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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Bookish Questions – Which book do you recommend to friends and family most?
Which book do you recommend to friends and family most?The books I recommend to people really depend one who they are. For example, while I love S.A. Hunt’s Outlaw King series, I would not recommend it to my friends unless they enjoyed epic fantasies or science-fiction. So here’s a list of books that I love…
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Bookish Questions – How many books have you read so far this year?
How many books have you read so far this year? Thanks to Goodreads, it’s easy to keep track of the number of books I read each year. I do the Goodreads Reading Challenge each year, which allows me to set a goal for the number of books I want to read, and to keep track…
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Coffee Talk – Nerd Style
Welcome to Coffee Talk! If it’s you’re first time here, this is the place where I post about all sorts of things going on it my life, on the web, and around the world. Grab your favorite morning beverage and join in the conversation. Nerd Style Have you noticed all the fabulous fashion choices for…
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Bookish Questions – How many books do you buy in a year?
How many books do you get/buy in a year? For myself, I try not to purchase more than a couple of books a month, though I admit to purchasing more than that when I see books that I just need to have. Sometimes it’s because I’ve come upon a collection of Nancy Drew or Hardy…
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Book It! – Reading Dilemmas
I feel like I’ve hardly had any time for reading this month, with the local Fair, and other events going on. But that’s not stopped me from finishing a few books. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals It took me more than a month, but I worked my way through The Omnivore’s…
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#Project52 – A Portrait
I just realized that I haven’t told all my lovely blog followers that I got my hair cut recently. It’s been hot and humid around here for a while now, and I’ve not been able to do anything with my hair, so I had it all chopped off. It’s similar to the cut I used…
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Coffee Talk – Busy Days
Welcome to Coffee Talk! If you haven’t been here before, this is my (usually) weekly post about things going on in the world, around the web, and in my life. Grab your favorite morning beverage and join in for a chat. Busy Days Just like every July, life has been pretty busy around our house…
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Bookish Questions – Do you like twist endings?
Do you like twist endings? I love a twist ending! Finding a book that doesn’t end the way you expect is a nice change. Particularly when so many books these days have plots you can see right from the first paragraph. The best plot twist I’ve read recently, came in the form of Where’d You…
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Bookish Questions – Your current favorite book?
What is your current favorite book? I have a really bad habit of answering this question with “the one I’m reading.” And, while it is true that I’m always enjoying the books I’m reading the most, I recently read a book of poetry that I am in love with. Outside of Shel Silverstein, poetry has…
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Bookish Questions – What do you do to get through a reading slump?
What do you do to get through a reading slump? For me, reading slumps usually occur when I’ve been reading too much of the same type of book- too many memoirs, fantasies, or children’s classics. So for me the easiest way out of a reading slump is to pick up a different type of book. …
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Bookish Questions – What book have you always meant to read?
What book have you always meant to read and haven’t gotten around to yet? Anything you feel embarrassed never to have read? Ya know, as much as everyone seems to love it, I have never read Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Come to think of it, I’ve never read any of Austen’s novels. I feel…
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Book It! – Seeking Love. Finding Books.
I didn’t get many books finished this month, but I’m still pretty far ahead on my reading challenge. That’s a good thing, as I may be getting busier with house/farm related things soon. Man Repeller: Seeking Love. Finding Overalls. Man Repeller is fashion blogger Leandra Medine‘s memoir about how fashion influenced her life. It’s been…
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