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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Quilting Bucket List
Just as most “normal” people make lists of places they want to go, and things they want to do before they “kick the bucket”, I as a quilter have a Quilting Bucket List. It’s made up of fabrics I feel that I *must* use and patterns I’m dying to try. The Dresden Plate I would…
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Newsboy Cap
Last week, Craftsy featured a free pattern for a newsboy style cap on their site. I love a good hat, so as soon as I saw it, I knew I had to make it. The pattern was very easy to follow, and took very little fabric. There are only 3 pattern pieces printed across 3…
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Works in Progress
My weekly update on projects progress. Finishes No finishes this week, but I did make some progress on a project or two. Finished Quilt Tops: No quilting was done on any of my finished tops. I’ve been spending my time working on piecing this week. Quilt Tops in Progress: Still no progress on the Impromptu-along…
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So… this Lent thing….
For Lent this year, I decided to give up all of my extra spending. I’m not buying anything that I don’t NEED. That’s everything from new clothes, and fabric to take-out for lunch. It’s not been a week yet, and it’s already driving me crazy. I keep finding fabulous things I WANT. Of course, The…
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Works in Progress
My weekly update on project progress. Finishes Not a single finish in the last week. But in my defense, my brother-in-law got married, and that cut into my sewing time. Ok… totally not an excuse, I just wanted to share that my husband’s brother got married. You can check out pictures and such in yesterday’s…
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Sam & Kayna Got Married
My husband’s brother Sam, and his beautiful new wife, Kayna got married over the weekend. I’m super excited for the both of them as they enter this crazy journey called marriage. And we had a heck of a lot of fun getting them started.
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That Quilt is Worth What?!
Recently there have been several great posts around the blogosphere about the worth of quilts, most notably the No Value Does Not Equal Free post by Molli Sparkles and his follow up post Placing a Value on Your Quilts which appeared on SewMamaSew. Now we all know that handmade quilts have sentimental value. To me,…
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Local Quilt Store – Quilts N’ Bloom
I am lucky to have several wonderful quilting and fabric stores in my area. They all provide fabrics and notions that appeal to different clientele, meaning that my area is rich in ideas and inspiration for quilting. The first store that I want to feature is the shop closest to me, Quilts N’ Bloom, which…
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Finished Labyrinth Quilt
I finally finished my Fiery Labyrinth Quilt. If you’ve been following the blog for a while, you might just remember when I finished the top and backing. That was all the way back in November of 2012. Well, those finished pieced set on my quilt rack for over a year while I stressed about how…
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Birdy Quilt Design
After reviewing everyone’s comments from my post about coming up with a quilt design for the collage fabric I recently acquired, I came up with a design that I really like. It will allow me to run the bird print across the bottom of the quilt, which I love. I think it grounds the design.…
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Works in Progress
My weekly update on project progress. Finishes My Zen Chic quilt came back from Designs by Laura Jo on Monday night, so I got busy Tuesday evening, trimming the quilt top down and adding the binding. I still can’t believe what a good job she did on the quilting. It looks great. Now if I…
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His and Hers Pillow Cover
I recently agreed to do a basic quilting tutorial for a couple of the ladies who participate in Virtual Craft Nite. The tutorial was a simple 18-inch pillow cover using 9-patch blocks. I’m super proud of the girls finished projects, though they may hate me, since the piecing process is a lot more tedious than…
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