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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Designer Fabrics
Why designer fabrics? Everyone loved designer fabrics. OK, probably not everyone, but I do. Let’s talk about why. The PROs Great Designs – once you find a designer you like, you’re pretty much set for life High Quality Materials – I’ve never purchased designer fabric that I didn’t love. You can feel the difference. Lots…
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Country Wining and Dining
This week, I’m taking a look at Chapter 6 of Farm Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of Country Life. Chapter 6 is all about Country Wining and Dining. Needless to say, I was super excited about this chapter because I love to cook myself (as long as I don’t have to clean up afterwards). …
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Asian Drama Addict
Those of you who follow me on Twitter might have noticed my posts lately about Boys Before Flowers. It is based on Japanese shōjo manga series, Boys Over Flowers, written by Yoko Kamio. The Korean series, that I watched, is actually the fifth television adaptation of the manga – but from reviews I have seen…
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Fabric Stash
As many of you know from my recent posts, I am working on a Crazy Quilt and a Dear Jane quilt to help use up some of the fabric scraps in my stash. But just because I’m using up some of my fabric doesn’t mean that I don’t have a lot more to use. I’m…
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Separating the Sheep from the Goats
This week, we’re going to cover Chapter #5 of Julia Rothman’s book, Farm Anatomy. It is, at 64 pages, the longest chapter in the book. This chapter is all about animals, covering: animal terms parts of a rooster comb styles chicken breeds fresh eggs duck and goose breeds heritage turkeys parts of a beef animal…
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Young Farmers Conference 2012
Matt & I went to the 2012 Indiana Farm Bureau Young Farmer’s Conference in Indianapolis last weekend. It was a lot of fun! This year was another record breaking year for the conference with 631 registered attendees and 100+ kids. The conference started on Friday night with fun and games. There was a cornhole (bean…
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Fashion Friday – Love Edition
With Valentine’s Day drawing near, this month’s Fashion Friday is going to focus on things to wear when you go out. Whether you’re single and looking, dating, or already married –I’m sure you’re making plans for Valentine’s. Here at my house, we don’t go out to eat very often. Things like that cost money, and…
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Plant a Seed
This week we will be discussing Plant a Seed, chapter #4 of Julia Rothman’s book, Farm Anatomy. This particular chapter covers quite a bit of plant related material including: Average frost dates Vegetable anatomy Squash varieties Build a bean teepee Dry bean varieties Pepper varieties Tater Tower 4 ways to grow tomatoes Tomato varieties How…
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My Sewing Machine Hates Me
I’m having issues with my sewing machine again. I’m sure that the problem that I’m having could be solved very simply, so for those of you that sew, help me out. This is what is happening. I thread a bobbin. I put my bobbin in the machine. I sew for several minutes – everything is…
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Featured Story
I’m happy to announce that my recent post about my crazy quilt blocks was featured on The Quilting Daily. That makes me super excited! It’s the first time one of my blog posts has been featured on someone else’s site. rxxbuynoprescriptiononline.com rxxbuynoprescriptiononline.com/bupropion.html rxxbuynoprescriptiononline.com/cipro.html If you get a chance, stop by The Quilting Daily and read the…
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Still a Little Crazy (Quilting)
I’m happy to say that in the last week, I’ve been rather prolific in creating quilt blocks, at least for me. I’ve completed 3 more 12-inch crazy quilt blocks, and have am partially finished with another. The best part about this project, besides all of the fun shapes and colors, has been using up some…
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Tools of the Trade
This week we’re going to be covering the 3rd chapter of Farm Anatomy by Julia Rothman – Tools of the Trade. This is the chapter that talks about: Tractors Tractor Implements How to plow a field Inside a Combine Other Machines Felling, bucking, splitting and stacking In the tool shed I found this particular chapter…
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