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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Huxley’s Monster Quilt
A couple weeks ago, I shared with you that I was working on a quilt for my soon-to-be nephew, Huxley. But somehow, between getting a cold, and generally being a slacker I didn’t get around to finishing the quilt until late last week. Which is pretty sad, when you realize that all I actually had…
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Booklr Questions – Do you like to write reviews?
Do you like to write reviews when you finish a book? I love writing reviews about the things I’ve read. It’s a great way to tell more people that they should be reading the book too. That’s the biggest reason, besides holding myself to my reading challenge, that I started my Book It posts this…
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Waiting for 10AM
If you love quilting, or just hoarding fabric as much as I do, I’m sure you know about the Fat Quarter Shop. Because of their amazing selection, it’s one of my favorite places to order fabric online. The best part is their Flash Sale page, which gets updated at 10AM every day. That means I…
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Booklr Questions – What do you get besides books at a bookstore?
What do you get besides books at a bookstore? Since there aren’t any independent bookstores in my area (other than second hand shops), most of my local book shopping happens at Barnes and Noble. I love looking through the periodicals section there, and occasionally pick up one of the more expensive web development magazines that…
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#OurProject52 – Fall
As I mentioned before, there is not official #OurProject52 anymore, but I am still trying to do the prompts when I can. This week’s theme is fall, which is a great theme for the 1st part of October. We’ve had a lot of warm weather until the last week or so. That’s when the rain…
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The Heart Goes Last – A Review
I recently got a chance to review and ARC (Advance Review Copy) of The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood. And I’m very excited to be able to share my thoughts on this book with you today. So what’s this book about anyway? A Synopsis – Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to…
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WIP Wednesday
I finally got around to starting on the baby quilt for my nephew, who will be born in mid October. There’s nothing like waiting for the last minute. The theme for his room is going to be Monster’s Inc., so as a starting place for this quilt, I took a trip to Baby’s R’ Us…
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Booklr Questions – What is your favorite Banned Book?
Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. It highlights the value of free and open access to information. This year, Banned Book week is being celebrated from September 27th ? October 3rd. In honor of Banned Book Week, we’re having a special Banned Book edition of Booklr Questions. Did you…
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Book It – Reading on the Road
September has been a busy month, with a family reunion, and a wedding, but I seem to have gotten back into my reading groove. The 10 hours I spent in the car to and from the wedding might have had something to do with it. And I’m also happy to have caught up with the…
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Mike & Molly Got Married
Matt’s cousin Mike got married on Sept. 19th, so we headed up to Chicago for the wedding. It was great to get to see everyone and welcome Molly into the family. I’m sure that she’ll fit right in. All of the Matt’s family made it up, so we made sure to take a photo with…
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Baby Beluga Mini Quilt
I’ve had a bit of a busy month, with family reunions and out of town weddings, so even though I got my Project Quilting Focus Through the Prism challenge quilt pieced early in the month, I didn’t get around to finishing it until this week. This month’s challenge was flying geese. I’d never made one…
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Bowden Exhibit at Dunn Art Gallery
One of my favorite jobs at work is taking photos of the exhibits at the Dunn Art Gallery. The current exhibit is by artists Gene and Bill Bowden. The interesting thing about exhibits with multiple artists, like this one, is how the different artists’ artwork interacts. Bill Bowden’s exhibits focus on pottery, but also include…
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