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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Wee Bit – April 6th
{one} what is one food that, as an adult you love, but as a child you said you’d never touch? I have to agree, I do love asparagus… too bad my husband doesn’t! {two} did you go to college? if yes, what was your major?I went to college at Purdue University and majored in Computer…
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What inspires you?
I’ve been keeping track of the things that inspire me for quite a while now. I like to keep track of great ideas and tutorials for crafts, interior decorating ideas, design and infographics, fashion and a whole lot more. My favorite way to do this lately, has been to use Pinterest. You can see some…
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Quick Stats
Ok, so I am pretty well completely failing at getting into shape. I swear, if it’s not one thing, it’s another. For those of you who haven’t seen it on Facebook yet, I guess I should tell you that my grandmother is not doing well. She fell and broke her hip about a month ago,…
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Shoes – A Fetish
The other day I was looking for a pair of shoes to go with one of my outfits. Shockingly, I didn’t have a pair of orange shoes! How was this possible?!?! Needless to say, this is something I plan to correct in the near future. In the mean time, lets see what shoes are in…
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Quick Stats
Today is day #3 of my getting into shape challenge. It’s been a long day so far. It started with me waking up at 1 in the morning with a killer headache and pain in the back of my neck. I’m pretty sure I strained something doing the workout video last night. Fortunately an Ibprofen…
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Craft Month 2011- Day 31 – Decorating Your Pet
Ok, so today, I’m not really decorating my cat… just her collar, but the collar will make her decorative. For this project all you need is a collar appropriate for your pet, and the stuff to make a fabric flower. For my flower, I started with a rolled center, which I covered in beads. Since…
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Wee Bit – March 30th
{one} if you won a trip to Disneyland/world, who would you take with you?My husband Matt. I think he’d love it if he could get over the expense… and going on vacation. {two} when was the last time you listened to a CD? Christmas. You know I had to listen to some Straight No…
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Quick Stats
This new getting into shape project is going well. But then, this is only day #2. I’m very proud of myself for working out again today. Especially since I hadn’t worked out in so long. I was most definately sore today… but that’s not really a suprise. The thing I found most interesting was that…
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Craft Month 2011 – Day 30 – Chain Necklace
Today’s craft project is brought to you by a whole lot of chains. Well, not a WHOLE lot, just 3. For this project, I stopped by the jewelry department at the craft store and picked up three legnths of chain, each different. I brought them home and cut them to different legnths. Once that was…
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Quick Stats
Since craft month has worked so well at keeping me crafting on a regular basis… I’m hoping that the blog will help me get back to working out again, and maybe loosing some of the weight I gained after I got married. Basic Information – Today – Tuesday March 29th, 2011 Height: 5’4″ Weight: 135.8 lbs…
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Craft Month 2011 – Day 29 – Bleached Tee
Today’s project is a bleached tee. I’m quite happy with how it turned out. Enough so, that I’m probably going to try another one once I come up with a design I really like. I used a Cricut to cut out my Fleur, and stuck it to the shirt with some craft adhesive. The only…
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Craft Month 2011 – Day 28 – T-Shirt Scarf
In honor of the return of cold weather… AND SNOW… (yes really snow – full disclosure – I’m doing this post a couple days ahead of time, and hopefully by the time this actually goes live, there will be no snow) I bring you a use for all of your old tees that you just…
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