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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#OurProject52 – In My Cup
Today, as I write this, what’s in my cup are the bottom dregs of a cuppa’ hot chocolate from Holy Grounds, the campus coffee shop that sells Starbucks brand coffee products. It’s a bit of a treat for me to go in to Holy Grounds for coffee, one I’ve been getting too much lately considering…
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WIP Wednesday
Yet another week has gone by with my regular sewing machine in the shop. It will be 3 full weeks on Saturday. But the good news is, that gave me a reason to talk my husband into actually getting my Featherweight oiled. So, I’ve been using it to create this week’s Project Quilting challenge quilt.…
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Denim Book Covers – #AnnaInSpain
Today, I’m happy to be sharing another one of Anna’s projects- a pair of book covers made from upcycled denim jeans. How cool is that? These book covers are made from jeans panels with simple pocket style slits in the interior to hold the book cover. This is a super fun project, and I’m so…
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#NaBloPoMo – Blogs I Love
One of my favorite things to do on my blog is to give a shout out to other blogs that I love to read. Today I want to share with you a few blogs I recently discovered. The first is The Handmade Home. I discovered them via their “Lazy Gal’s Guide” to declutter your home…
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#NaBloPoMo – Recipe Changes
When I first started cooking and baking food, I had to have a recipe. It’s the main reason I’ve always been better at baking than traditional cooking. My sister has always been good at “a pinch of this, and a dash of that,” but it took me a long time to get comfortable with that…
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#NaBloPoMo – Buy this one.
While I love to make things when I can, there are few things in life that I feel better about buying. For example: I will never make my own taxidermy pieces. I just don’t have the skill set for that. Though I think one or two well placed pieces would look great in my…
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#OurProject52 – From Where I Stand
The world is a frozen wonderland…. The inside of my house is warm and friendly- filled with hot chai latte. And hugs from my husband and the cat. How do things look from where you are? Sharing over at: #OurProject52 at Everyday Eyecandy and Lipgloss & Binky
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#NaBloPoMo – I got this!
I’m always looking for ways to do things myself when I can. It’s not that I think everything should be a DIY project, but that I seem to have very expensive taste. My pinboards are full of things I love that I think I could hack. It’s also much less expensive to make something myself…
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WIP Wednesday
We, once again, interrupt this #NaBloPoMo for a #WIPWednesday update. Last week, I made up a super fun heart quilt for Project Quilting. You can vote for it this week on the PersimonDreams blog. I also took my Double Wedding Ring quilt out of UFO status and started working on it again. I got all…
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#NaBloPoMo – Handmade Clothes
I love handmade clothes. I’ve even made a few for myself. But I have one problem with making my own clothes- I can never get the finish the way I want. The outsides always look great, but my inside seams ravel. I think I need a serger, unless you have another, less bulky way to…
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Book It – Reading is Romance
I have used affiliate links for the books in this post. Another month into my goal of doing more reading this year, and I’m making good progress on checking things off the 2015 Reading List from PopSugar. But more than that, I’m discovering again just how much I love to read. Finished Books Only a…
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#NaBloPoMo – Creative
I’ve always liked to think that I am creative, but the more I think about it the less creative I feel. I do a lot of projects that fall within the creative realm, but I more often feel as creative as I’d like to be. That means I don’t feel like I should call myself…
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