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Where do you blog? Why do you blog?
Lifestyles bloggers, including Quilting and Patchwork, share their experiences and give you insignt into their lives and blogging habits during Theme Day on the Channel. Some blog in unusual places, others show us photos of their offices or blogging areas, and some tackle it in a very organized way.
I […]
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At the Lifestyles Channel, we’re celebrating Leap Year with a 4-Year Theme…where were we four years ago….where will we be in four years, etc. I’m looking back over the past four years of Quilting and Patchwork.
Quilting and Patchwork blog began it’s journey in 2004, when Shai Coggins(now VP of Community at b5media) asked me to blog at […]
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I’ve discovered more and more quilters setting up blogs. They have various reasons for doing this.
Here are just five reasons. Can you give me more?
Keeping a journal or record of your quilting projects
Sharing with other quilters what you’re doing
Promoting a book or workshop
Selling your fabric art items online. (You may not be selling them at your blog, […]
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Previously I discussed, Why Do Certain Quilting Blogs Attract You? To carry it further, I relaized that bloggers who stand out with me are those who take time to do that “extra something.”
They stop by to leave a comment
They thank you for leaving a comment (personal e-mail as well as a blog reply)
They sincerely praise you […]
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Someone asked the question recently, “Why do certain blogs/bloggers stand out in your mind? Why do you return to their blogs?”
I started “pondering” and making a list.
Sometimes it’s the topic, because you relate with it or can link to their blog more readily.
Perhaps this blog offers free patterns, and that’s what you’re looking for
This blog may offer […]
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Awareness of the extensive reach of blogging and social media (the interaction of people on the Internet) can have far reaching effect, both positive and negative in your quilting world…and quilting business. Most of us consider these handy ways to reach out to others and to promote a business, if they have one.
Many quilters/fabric […]
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I was thrilled when I saw one of my b5media blogs, Home Biz Notes and my name listed as one of the Women Bloggers of 2008 at Virtual Women’s Day Celebrations. This included a list of 25 women’s blogs and bloggers for January.
According to Heidi,
Women are blogging in record numbers these days - so may […]
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Blogging has become an important part of many quilters’ lives, as well as numerous other people. It keeps them in touch with others, lets them express themselves and their creativity, helps them promote a business, and makes them happy.
(Just take a look at the article, Blogging, How it can Expand Our Creative & Personal Growth, in […]
The blog, Work From Home Momma, features an interview about my experiences in home businesses over the past 40 years, including my quilting one, Mea’s Quilts, operated during the Bicentennial Years. This interview, by Laura Spencer, is the first in her Work at Home Interview Series about women, particularly moms.
As Laura says, “Today’s interview is with […]
My daughter had an enjoyable day today painting and sun dyeing fabric for her quilting and fabric art. Beth started with fabric she’d previously dyed. Today she incorporated items from nature, ferns and leaves, for the designs on the fabrics below as she used sun dyeing and painting techniques. She said she eventually may do some stamping […]
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