Where did everyone go?
Oct. 9th, 2018 10:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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I've been searching around and I've found a couple of still-updating quilting blogs, but many more from ~2011 that just... vanished. I'm used to that sort of thing, I've been online since ~1997, I understand folks move platforms, but I'm not sure where everyone went to.
Where did sewing and/or quilting move? Craftsy? It seems unwieldy, but I'm used to ravelry and new things are weird. And I really, really do not understand Pinterest. (It comes across like craft tumblr, honestly.)
Since this is a cry for help, the specifics: I've started quilting and would like online resources. Preferably ones updated within the last 5 years? But I'll take what I can get. And if there are relevant blogs to follow or some way of wrangling social media, that would be super rad.
As always, if this isn't cool here, I will happily remove or change the post.
Where did sewing and/or quilting move? Craftsy? It seems unwieldy, but I'm used to ravelry and new things are weird. And I really, really do not understand Pinterest. (It comes across like craft tumblr, honestly.)
Since this is a cry for help, the specifics: I've started quilting and would like online resources. Preferably ones updated within the last 5 years? But I'll take what I can get. And if there are relevant blogs to follow or some way of wrangling social media, that would be super rad.
As always, if this isn't cool here, I will happily remove or change the post.
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Date: 2018-10-09 05:23 pm (UTC)The most activity I ever found was on mailing lists, back in the day. I know there is a sewing community on Pillowfort; I'm hoping that with the ease of sharing pictures and posting text, it will gain some traction.
https://www.pillowfort.io/community/sewing
https://www.pillowfort.io/community/HEARTSnCRAFTS
Most of the quilters I know are just offline, and gather in groups in person, which is hard if you aren't in the same area or have the mobility or time to gather.
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Date: 2018-10-09 05:54 pm (UTC)And I do understand that offline groups are far more common, especially for quilters. It's just really difficult to locate any groups close-ish to me in my large city. It seems like they're all ~45 minutes away, or meet midday during the week. Alas.
Thanks again for ideas!