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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It’s Wedding Season
It is definitely wedding season around here. My little sister got married a couple weeks ago, and I was at another wedding last weekend. Plus I have 2 more weddings before the end of the year. With all the weddings that I’ve been to recently, and will be going to – I find it really…
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Sassy Charm Quilt
I finally got the Sassy Charm Quilt completed! It’s possibly a miracle with everything that has been going on lately. I did get it quilted over a week ago, but I just didn’t have the time to bind it. I’ll blame my little sister and her wedding for that. This quilt’s finished size is about…
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Fashion Friday – Wedding Edition
This month’s Fashion Friday is brought to you by my sister’s wedding. I was the Matron of Honor – wow that sounds old – for her wedding. It was honestly one of the happiest days of my life. Just being able to see my sister so happy with her now-husband made us all happy too.…
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Decorating for a Wedding
As I mentioned in my last post, my little sister got married over the weekend. One of the most time consuming prep items for the wedding was decorating the church and the reception hall. For Kayla’s wedding, we reused a lot of the glassware from my wedding. That was a huge cost and time saver.…
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Kayla & Shane Said ‘I Do’
My little sister, Kayla got married on Saturday. It was a great day – weekend really. I took off work on Friday to help decorate for the reception, and Friday evening we had a rather entertaining rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. Rehearsal started at 5:30 at the Church with an explanation of the ceremony by Daniel,…
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Young Dairyman’s Booth
For the last 3 years the Gibson-Posey Young Farmer’s have worked at the Young Dairyman’s Booth on Wednesday at the Vanderburg County Fair. Wednesday is always the night of the concert, so it’s usually super busy. This year was different. Matt and I got to the fair about 5 and were still able to park…
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The (Not Quite) Purdue Quilt
Ever since I told my youngest sister, Samantha, that I was making Kayla a quilt for her wedding, Samantha has wanted me to make her one. And now that I’ve used up a good portion of my scrap fabric and smaller stash pieces with the crazy quilt, the baby quilt for Lukas, the School Days…
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How to Build an Outhouse
Yes, this post is titled “How to Build an Outhouse.” Why would I be building an outhouse? Surely you can get custom metal buildings these days. Well, yes you can, and I wouldn’t personally be building an outhouse… but our local Antique Machinery Club has been building them. We’ve been custom building old fashioned outhouses…
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That’s Clever
Very recently, I’ve started the process of trying to monetize my blog. What does that mean exactly? Well… it means that while I love writing my blog, it would be super awesome if my blog helped to pay for some of the things I’m blogging about. My first step in this process was to sign…
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My Top 3 Sites for Quilting Inspiration
As you may have noticed, I’ve done quite a bit of quilting recently… and by quilting, I mean piecing, because I’m not awesome enough to do my own quilting just yet. But, I haven’t been coming up with all the ideas myself. As a matter of fact, I spend a ton of time surfing the internet looking…
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Hunter Hayes Live in Concert
My absolute favorite part of the fair every year is being the “official photographer” on Concert night. It gives me the opportunity to get some great photos of the concert, from some vantage points most people never get to see. I also get a chance to get up close and personal with the people on…
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They’ve Got Talent
Last night there were quite a few events going on at the Fair. Over on the Ag side of the fairgrounds, there was a cattle show and the Antique Tractor Pull that got rained out on Sunday afternoon. The first night of Motocross was at the grandstand, and we had the Talent Show on Carnaby…
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