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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WIP Wednesday
The big project theme this week has been cleaning things up. When I started my sewing area was such a mess that I couldn’t even see my sewing machines. They’re visible now, but I’m still not done with the cleaning. I’ve also been doing a bit of re-arranging in the living room making a home…
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Handmade Jewelry
One of my favorite online bloggers, Daenel of Living Outside the Stacks, recently shared some fabulous jewelry from Sloan & Themis. I absolutely love their products, and they inspired me to get out some of my old jewelry supplies and make a few bracelets. Before I did so though, I decided to reach out to…
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“A Year from Now” Free Gallery Printable
I’ve been looking around for some gallery wall artwork recently, and I came across a cool old typographic poster that read: “A year from now what will I wish I had done today?” This seemed like the perfect poster to add to my gallery wall since I celebrated my 30th birthday on Wednesday. The poster…
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#OurProject52 – Macro
I turned 30 yesterday – birthday selfie time! and as I get older I find myself more interested in the details than in the big picture. Maybe that’s why I love shooting macro photos. Getting up close to things makes for some great textures and unexpected views. Do you find yourself taking photos of details?…
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30 Years
Happy birthday to me! I turned 30 today.That’s right the big 3-0. Now since I’m 6 days older than my husband, I’ll get to hear about being an old lady for the next few days, but I certainly don’t feel old. Some interesting facts about today- besides it being my birthday: I share my birthday…
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Letterpress Art
A while back, I came into possession of a collection of old letterpress blocks from an old local print shop. I have a few of them into my table made from a letterpress tray, but that left a very large number of unused blocks. So I decided to take a few of those blocks and…
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#OurProject52 – Easter
We had a lovely Easter this year at my Dad’s house. We celebrated with my sister Kayla and her husband Shane, my step-brothers David & Jeremy, their wives and kids, and my dad and his wife Carolyn. And thanks for Danielle for taking a few photos I was in. 🙂 How was your Easter? Sharing…
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Spontaneous Corrections
Do you ever have one of those days where you’re working on a project and do something completely stupid that you know better than to do? I had one of those last night. I wanted to make myself up a zipper pouch for my purse, and settled on some scrap tablecloth vinyl for the outside…
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Happy Easter!
I have an old children’s book on my shelf that makes me very happy. It’s called Marshmallow, and it is about a little white bunny and his friend Oliver the cat. I hope that this Easter you are enjoying the company of your “near relations.” Happy Easter from Marshmallow, Oliver, and myself!
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Friends and Family
I feel like we’ve just gotten relaxed all of the craziness of the holiday season, and it’s suddenly Easter this weekend. I am super happy that for Easter this year we are keeping things low key and staying in town. We still have multiple places to go, but at least since everyone is in town…
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#OurProject52 – Spring and Growth
I love spring. As I get older (I’ll be 30 later this month!) It’s the perfect time of year to find new ways to continue to grow as a person. The beautiful warm weather (an impending swimsuit season) are making me want to get out and walk at lunch. It gives me a great opportunity…
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WIP & Pranks
Happy April 1st! I hear that I’m supposed to be tricking you all, but I don’t think that will actually be happening. As a child, I never liked being the target of April Fools Day pranks- probably because I got picked on enough the rest of the year. Fortunately, As I’ve grown up, I’ve found…
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