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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Booklr Questions – What is your favorite genre?
What is your favorite genre? Since I was a child, fantasy has always spoken to me. When I was scared, or anxious, about something I could escape to another world – one that was full of wondrous things, like talking dragons, and beings that could travel between worlds. The books I remember most from my…
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Book It – Galactic Guides
7 months into this reading challenge, and I’ve read more great stories than one person deserves to read in a year. That’s thanks in part to using a reading challenge that’s expanded the types of books I’ve been reading. You can see the goals for my reading list on the 2015 Reading List from PopSugar.…
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Star Trek: DS9 Print
My husband and I were watching an episode of Star Trek: DS9 the other night, and it inspired me to make a print. In the episode “Civil Defense,” Quark quotes the 75th Rule of Acquisition: Home is where the heart is, but the stars are made of latinum. I just knew I needed a beautiful…
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WIP Wednesday
I seem to be a real slacker about having WIPs to share, but I do have a new one this week. I’ve been working on this month’s Project Quilting Focus Through the Prism Challenge, which is log cabins. I finished my piecing on Sunday, and spent a day of so trying to decide what bit…
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Booklr Question – Have you met any authors?
Have you met any authors? I haven’t met any famous authors. As much as I love to read, I’ve never been one for going out of the way to meet authors of the books I love. Maybe it’s because I don’t live near a large city, where most book signings are held, but it’s more…
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#OurProject52 – Still Life
I love to take photos of the little displays I make around the house and office, so it seems that I’m always taking still life photos. I have yet to figure out how to get the photos to come out beautifully, but I still really enjoy taking them. What tips do you have for taking…
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Booklr Questions – Who are your favorite book characters?
Who are your favorite book characters? It’s so easy for me to fall in love with characters in books, but rarely because they are sweet. I find myself falling in love with the brave, the decisive, and the eccentric. A few of my favorites are: Lettie Hempstock in Ocean at the End of the Lane…
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#OurProject52 – Celebrate
This has been a good week to get photos of celebration – it’s our local county fair. However, my side of the celebration at the fair always looks a little different, as my husband and I are volunteers out there and help to put it on (more him than me, but I help where I…
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Booklr Questions – What is your favorite quote?
What is your favorite quote? For me, picking just one favorite quote is near impossible. I assume it’s the same for most bibliophiles. So, here are a few that stand out for me at the moment. When I’m 80 years old and sitting in my rocking chair, I’ll be reading Harry Potter. And my family…
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My Kitchen Wars – A Review
I recently received a digital copy of My Kitchen Wars for review from Open Road Integrated Media and NetGalley. Originally published in 1999, the new ebook edition makes My Kitchen Wars by Betty Fussell a much easier book to find. So what’s this book about anyway? A Synopsis – A survivor of the domestic revolutions that…
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Best of Show
So…. this happened….. It’s only the local fair, but I’m beyond excited about getting best of show for all of the quilts, because there are always a lot of beautifully made quilts entered at our fair. What exciting things are going on in your life?
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#OurProject52 – Photographer’s Choice
I’m excited about photographer’s choice week this week. It’s giving me an opportunity to share some photos I took while I was out with my husband on Sunday. We went “crop scouting,” so that he could see how some of the fields he planted were doing. These photos aren’t the best, because many of them…
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