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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Friday Favorites – Novelty Tea Towels
In my home, the kitchen is very well used. There’s dinner every night and I love to bake. So, if I’m going to spend so much time in the kitchen, I like to have a few things in the room that are just fun. And tea towels are a great way to do that. I…
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Guys Day Out; or the Tale of the Tarp-strap Trail
Long, long ago in a city far, far away Dave visited the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Home to the Cardinals and company that makes a product that resembles beer. He decided that since he had not been there in 20 years it was time for a return trip. So Dave, DJ, John, Sam,…
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Wordless Wednesday – Poor Car
This is what it looks like when someone in an SUV rear ends your car at 30 miles an hour when you’re stopped at the light.
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Bright & Colorful Undies
You may remember last week’s post about making my very own undies. I enjoyed making them so much, I wanted to make another pair or 2. The only problem was that my local fabric shop didn’t have a lot of options for stretch lace in the width I needed to make them. Black and white……
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Stop CISPA
Last week, the House of Representatives voted for CISPA. So what is it? CISPA stands for the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. The way the bill is written, it won’t actually protect you, but it will violate your 4th amendment right to privacy. If you wish to you could read into this broadbandsearch.net cyber…
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Friday Favorites – Spiral Bound Sewing Books
I love reference books for sewing. And I don’t mean the digital kind. When I’m doing something as tactile as sewing, I love a physical copy of my instructions, which is why I am in love with sewing books that are published in hard bound spiral editions. Here are a few from my collection. The…
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IT Help Desk
I’m apparently the family help desk, because I spent an hour and a half last night helping my sister deal with some malware she got from a business site she was dealing with. So today is a little PSA about malware and what to do about it. Malware as you might know stands for malicious…
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I See London, I See France
I see London. I see France. I’ve learned to make my own underpants. Yes, really. You can find instructions to make anything on the internet. By following the pattern and instructions I found on So Sew Easy, I was able to make my own pair of panties. And all you really need is some stretch…
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Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday to me, and a Happy Tax Day to you. I’ve done a lot of things in the last year. I saw Red Green live. I saw my sister graduate from college. And I was in her wedding. I helped build outhouses for the Tractor Club. Ok… mostly Matt helped and I watched and…
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April Themed Projects from Around the Web
April Showers bring May Flowers, at least I think that’s how the poem goes. And I’ve seen a lot of great April Showers themed projects on the web over the last few days. Here are a few of my favorites. I found these great Mug Rugs by Quilting and Other Craft Therapy via Threadbias. I…
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Quilting for Beginners
I’m excited to share with you a great resource for beginning quilters that I wish I had known about when I first started my quilting journey. It’s Quilty! Quilty is a great resource because it really does start right from the beginning. Everything that you didn’t learn in home ec class. That’s right. I know…
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Sewing Circles
After telling everyone on the blog on Friday to stop being afraid to try things and just do them, I figured I should take my own advice. So I pulled a quilt from my stack to send off to the quilter and decided to give it a go myself. This quilt was a challenge on…
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