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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Wee Bit Week 5
It’s Wednesday already… and time for another installment of Wee Bit Wednesday! Topics for today include: milking cows, alarm clocks and bad cooking. {one} have you ever milked a cow or a goat? It has been quite a while, but I spent one summer of my childhood at a babysitter’s who lived on a farm. …
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Farm Bureau Photo Contest
Indiana Farm Bureau convention is coming up in December and they are having a photo contest this year. The theme for the photo contest is “Your Life, Your Story.” In one photo, I need to tell my/our story. I’m going thru my photos trying to pick one out for the contest. Please vote and tell…
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Ch..Ch…Ch…Ch…Changes
Some of you may have noticed a few changes to the layout of the sidebar here at Mouse in My Pocket. I have condensed some things down, deleted some things, and even added something new.
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Have you ever seen the rain?
“Someone told me long ago there’s a calm before the storm. I know, it’s been comin’ for some time.” And I do mean some time… It’s not rained inweeks. And my allergies are not happy about it. I could do for some rain.
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Class Reunions
Sometimes class reunions suck. Not for the people attending, but for the DJ. Saturday was one of those nights.
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The Candy Shoppe – Welcome Great Pumpkin
Everybody loves candy, especially me. I love eating candy almost as much as I love making it. There are tons of fun and creative things that you can do, which are really very simple, but make a big impact. Today I’m going to tell you about one of those projects. You will need: Green melting…
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Crafty Tutorial – Dry Erase Board
Welcome to the Crafty Dry Erase Board Tutorial! This is a simple project that you can do with things laying around your house. The only thing you may need to purchase is a dry erase marker.
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Animal Attack!
My house is overrun with animals! The cat is still at the vet. I will pick her up in the morning… but there are TONS of animals at the house all of a sudden. There is a Tarapin Turtle in Tupperware on my front porch. I caught him in a parking lot. I felt bad…
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Fabric Flower Tutorial #1 – Pointy Petals
Today, I am giving you a tutorial on how to make one of the types of fabric flowers I have been making recently. We will start with the pointy petaled flowers, because this is the first kind that I made. They’re easy… I promise!
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Wee Bit Week 4
Time for Wee Bit Wedneaday Week #4 (for me). Let’s see what today’s topics are…. {one} grilled or fried? depends on what we’re having {two} if you could change one thing about where you live, without worrying about money, what would you change? My standard of living…. not that we aren’t doing just fine, and…
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Wee Bit Week 3
Another exciting addition of Wee Bit Wednesday’s! There will actually be 2 this week, since I skipped last week, with the question originator being late. This week’s questions include 10 more things about me (Andrea) that you probably don’t really care about… but what the heck? I need something to keep my busy, right?
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