On this day in 2013, I hit publish on my first blog post. I had no idea if anyone would ever read it, or how I would connect with other quilt bloggers out there, but I published that post anyway. I figured I could figure out the connecting with others part once the blog was actually started 😄
Thankfully there were linky parties and blog hops to help make those connections, so it was surprisingly easy to find other people who share my obsession with quilting. In fact, by my second month of blogging, I had already connected with the TGIFF linky party (of which I'm now one of three managers). I still use the thread catcher I shared the first time I linked to TGIFF. I keep it in my hand stitching bag, so it appears in pictures now and then, too. Here it is in the background of a picture I took of a hexie flower I made Tuesday morning as we were driving out of town.
I read my very first post again while writing this post, and I was entertained to see the two projects I shared as examples of my WIPs. Neither of them are finished 😂 The blocks I shared then are still just blocks today. I ran out of some of the fabrics in the kit, so I couldn't finish the blocks that are missing, and just set the whole thing aside. I should use the finished blocks for something so they can be set free from the box.
The hexagon flowers I shared in the post were pieced into a quilt top in 2014, which was basted for hand quilting in 2017. I think I quilted around one flower and then gave up! As I've been doing the big stitch hand quilting on my Hexie Rainbow quilt, I've been thinking about doing big stitch quilting on that old hexie flower quilt, too, so there's hope it may actually get finished someday. Obviously I've always been in need of a good WIPS-B-GONE challenge!
I'm planning to make a chocolate cake today to celebrate my anniversary. Since I can't send chocolate cake through the screen to share it with you, I'm having my annual Anniversary Pattern Sale so you can join the celebration, too. Saving money and dreaming about the next quilt (and the one after that, and the one after that...) is just as good as having cake!
Whether you've been here since last week or since 2013, I'm so glad we're able to connect over our love of fabric and thread! The friendships are my favourite part of this online quilting community (and the reason I get serious FOMO every year when people are sharing pictures of their QuiltCon meetups)! Let's keep making the world more beautiful, one quilt at a time 😊
Happy 12th Blogiversary! You're just a "babe." :-) I began my blog more than 16 years ago now. But goodness, aren't we the dedicated bloggers?! At one time, I followed more than 80 blogs, and commented on them all. Now I'm following about 20, and many of them don't post regularly. We're relics, I think. (ha, ha). I admire you for keeping up with blogging. As we both know, it isn't easy to stay committed, especially when few or no people comments. Kudos to you for your dedication!
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