Where did everyone go?

[kendiefox]

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.

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[gatheringrivers]

I'm part of a listserv called "Treadle-On" because I (now) have a couple treadles, and 3 other treadle-era black sewing machines in various stages of poweredness.

It's a list, rather than a blog, but there IS activity, and people usually do a year-end "show" (by sending in pics of things they've done that year to the organizer) that gets posted to the TO website.

A substantial proportion of the list seems to be older than me (Treadles being a rather niche category) but it's very much a community nonetheless.

If you're interested, I can give you the info - just let me know. :)

[kendiefox]

That sounds super cool! It's not relevant to my interests, but someone else around here might want that info. I find that I'm irrationally happy that listservs are still in active use.

Thanks for the info! It's nice to learn where people are talking about craft, even if that craft is not one I share. (I need to learn how to operate the sewing machine in the back of my closet.)

[gatheringrivers]

Whether listservs are in use really seems to depend on the topic the listserv is FOR. I've noticed general socializing seems to be on more "modern" formats - but the ones for niche markets, like Treadle-On, or the lady techies list I'm also on, seem to thrive well in a list format.