Fabric Dragon Mini Quilt
Puff the fabric dragon lived by the seam And frolicked in the stash box in a land called quilting bee Little Template Paper loved that rascal Puff And brought him lace and tiny beads and other fancy stuff Now that I have destroyed a perfectly lovely children’s song for you, I’m happy to present to…
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WIP Wednesday
My husband and I just moved into our very own home, and with that has come the moving of my sewing space from one house to another. My sewing space will still be located in the basement at the new house, which is a good thing, considering how messy my sewing space tends to be.…
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Booklr Questions – Do you reread books?
Do you reread books? I certainly haven’t reread every book I’ve ever read. But, there are a few books that I find myself rereading on a fairly regular basis. I tend to read my copy of A Wrinkle in Time about once a year. It’s a book that I’ve enjoyed reading since I was first…
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Exciting News
I’m excited to announce that I’m going to be an aunt! My sister (and her husband) are having a baby. And I got to take the announcement photos. Since they posted them on Facebook yesterday, I think it’s safe for me to share them now. We had a lot of fun doing this quick little…
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A New Home
I have some exciting news for you. My husband and I recently bought our very own home! There were a lot of blood, sweat, and tears along the way, but we finally achieved our dreams. And I couldn’t be prouder of ourselves, even more so because we just knew nothing about the real estate market,…
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Booklr Questions – Which book character do you most relate to?
Which book character do you most relate to? Having recently read a lot of Douglas Adams books, I find myself relating to Arthur Dent more than I would like. Granted, I haven’t been to travel the universe with nothing but a towel and my bathrobe, but I do feel very out of place. More often…
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Booklr Questions – Do you read Fan-fiction?
Do you read Fan-fiction? When I was in high school, I used to read a lot of fan-fiction about some of my favorite TV shows, like Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. My favorites were the ones that centered on Heero Yuy, one of the five primary gundam pilots. These days, I don’t really read fan-fiction anymore.…
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Cut Me Loose – A Review
I recently received a copy of Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood from NetGalley and Penguin Books. And I’m super excited to share this book with you. Cut Me Loose chronicles the early life of Leah Vincent, in her transition from Ultra-Orthodox Jewish girl, to secular woman. So what’s this book…
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My Little Friend Mini Quilt
I’ve finished up this month’s Project Quilting Focus Through the Prism challenge over the weekend. This month’s theme was Log Cabin blocks. For this month’s challenge, I decided to use my green ROYGBIV fabric and make a scrappy looking quilt. I also chose to add a hand embroidered gnome to this month’s mini quilt, which…
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