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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27 Dresses: A Trip Through My Closet
Hopefully a few of you remember the 2008 Katherine Heigl film 27 Dresses. It’s a movie about a woman who has been in 27 different weddings and thus has 27 different bridesmaid dresses. Well, I only have one bridesmaid dress – from my sister’s wedding. Well, two if I include the one I wore on…
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Outside My Window
Today is Day #1 of the July Photo-a-Day Challenge from The Idea Room. Today’s challenge is “out my window”. It happens to have been pouring rain all morning, so today’s photo is a shot of a sad and lonely tree against the grey sky out my back widow at the office. It’s not the prettiest…
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Thrift Skirt Redesign
I recently made a trip to the thrift store looking for some new to me skirts and dresses for the Summer of No Pants. I managed to find myself a denim skirt, a beautiful red Egyptian wool pencil skirt, and a cute hounds tooth dress that fit me perfectly, but I also came across several…
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First Week of Summer
I’ve survived the first week of my Summer of No Pants without cheating. However, I did discover that almost all of my skirts and dresses are dressier work styles. I don’t have too much in my closet that’s casual, at least not without putting on pants. I feel like I should totally use this as…
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The Chiropractor Demands Flats
As many of you know, I love shoes. I absolutely adore them. Having a great pair of shoes always makes me feel fabulous. However, my chiropractor seems to disagree with me about how amazing some of my shoes are. For some reason he seems to think that my 3 and 4 inch heels are a…
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The Skater Dress
This dress is a variation on the Vintage Border Dress I made for Easter. It’s the B style bodice from the pattern and a shorter skirt. For this version of the dress, I used a great cotton lycra blend fabric for the main body of the dress and accented it with an inexpensive, but super…
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A Girl and a Gun
I took a little time out to watch some trailers for upcoming movies the other day, and found one for a documentary that should be coming out soon. The title? A Girl and a Gun. My husband and I both own guns, we even have conceal and carry permits (https://gunlawsuits.org/gun-laws/montana/concealed-carry/) though I have not had…
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The First Day of Summer
Today is officially the first day of summer, which means it’s also the first official day of the Summer of No Pants 2013. I did up all my official SONP2013 sewing projects before the start of summer, but now it’s time to wear them. I am taking on the almost impossible goal of not wearing…
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Peplum Top
Sara over at Sew Sweetness recently posted a some great clothes that she made for spring quilt market and I was absolutely in love with the peplum tops she made. So I decided to give it a go myself. For my top, I used the bodice of the Colette Patterns truffle dress as a base. …
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An Everyday Party Dress
I am absolutely in love with my final project for the 2013 Summer of No Pants. It started with a vintage bed sheet and a copy of the Vintage Vogue V2903 pattern. I absolutely love the print from the sheet. The yellow tone on tone design with orange and white accents is beautiful. You don’t…
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SONP Sneak Peek
Ok, so I normally try not to show off my sewing projects until they’re completed, but I just had to show you the progress on my final Summer of No Pants sewing project entry. This project is brought to you by a Vintage Vogue pattern and a bed sheet. After quite a bit of seam…
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Summer of No Pants
This year I’m participating in the Summer of No Pants 2013. My projects so far include the floral pencil skirt, the classic navy pencil skirt, and the butterfly circle skirt. You can help me win the viewers choice award in the Pinterest contest by repinning my projects. Floral Pencil Skirt Classic Navy Pencil Skirt Butterfly…
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