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| Me in my first ever personally sewn garment, and Picasso, my doggie. |
Hello! Today's my day on the New Quilt Blogger Blog Hop generously hosted by Plum and June! If you're new glad to have you, and if you've been here before thanks for returning!
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| First full sized quilt I finished (and photographed!) |
I'm a new quilter (about two years under my belt), an even newer blogger (just a few months!) I tend to like modern fabric palates and both modern and traditional quilting patterns. I'm especially drawn to graphic designs.
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| Liberty Trip Quilt - most recent quilt finish! |
I've done both hand and machine quilting. Both have their perks, but I'm better at hand quilting. Less puckers! I just don't have the patience for it. I'd love to learn how to free motion quilt, eventually!
A great quilting tip I can't emphasize enough is test out any method of marking lines! I keep making lines for quilting (both machine and by hand) with materials that don't readily wash out (who knew chalk wouldn't come out easily??!!) No one wants to ruin their beautiful work with some stray lines!
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| Broken Umbrella Mini Quilt - 24"square, hand quilted. |
I'm motivated by online quilting competitions and link-ups. Without them I may never finish anything! I also really enjoy making my own patterns for quilts, paper piecing patterns, and other small bags/pouches.
A great blogging tip is to be yourself. I know, I know, broken record! But, you want to make sure that you're enjoying the process of blogging, and not feeling like it's work or an assignment. Along these lines, stop apologizing! I see so many posts by bloggers I follow or click on from linkys apologizing for not blogging, for bad pictures, for mismatched seams, etc. You should only be accountable to yourself, you don't need to apologize if other things get in the way of sharing your work!
Another tip that may be more practical is to host your images online (Flickr, Photobucket, etc). You can share or embed the html into your blog, and then you don't use up all your space on pictures. I had an old blog I kept of my travels and I stopped writing in it when I filled up all the space with pictures because I didn't want to upgrade the blog and purchase more space! Now I don't really worry about that because I host all my pictures on Flickr.
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| Glasses cases (front and back), my own pattern. |
Several things you don't know about me (yet!)
- I love gossip magazines, and have a subscription to US Weekly. That is what inspired this list (but I won't include 25 items as they usually do!)
- I'm pursuing my PhD in Environmental Science, and am really passionate about education. I also waitress.
- I live in a one bedroom apartment with two cats and a dog and a boyfriend.
- Ice cream is so amazing I rarely pass up an opportunity to eat it.
- I don't like artificial banana flavor.
- I'm the alpha dog in the apartment.
- I love Flickr for crafty pictures! I like instagram too, but I tend to use instagram for all pictures, not just crafty. For example, I'm doing a series where I take pictures of my dog with street art. (#streetartdog)
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| Otis Pillow |
So, what's your opinion on photo hosting? Are you Team Flickr or Team Instagram?
Now that we're best friends you should take my advice and check out some of the other amazing bloggers on the hop:
Kate @ Thread Everywhere
Thanks for stopping by!
Hi, Liz! I *love* all the quilts you have pictured - kudos on hand quilting at all because I have no patience OR skill with that : P As a very newbie to IG, but not a true Flickr devotee, I guess I'd have to side with the latter just because it's so quick and allows me to share a little more than quilts. Also, ice cream rocks, and fake banana is absolutely gross. My husband loves Chunky Monkey and I find it appalling!
ReplyDeleteI wasn't sure why somehow had the pictures on Flickr but that makes sense. I love the quilts you have shown. Beautiful work!
ReplyDeleteI like Flickr to host the 'proper' photos that I post on my blog and I like instagram for those quick action type shots to post what I'm working on while I'm working on it. Most of my WIP shots end up on instagram because it's so quick and easy.
ReplyDeleteI laughed how you counted the boyfriend last in the list of apartment inhabitants!
Ice cream is the best. I bought an ice cream maker so I can make my own but I don't use it enough. Sometimes it's just nicer to have something someone else made (and made better!).
Jo, I also thought it was hilarious that the boyfriend was listed last! :)
DeleteI just post my quilting pictures on flickr, but all my pictures from everyday and sewing related go to instagram
ReplyDeleteI totally love your quilts, so beautiful
I have learned the hard way about marking lines too! I am much more careful now, but I still get it wrong sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI still host my images on WordPress. I know. You can scold. I have only used up a quarter, so I feel like I have YEARS ahead before I run out. :)
Hi Liz! Nice to meet you, I also love hand quilting. I really like your umbrella prints mini quilt and the glasses cases, so cute! I don't use Flickr or Instagram much, I still do everything on blogger--I hadn't even realized you could run out of space. I do have a few photos on Flickr, but maybe I should be posting more. Thanks for the tip!
ReplyDeleteLove your picks on fabric for your beautiful quilts, I love your hand quilting and also hate flavored banana. I use both flickr and instagram for different things. Waitressing has the most flexible schedule for students and you don't feel bad when you leave ;)
ReplyDeleteThat is a very good point about waitressing! It's made it much easier for me to take vacations...although they still like to guilt trip me!
DeleteNice to meet you!! What is your specialization with your environmental science studies? I have an undergrad in environmental science and a masters in elementary education, so it sounds like we have similar interests! I worked as a wetland scientist for 6 years before teaching for a couple of years and then becoming a full time mommy. What fun!
ReplyDeleteThese days I use instagram more than flickr, mostly because of how easy it is to snap a photograph with my phone and post it up to instagram. Now that I'm focusing on using my actual Canon camera more than my iphone, I may move more toward flickr. Only time will tell. Lovely to meet you and I love your featured projects! The hand quilting on your broken umbrella wall hanging is fantastic!
I love instagram because it is so simple and the app is so easy to use. I just never remember flickr. I love your projects! So beautiful! Enjoy the hop!
ReplyDeleteHi Liz! I really love your writing style and your blogging advice. :) I am not really team Flickr or Instagram. I think I would probably lean toward Instagram, but I don't have an iPhone and my wifi at home doesn't seem to work well with my iPad. Lots of excuses, I know! So glad to have met you along the hop and look forward to seeing more of your work.
ReplyDeleteI love your hand quilted mini. I enjoy both hand and machine quilting, but mostly quilt by machine. I re-size my pictures so they don't count as memory and just store them in picasa web albums. Works for me!
ReplyDeleteHi Liz, I want to be team Flickr and even set up an account and don't know how to use it! LOL I just need to take time to learn how to put my pics there instead of my blog and I will - someday. Love your work, especially your Liberty Trip quilt!
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DeleteHaha, well at least you've tried! It's got a small learning curve, but I'm confident you'll master it in no time!
DeleteHi Liz! I'm have an account on Flickr and Instagram, but I prefer Instagram. It might have something to do with the face that I'm still struggling to figure out how Flickr actually works. Oh, well...life moves on. I really love your full-size star quilt. It's gorgeous! It was so nice to get to know you a little better!
ReplyDeleteI do both Flickr and IG and like both for very different reasons. IG is fun for snippets kind of like texting and Flickr is handy for storying kind of like a photo album! Love the Liberty trip!
ReplyDeleteLove your Liberty Trip quilt, and great meeting you on the blog hop!
ReplyDeleteI do both Flickr and Instagram, normally having my IG photos post to Flickr. I like the ease of IG, but when I'm doing several photos of the same thing, then I like Flickr better. Love your quilts, the Liberty quilt is simply awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteI don't use either Instagram or Flickr. I do have a Flickr account, just I'm not used to it. I didn't know there was a limit to Blogger.
ReplyDeleteThe Liberty quilt is gorgeous. I've been trying to figure out how you made it. The colors don't repeat in each quadrant.
I'm an IG buff - I really should give Flickr the attention it deserves :)
ReplyDeleteI love your aesthetic, your broken umbrella mini is just gorgeous! I don't know how you find space to quilt in an apartment, but well done!
ReplyDeleteNice to 'meet' you :).
Hey, Liz, great to get to know you a little better :) I am still in love with your Liberty Trip quilt! I have a Flikr account but have not used it. . . I know I need to do something but have not taken the time to figure out the picture hosting... I should probably do that sometime soon.
ReplyDeleteLovely quilts, and your hand quilting is amazing. I'm not a Flickr or an Instagram user at the moment, I know I probably should try, but it's just a lack of time and blogging/following other blogs seems to keep me on the computer plenty enough without adding extra dimenions!
ReplyDeleteI love your broken umbrella quilt! I haven't done any hand quilting in a couple of years because I'm way too slow at it. Machine quilting means I actually finish stuff!
ReplyDeleteVisiting from the New Quilt Bloggers Hop, thanks for sharing your quilts! Ice cream rules!
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I joined Flickr for the Radiant Orchid challenge, and I joined Instagram for the #minimedallionqal so I guess I only join these things when I'm required to. Instagram is proving interesting, but I'm still finding my way with it.
ReplyDeleteI still worry when I see your first quilt hanging over the pier. I hope someone is holding it firmly.
I love your hand quilting although you're so right not many people have the patience for it. Great post :)
ReplyDeleteWow! I love your projects! Especially the glasses cases, but your quilting on all your quilts is stunning. I'm both team flickr and instagram. I feel similarly about ice cream. And I have a masters in Environmental Studies that I'm not using. Good luck with the PhD - go out and do wonderful things!
ReplyDeleteHi Liz, I joined Flickr and just started Instagram. Beside of quilting, I'm learning to sew clothes, too. I love your first sewn top and the quilts. Nice to meet you.
ReplyDeleteCute glasses cases! And the quilting on that mini is amazing! Call me stupid (ok many have) but I cannot figure out Flickr. I find it hard to navigate. And admittedly I haven't spent the time to figure it out. I really like Instagram though.
ReplyDeleteHi Liz - It's great to meet a fellow New Yorker in the hop. I live about two hours from you, and Manhattan is right in the middle. I'm from the Hudson Valley, about an hour north of Manhattan by train. I absolutely love your broken umbrella quilt. It's so cool. The name reminds me of all the times the wind blew my umbrella inside out.
ReplyDeleteI love to hand quilt too. I've gotten pretty good at machine quilting which is fun. I'm just learning how to use Instagram, and am moving away from Flickr. Nice to meet you.
Nice intro Liz. You featured some lovely projects. I mark my straight lines with masking tape and I'm not doing any photo hosting yet. Nice to meet you ;-)
ReplyDeleteYour blog is such total eye candy! Your projects are great, your photos are great, and your writing totally rocks! I followed you here from the New Blogger Hop (I hopped last year - great opportunity!) and am really glad I did. Your handquilting is beautiful - I hope you continue to do more. I also really like your eyeglass case (any chance you'll make that pattern available?) and Otis - Otis rocks!! There has been a juvenile Great Horned Owl and his/her mama hanging out in the trees outside my office the last few weeks and I am smitten with them - Otis reminds me of the young owl, who is always staring at me as if to say "Lady, you again? Why do you keep coming out here to look at me?". Great blog, great intro! Totally enjoyed this.
ReplyDeleteGreat to meet you! I like your title
ReplyDeleteGreat intro post for the hop! I'm rather new to both flickr and instagram but I'm leaning more toward instagram. I've never really thought about using space on my blog from uploading photos. Definitely something to consider. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHello and nice to meet you! I hate artificial banana flavour too... I use Photobucket to host my photos, I'm not a big fan of Flickr but I dont' want people to see the photos before I put them in a blog post and they would on Flickr. I joined Instagram a few months ago and was enthusiastic, but now I'm bored of it. Neither Instagram nor Flickr give you any background, not like reading a blog, I'd much rather read blogs. I also get fed up of scrolling past loads of photos of other people's kids when I want to see pictures of quilts and fabric...
ReplyDeleteI love your broken umbrella mini! I am dying to do some hand quilting but I feel like life has to slow down a little bit first. Or perhaps that's a chicken or egg situation. Hm. I use flickr but spend far more time on Instagram. :)
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