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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Craft Month 2011 – Day 18 – Shoe Clips
Today’s project is really easy. You will need a pair of clip style earring blanks and whatever you want to decorate your shoes with. I used some chinese coin beads and dusty rose dahalia flowers. What is great about these is that I can snap them on and off of any pair of shoes.
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A Little History
Because it’s St. Patrick’s Day, I thought I ought to take a little time to honor my Irish heritage. Now, granted, I don’t know a whole lot about my family history. It’s not something that got discussed much while I was growing up. I should probably use something like Genealogy Bank (which you can visit…
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Craft Month 2011 – Day 17 – Single Petal Roses
Today’s project is another fabric flower. Today I’m making single petal roses. I’ve been meaning to learn this technique for a while, but haven’t gotten around to it. I’m glad I did, because it was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be, and turned out very well. Notice the green one I…
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In the Shoppe
It’s been a while since I posted anything about the Etsy shop. Of course, it’s been a while since I posted any new items to the shop. I’ve been much too busy doing my National Craft Month projects to make anything for the shop, however once Craft Month is over, there are several projects which…
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Craft Month 2011 – Day 16 – Upcycle Earrings
Today’s project is a major upcycle. For it you will need 2 paperclips, the string or yarn of your choice, and a set of earring hooks. The first step is to unbend your paperclips and reshape them into the design of your choice. I made a simple triangle. Then wrap the edges in string, followed…
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Craft Month 2011 – Day 15 – Mod Podged Shoes
It’s the Ides of March, which aside from being a very bad day for anyone names Augustus Ceasar, means that we are halfway through National Craft Month. Today’s project actually took me more than one day. It’s not that it was a long process, but I did have to wait for the mod podge to…
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Craft Month 2011 – Day 14 – Book Bag
Today’s project is really awesome! I made a purse out of an old book. I’m very excited about how this project turned out. I got to make use of the cover of a book that was falling apart (I’m trying to come up with ideas for the pages. Leave me a comment if you have any ideas.) I…
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Backstage with Dave (at the Opry)
Matt & I went down to Nashville to the Opry yesterday. It was a pretty long trip, but it was a lot of fun. The main reason that we went was that our friend Dave was the guest announcer on the Opry. This is the second time that Dave has been a guest announcer at the…
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Craft Month 2011 – Day 13 – Record Bowls
13 days and strong! It’s Sunday, so I’m going to do another Simple Sunday craft. We will be making bowls out of old records. This might seem like a complicated thing to do, but this is possibly the easiest project I’ve ever done. To make sure that I did this right, and didn’t kill anyone with…
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Craft Month 2011 – Day 12 – Lightbulb Terrerium
Today’s craft project is a terrarium. How is this a craft you ask? It’s a craft because I have created the terrarium base myself, out of an old lightbulb. For full instructions on the process, particularly taking apart the lightbulb, see this tutorial from the hipster home. I used my beading tools to do all…
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Mod Podge Rocks
Today on Feature Friday, we are visiting with Amy Anderson over at Mod Podge Rocks. I must say that I really appreciate Amy for posting all of the great craft project ideas that she does. Her project of the week is always expecially awesome. Project of the Week #109 was the inspiration for my first…
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Craft Month 2011 – Day 11 – Lace Flowers
I really like fabric flowers. Actually… that might be the understatement of the year. I LOVE fabric flowers…. So, today’s national craft month project is another style of fabric flowers. Or… two really. The biggest thing about today’s project is that I wanted to experiment with lace. I actually ended up with two very different,…
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