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 1 – Spring Wreath
It’s National Craft Month. In celebration of this, I’m going to make an effort to do lots more crafting this month… and blog about it. Hopefully this will get me back in the habit of crafting, and blogging… since I’ve been slacking in both areas lately. My first project is one that I actually did over…
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Chocolate Ganache
I made myself a nice chocolate ganache yesterday evening. I’m very proud of myself. It was about the simpilest thing I’ve ever made, too.
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A little music for the weekend
It’s Friday afternoon, and I’m trying to drag myself through the rest of my day. And what better way, than a good music mix?
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2011 Young Farmer’s Convention
I just got back from the 2011 young farmer’s convention yesterday. I had a really good time. Matt & I drove up with his brother Sam on Friday evening and got to the hotel around 8:30 Indy time. They played several games, including “Win it in a Minute” and “Cornhole.” The next day we got up…
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What’s your personal DNA?
Personality tests can be extremely fun to take and can provide you with some surprising results. Some people might prefer to take an online quiz, whilst others may prefer to take a nutritional DNA test. The DNA tests can tell you all about your genetic makeup and your behavioral characteristics, perhaps I’ll have to take…
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Improvising
My improv troupe is looking for a name. We’re a subsidiary of the local theatre company, but really want to have our own identity. So far we have come up with a few interesting ideas, including: Square Tires and Slow-Running Possum Stew. While those are pretty funny, we want to be sure that we pick…
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Lots of Chocolate
I’m very excited. I’ve just requested an order of an 11 lb. block of dark chocolate. I can’t wait to get it in. I’m going to use it to make lots and lots of chocolate chunk cookies from the recipie I got at the Farmer’s Daughter Holiday Baking Class. I promise to share the recipe…
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Happy 2011
Happy new year to everyone out there in blog land. I’ve decided that a good way to start the year, would be to make a post, as I’ve not taken the time to do this recently. Hopefully, I can catch you up with everything that has been going on, without boring you too much.
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2010 Farm Bureau Convention
This was the first time I’ve ever been to the State Farm Bureau Convention. It was an interesting experience. I was shocked how many farmers were willing to pay $30 for the meals at the convention, as well as how few young people were actually there. I’d heard my Matt say that the Farm Bureau…
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Here for the Food #2
Today, I’m going to cover the sections on Salt and Searing in Alton Brown’s book I’m Just Here for the Food.
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In the Shoppe
I’ve been spending a lot of time creating new items for my Etsy Shoppe lately. That, and custom orders for friends. I’m very excited to have sold as many things as I have already, but things have been a tad slow lately… and that must mean that it’s time to feature the shoppe again. I’m…
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