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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Indiana Farm Bureau Conference 2011
This past weekend My husband and I got the opportunity to attend the 2011 Indiana Farm Bureau Conference in Indianapolis. This year’s conference was hosted at the new JW Marriott. The hotel wasn’t even open this time last year. The hotel has 33 floors – well really 32, since they skipped the 13th floor. It’s…
Read MoreChristmas Time Again
It’s that time of year. The Christmas parties have already started. My first one this year was the Patoka Township Farm Bureau party and it was actually on the 1st of December. Of course, it’s always on the first Thursday of December, so it’s not always so early in the month. We had a new…
Read MoreCall your Senator!
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Read MoreChristmas Decorating
It’s that time of year again, the ground has started turning white, the roads are covered in slush and people are ringing bells at all the local stores. That means it’s time to decorate for Christmas — well, almost. Matt & I are getting a real tree again this year, and we are going to…
Read MoreConference anyone?
Each year I attend a couple of conferences with my husband. We go up to Indianapolis in December for the Indiana Farm Bureau Conference and then again in January for the Indiana Farm Bureau Young Farmers Conference. I do enjoy going to these. It’s a nice change of pace, and I enjoy spending a little…
Read MoreDear Jane
Dear Jane, I fell in love with your quilt the first time I saw it… of course, I would never make one. I haven’t the patience to make 225 of those 4.5 inch squares. But I do love your quilt. Of course, I’ve always loved “scrappy” quilts made with remnants of past projects. That’s probably…
Read MoreQuilt Progress
I’ve started working on my quilt again. Yes, it’s been a while, but thanks to the wonderful ladies down at SewTech in Evansville, I now have the correct kind of bobbin for my machine and can adjust my own bobbin tension. Apparently it’s not forbidden to do that after all. But, back to my quilt.…
Read MoreOpen Letter to Garmin Cartography
Dear Garmin Cartography, I am sending you this email to inform you that the Garmin maps do not correctly recognize the one way streets in Washington, IN. The streets in downtown Washington, such as Main Street, have been one-way for almost half a century. However, when I went to Washington today my Garmin attempted to…
Read More(Lack of) Fashion Friday
This week, by special request, we are having a “Lack of Fashion Friday.” For this special post, I’ll be pulling out some old photos of me in some not so fashionable outfits. My lack of fashion started at an early age, thanks in part to my mom. Not that this dress wasn’t fashionable when she…
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