Feeling Reflective: A Response
Because the comments section isn’t big enough.
Original post by Dibs here.
I didn’t sign up for any -alongs this year (that I remember). Mainly because I like to sew on my own terms (it’s a hobby and doing it someone else’s way turns it into a chore). Molly’s eloquent treatise on this phenomenon here.
My general philosophy is:
1. Respect people who say what they think and do what they say: I know exactly one person who espouses this tenet but I like to think everyone aims towards it.
2. Bear in mind that actions speak louder than words: I’d rather just get on with it than spend time and effort detailing how I’m going to get on with it. I have bought exactly one set of work clothes (Made in Australia-no slave labour for me), all the tights I need (made in the EU, no exceptions) and underwear/ swimwear (made in France) in the last 4 years. Everything else has been self made/ pre-owned. I didn’t sign any pledges I just effin’ did it.
I signed up for Marijana‘s Pattern Magic do last year and never ended up making anything. Mostly out of pure lack of awareness-the month ended and the reveal post went up, suddenly reminding me that I’d done nothing but also because I tend to put off things like that till the last minute and this time it resulted in a fail.
So this year when I heard the call of Jungle January, I sewed up a leather tunic and posted it when I found the time. I didn’t sign up for the stash-bustin’ sewalong because I’ve been stash-bustin’, on my own terms, for almost two years now. I visited fabric shops a grand total of four times last year. The first two times I bought nothing, the third time I bought fabrics and thread for specific projects (which are currently underway) and the fourth time I bought fabric to sew up for others (also in progress at the moment). I use up all sorts of scraps for facings, pocket bags and linings-I don’t need to sign a pledge to be reminded to do this.
Indie Patterns
I only buy (and sew) patterns designed for my body type. This means no Sewaholic or Collette for me. No By-Hand either (designed for a large derriere? Thanks, but no thanks). I lack the time (and interest) to re-draft things which are suited for other body types just so I can sew (and wear) what everyone else is wearing. I’ve seen far too many posts by sewists with a similar body type to mine, wailing about the hours of alteration and modification required to get Collette patterns to fit. So I’m avoiding that trap with gay abandon.
Blogging
I blog for myself. I’ve enjoyed documenting successes and disasters and reviewing what I think are books worth sewing/ drafting from. Giveaways and Friday Freebies posts are my way of giving back to the online sewing community. Getting new readers is a bonus and comments from people that bother to read what I’ve posted are a joy but all these are in addition to the enjoyment of blogging.
The blogs I follow have one or more of the following attributes:
- I can learn something from them.
- They make beautiful and or unique things that inspire me to do something different (or even do something at all).
- They entertain me.
- I find their design aesthetic visually immersive.
I’ve unsubscribed from a lot of feeds lately (in Reader-I rarely follow via WordPress dashboard) because I no longer remember what made me subscribe to said blog in the first place. This is not necessarily a judgement on the blog-it just means that I’ve moved beyond whatever skill level it offered (or that the blog has re-invented itself to suit a different type of reader).
The above is an xkcd homage to the most interesting man in the world (compilation here) mosquitoes refuse to bite him, out of respect.
Comments
Under Australian law bloggers are held legally liable for the content of comments on their posts, so comments on this blog are moderated (i.e. if someone posts a defamatory/ libellous comment on a blog, the owner of the blog gets sued as well as the commenter*). I understand that submitting a comment and being told it is awaiting approval is not the most satisfying feedback to commenting and I’m actually wondering whether I should just move comments to Twitter. Personally, I feel it’ll free up a lot of my time and attention for other things. While I love relevant and considered comments I do get a lot of questions about issues I’ve already covered in the text/images in my posts and have no interest in rehashing. Obviously Twitter has its own pros and cons (see below) but I have ways of dealing with that (also I enjoy enraging the occasional Wildebeest).
The converse also applies. I.e. Stop not liking the things I like. Wahwahbooboo etc.
What do you think?
Some interesting and thought-provoking coverage on commenting-related topics such as setting the mallet to ‘kitten’ mode, legality, disemvowelling, commenting on opinion sites and the best article I’ve read yet on migrating comments to Twitter. Also, some Science on the psychology underpinning commenting threads.
Thanks to Dibs for initiating this discussion and here’s a cool video on contemporary fabric manufacture in Britain:
via neki desu.
*I haven’t linked to sites that cover this aspect because I am not certified to give that sort of advice. Luckily Google exists.
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Disclaimer 2: This is a bunch of thoughts I had on reading Dibs’ post. I chose the featured image as representing the tragi-comic-dramady of the lives people lead online. If you feel the urge to explode in righteous (or otherwise) indignation at my opinions please do so in an entertaining fashion in the comments.
Cheers.
Good food for thought. I’m actually enjoying not blogging much as I am less prone to blog anxiety, and comment addiction. I love the sharing aspect of sewing blog scene but I do think that many of us are realizing that our styles don’t quite fit with much of the sew-a-long scene. I’m enjoying all your unique creations.
I agree re a-longs. I’m not much of a sewer (but aspire to be) but am an avid crocheter/knitter, and there are tons of a-longs. There’s this one called ‘year of projects’ which baffles me, how am I supposed to pin down what I want to do in the next 12 months? It seems so restrictive and I don’t need to justify myself to anyone.
I blog for myself and don’t understand anyone that needs to do it for others. I find myself highly amusing, so why do I need anyone else?
I’m a new follower, and love your style. I’ll stick around for a while.
As above, I like reading your blog because you always seem to be doing something interesting and unique – you have great taste and it is very different from my own so you make things I wouldn’t consider.
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I went off on a tangent over here.
For everything else all I can say is keep on blogging if you like, about what you like, and maybe make yourself a lmgtfy.com-style gif to reply to those pesky questions in the comments. I would love that.
This is an interesting and thought provoking post. I am reading whilst eating breakfast so don’t have time to look up all the links now, I will at lunch, but I want to make some comments straight away. First, I love the cartoons. Second, on one level I agree with you about just doing things, but my experience is if you have told people you are going to do something it makes it easier to hold yourself to account. Not everyone has the strength of character I detect in your posts, in fact I would agree it’s quite rare! Sewalongs are similar in a way I think – collaboration/fun, the impetus provided by deadlines, shared learning. I make clothes that I need, desperately want or have suggested themselves to me (for example finding something odd in a charity shop to refashion), so it is unlikely a sewalong would coincide with this. Finally, patterns. I sew largely from paper patterns as this is what I learnt from many moons ago. I appreciate the convenience of just being able to cut something out, but I have had some real disasters due to misrepresentation of the finished article, so I would like to explore alternative sources as well. I have not attempted any indie patterns yet. They are quite expensive (for reasons I understand) and often unsuitable for my looks. I am short with a dark one length bob and although I have a womanly figure, little Peter pan collars, floral dresses etc tend to make me look like a schoolgirl/very silly/deluded. Unfortunately I can’t comment on the more technical blogging aspects of your post as I know little about this.
And now the comment moderation makes sense. I also have a similar criteria for following blogs, generally speaking I won’t follow people unless they produce their own content in one way or another. It seems to prevent me from getting followers on tumblr, since people can get rather pissy when you don’t follow back (which is hardly reasonable since they’re often just reposting internet garbage that’s not theirs), but I’d rather have people there who actually like my stuff. Moving commenting to twitter seems rather strange to me, and I don’t really have any intention of getting a twitter account, but that’s just me. I recently came across an interesting article about shill comments on major sites and it’s really changed the way I view internet comments in general.
Agreed. With everything. Frankly.
Nicely put and thanks for the links.
You raise some very interesting points, some which I have given thought to myself in the past. I’ve never really got the whole ‘-along’ thing and as such have never signed up to one, because I know that I prefer to do things in my own time. Same goes for other things such as pledges, challenges, or blog awards. I don’t really join in and sometimes I wonder whether that’s largely because I just don’t like the idea of joining in. Whilst it can be easy to be lured into the ‘I must blog more’ or ‘I must have more followers’, I’m stubborn enough not to participate simply to get more comments, followers or whatever. It’s just not me. If I see a good idea, and it fits with something I was going to do anyway though, I’m happy to go with it (although I probably still won’t follow all the rules). I can’t say, however, that I only blog for myself. Yes, I enjoy the process of writing, but I very much value the interaction with others that the blog allows. I know very few people in real life who share a passion for making things, and I find learning from and being inspired by others is a great thing.
I was going to ramble on and on in response to other points you raised, and then I decided that you probably didn’t want an essay in your comments, particularly if you’re considering shifting them to twitter, so I’ll stop now. I may post something along these lines myself. But only if I get around to it on my own terms…
I also agree with you on the sew alongs. I rarely sign up for any for the exact same reason – many of them are for garments/styles/etc that wouldn’t suit me. Though I like the camaraderie this can create, it can also lead to a sort of pressure that affects my creativity. I greatly enjoyed your post and was surprised to learn about the “comment” law in Australia.
hmmmm, agree with a lot of things. Perhaps not disagree but rather than a different perspective on others.
I don’t mind if people have massive stashes. I don’t mind if they make pledges. I don’t mind if they do every sewalong in history. I like difference. I think that some are motivated by the need to participate in a community, others for moral reasons. It’s all ok with me.
Everyone’s life is different. Those differences inform their actions, create drive or need. This isn’t the place for me to describe what drives me I sew because I have a vision in my head, I sew because I’m curious, I sew because I like challenges, I sew to master a technique, I sew because it carves out a space in the world where I can exist. I like to try a wide range of patterns and styles because some times the strangest things work beautifully – and I’m open to that.
These things might not be morally fabulous or intellectually rigorous. I know sometimes my blog might be trite, I’m OK with that. I have other things in life which deliver seriousness, moral obligations and opinions in spades, I don’t feel the need to justify myself but suffice to say it’s been fairly challenging for many years. I could let those things define me. I could whinge incessently. I choose not to. I need a space where it’s OK to be me and breathe, a joyful creative space – because sometimes life makes that v.hard.
Oh wow, thanks for taking the time to lay that out lizzy. Ditto on the whole ‘do what you like’ part-I’m not judging people partaking in -alongs or anything else for that matter, just stating reasons for my own interest/ lack thereof. As a libertarian I totally support people doing whatever the heck they please so long as one gets hurt (that didn’t specifically request the hurting as a consenting adult) XD.
Thanks (btw the comment in brackets had me LMAO). I thought it deserved a thoughtful response without dissecting myself (which would be no more interesting than the chicken I had to dissect in compulsory year 9 agriculture).
Also BTW I’ve been fiddling with the ByHand pencil skirt pattern. I’m not big-bummed but I’m telling you it’s awesome. I feel goddess-like – which is fab when I’m built like a minature paddle pop stick (which were my fav treat as a kid)…
heheh sounds good but I have a three different burda patterns with that style and I know that every one of them will fit as awesomely and consistently as every other burda I’ve sewn. Add to that the fact that the byhand one will cost $ and take up storage space means that’s still a no (I read scruffy’s review on that btw, still not convinced X).
This is why I love Lizzy. Both her sewing prowess, ability with the english language AND the presence of an opinion. Rock on Lizzy.
I agree (obviously since you’ve read my post on some of these issues). I also stop following other blogs sometimes, usually for no real reason, just that their posts weren’t my style or something (blog layout actually has an affect on me too though, I dislike “old” looking websites like the way pattern review looks).
I still think of myself as a kid most of the time (hey, I’m still in school so I’ll just pretend not to be an adult!) so my sewing background is extremely different from most sewing bloggers in that I’m young but have been sewing since I was about 7 years old. The only person in real life I ever get to nerd out about my hobbies with is my mom, she’s great but sometimes you just want other friends! I started my own blog partly for the community thing, I just wasn’t getting that from sites like burdastyle and what not (which I’ve also discussed in a previous post). Of course I’d like to have been an over night success, I am still always excited about new followers or comments because I just want to talk about sewing. But I definitely do my own thing, I’m just too stubborn to do anything else and my sense of humor is waaay too dry to come across properly over the internet. Because of stuff like that I’m not a “popular kid” in real life, so I doubt I’ll ever become one on the internet (I’m not someone who would ever be described as “sweet,” not that I’m not nice – that’s just not my personality to sugar coat anything).
I’m also a compulsive cataloger of my personal stuff, so blogs are a great place to do that too!
Too true about layout-cannot stand clutter or crazy blinking shit-it actually makes me queasy.
Also agree re community-the thing I’ve enjoyed most about blogging is the interactions with like-minded people boh on and off the internet-it’s so cool to find people out there that geek out on the things you do. Re sense of humour-I actually find you quite funny (and Pedro but for totally different reasons)-when I first came across your blog I laughed a lot (I also thought it was one person pretending to be two people-like Peter and his ‘cousin’ but not really) saw the dolls, saw the craziness of Pedro and totally grabbed your feed. I remember delving through your archives and finding some really strange (entertaining) stuff. It took me couple of hours to realise your mum was blogging with you guys too XD Blame it on late night netsurfing XD
Haha, I think I’d label myself totally nuts if I came up with Pedro’s personality!
I like the way of your thoughts. Pretty interesting to look at myself after reading. As bout comments, I like comments, but in sewing blogs I rear see any discussions and so, for me this is the main idea of comments – to continue the discussion. But sometimes I like comments just as a sign of attention, something like this, I cann’t describe better%)) That’s why I don’t like “likes” in FB -this is so lazy way to say something and I am afraid that soon people will forget how to impress their attention and their opinion to something, eh!
Thanks-agree with you on the likes. See my earlier comment on those..
Thank you for this thought-provoking post
I believe sewing, blogging, and life in general is a journey of discovery, and it’s only by trying lots of things that we discover what works for us and what doesn’t 
I very much relate to your “a-longs” sentiments. In my first year of sewing and being part of the blogging community, I participated in several sewalongs (albeit some were “after the fact” as I, too, have a tendency to procrastinate), which on the positive side, introduced me to some great people, but also taught me that I really need to do my own thing. I’m glad I had the experience of being part of those sewalongs, but now that I’ve discovered this important fact, I’ve actually started enjoying the process of discovering my own personal style, and sewing what I will actually wear. I have only joined in one “a-long” for this year, and that’s Marina’s skirt draft-along, because it’s a new skill for me and because I was planning on drafting a skirt sloper anyway
Thank you for your thoughtful and considered comments-I don’t wear skirts but I have been watching the progress on that skirt purely out of interest. What I found more interesting was Marina’s comments on why she gave up Mood blogging. It was exactly what I thought when I first heard of the thing (like last month?)-wha’? It’s a job now? XDXD I also love that right after Marina’s post on why it’s not for her another Mood blogger post went all ‘yoyo Mood bloggin’ is totally awesome yo-here are all the reasons why‘. XDXD
Agree with the sew a longs, I find I cannot keep up, or lose interest, both. And, as Sigrid said above, I can get the blog anxiety going and get hyper competitive and try to be this Super Blogger and then well, it loses all the fun of it, I think it is easy to get swept up in this idea that one can’t do something simply for the fun of it, it has to be over the top super successful. Or everyone has to be part of what Thomas L. Friedman calls the IT Revolution. People don’t do ‘whatever’ for the enjoyment it has to be this extremely successful ‘whatever’. You have to stand out and be noticed. You can’t have 20 followers you have to have 2000.
I like what Dibs said in her post, it’s not about sewing for others it’s doing it for yourself. Thanks guys for bringing me back.
Those cartoons had me in stitches. Are they really that strict in Austrailia regarding comments? wow. Thanks for writing such a good reply to my little (or not so little?) ramblings. I have just only accepted that sew-alongs are not for me, as I never finish them, and it is not always that I feel like sewing. Sewing, is supposed to be my hobby, and supposed to make me happy, so I try to sew only when I am really motivated. That way I enjoy the process.
There are so many blogs out there & blog events that it’s too much to keep up with. Recently I found myself subscribing to a blog or two just because everyone else had & then I thought ‘wow, that’s stupid’. Not to say that those blogs are bad at all, just generally not my style. I think part of the pressure comes from the online sewing community feeling so much more like a lovey dovey community than other online communities- we support each other & become friends online as well as in real life. I feel silly saying this, but I wonder if that makes us sometimes feel peer pressure to join in with what all our friends are interested in. Perhaps it’s about staying connected to that community & if we don’t follow along we won’t be as connected to it as everyone else.
Hm. I used to blog for myself, but now I can’t quite say that’s the case. There are tons of posts floating around my drafts folder that remain unpublished because even though I think that they’re interesting, I wonder if my thimble-sized readership will find them boring. I try my best to be a responsible blogger and to value my readers’ (or my accidental Googlers’) time. Some blogs make me just want to carve a hole in my computer screen and just live in them, and I suppose I’ve always aspired to do that, but I don’t delude myself into thinking that I actually do.
With commenting, I just want to be a good citizen of the sewing blog community, and often wonder if leaving ten thoughtful-to-me, two-sentence comments on ten different blogs trumps leaving two longer comments with better-developed thoughts. Also, I am apparently part robot, because captchas drive me up. the. wall.
At least it’s a conversation. Posts like this really help facilitate a dialogue.
Thanks-you should totally write those posts! Accidental Googlers will find them and be all ‘omg there is someone here that thanks like me-oh thank f@ck’! This is exactly how I found most of the blogs I follow!
Ok, this explains everything! I was afraid that you had me under moderation as a loose cannon commenter!
Innnttteeeresting. Very much so. I think it’s important to note that sewing bloggers blog for different reasons. I’ve seen a shift in sewing blogs somewhere along the way- some towards the teaching/moneymaking/advertising branch of blogging (which there is nothing wrong with) versus the strictly social style of blogging. You have to take that in to account when reading content. I think it’s really hard to do both well. That’s just imho.
I prefer blogs that are like mine. Just like in real life people gravitate towards people they relate to. I like blogs where people make artsy things, work full time and sew on the side (I don’t know why I value that, but I do), and those who blog mainly to show finished projects. Not to sound petty, but I really don’t get the ‘work in progress’ blog posts. I like to see the result! Again, not that there is anything wrong with it. It’s just not what I want to read when I’m doing my daily blog reading spiel. I blog as more of a journal than anything else though I can’t really say why I started in the beginning. I guess I was really excited about this new skill I was acquiring (and still am). I think I had in the back of my head that blogging about sewing and art was going to help me connect all these dots and somehow I was going to make a living off of sewing and creating. My husband and I still have the dream of making things and making a living doing it. Kid’s furniture and art, that sort of thing. Maybe one day. Not that I don’t love my job, but you know. Would be fun to be your own boss. Now, however, I love that I have a record of the past on my blog. Things I made and even things that happened in life. An an artist I’ve always known the importance of keeping a portfolio. Do you know how many times I tried to keep a journal while I was growing up? Now I have one. I’m excited about being able to document life and my pregnancy, and of course the little bub when she gets here.
Anyway, I’ve rambled. Though provoking post, my friend!
I just wish people would stop writing posts saying the same things that I have been thinking about but articulating them so much better(er)
. I like having people read my blog (when I started it I honestly thought that no-one except my mum and my DH would read it and that was only because I made them) because I’d like someone other than my mum and my DH to see what I make, but other than that my blog has no purpose. I set myself my own challenges just to see if I can do them (usually I can’t) but, for me, sewalongs wouldn’t work for what I want from my own sewing. I also have to agree with your thoughts about indie patterns. One thing I have noticed is that everyone seems to rave about the newest indie pattern for about four to six months, and then the posts about fitting difficulties start to pop up, regularly. I think I’ve also lost count of the number of times Vogue 1250 has ended up in my online shopping basket and I have to remind myself, each time, that it. just. won’t. suit. me. The fact that “everyone” has made it nearly gets me every time.
I have to admire your discipline and self awareness. Personally, I get carried away, sign up for sew alongs and competitions I have little or no hope of completing in time, try endlessly Vogue patterns that others have/have not made to work for them, even though I know in my heart it will take me less time to draft it from scratch from my own block, and blog eclectically. Scraps, I can join hands with you there – I’ve a planned post on that, as it will take way too much waffling to explain here.
Thanks-the drafting and trying different stuff out is what I like about your blog. If you’re into it you should just pick styles you like and cover how you drafted them-there’s so much to learn there for people like me. I like that when the commerical patterns suck you just go meh and make it yourself and it’s better than the original. Don’t stop doing your own thing.
Well, it is your blog!
I tried sew weekly in it’s first year and I found it not for me. It is a bit like a sew-along with themes and a time limit. What I discovered is I have no love for quick sewing or vintage (for me, fine for others) and I have no need for 52 poorly sewn garments (again just a reflection of what I attempted to make). So the premise of saving and being green was completely lost on me. If I never wear the garment then it’s a fail.
As for a blog, log, journal…it’s a place to reflect (in my case). Followers, they are nice but not the reason I blog, I really like the aspect of having a record of the month and year’s efforts. Oddly I find on Word Press I receive a fair amount of followers weekly and I conclude it’s with the thought that if I follow you, you will follow me… Facebook thinking which I deplore. I really enjoy the community of consistent bloggers and the creations they share, inspiration and a celebration of making something or experiencing something!
You are ahead of the curve knowing what you like and what style suits you best. My average is about 70% success, I still get caught up in the trap. The image in my head can be deceiving!
Hahaha thanks – I tried Sew Weekly for exactly one week before running the hell away XD The amount of wasted fabric from all those people churning through an item a week 0o
I also tried two different vintage patterns, figured out I didn’t have bullet boobs (and that costume-y apparel irritates the heck out of me) and got on with the kind of sewing I like-contemporary stuff that fits.
Yes there is a lot of followme/you stuff on WP (not as much as Tumblr though) – it’s why I turned off ‘likes’- I can still see them (unfortunately) in the dashboard but they don’t show up as gravatars under the post. A couple of times I’ve clicked through to some of these people and they’re nothing to do with anything I cover here-their comments section, though, is full of ‘thanks for the like-thought I’d visit here and like you back’. I never use ‘like’ on facebook and only use it on WP if everything I wanted to say has been said (multiple times) but I want to express support/ give a little fist bump of some sort anyway..
I really like your style-even the stuff you say didn’t work has this air of lightness about it-all your stuff feels that way to me, very ethereal and kind of fragile like a projection or something.
totes awesome, as usual.
How goes the job hunting?
I hadn’t seen that post from Dibs – I’m chronically behind reading my blog list, even though I’ll admit I viciously culled it recently. Like with a dried-blood-stained hack saw. I don’t display my ‘followers’ on my blog, and I don’t even check to see what the numbers are doing. The word ‘followers’ makes me feel like some kind of dirty cultist. My blog content has changed in direction since it’s inception, and that’s mostly been from me changing what gets me excited. It was also the process of me ‘growing into’ my blog. I’ve also stopped feeling pangs of guilt for not posting… wtf? Why should doing something I just absolutely love make me feel guilty???? That just ain’t cool.
Peeps like yourself and Dibs amaze me at your ability to verbalise these things… I’m just good at numbers and problem solving and making sweeping generalisations and judgements on technical stuff. Dammit, that’s why I’m an engineer.
Oh yeah, and I WISH I had the time and ability to make my blog look schmick. I actually even considered contacting an ex-boyfriend who works in that line of things to ask him to do it. A re-design is coming soon though… my blog just looks a wee bit home-made, methinks.
The only sewalongs that got me excited is Sherry’s RTW tailoring and that bra-sewalong just hosted by Amy at Cloth Habit. Full of juicy techniques and totally useful information.
Glad to hear your Darn Cheap fabric purchases are being put to good use
Thanks-WP shows followers automatically when you add a follow by email link. It doesn’t bother me as most people seem to follow via Google Reader which I prefer to use myself-it’s anonymous and prevents people from the whole ‘follow me I’ll follow you’ shite. I’ve turned off ‘likes’ but they still show up on the dash-eh you win some you lose some with the platform you use. Someday I’ll go self-hosted but till then its ‘you get what you pay for-sville XD
I skimmed the bra sewalong posts from but was busy finishing unfinished stuff instead-I’ll do lingerie when I feel up to it. Started drafting some today XD Job hunting is going surprisingly well too. Cheers.
I usually like sewalongs, but afterwards
I’m not good at keeping the same pace as everyone else (too quick too slow), and if the sewalong based on a newly released pattern, I don’t want to dive in before seeing what it looks like on other women sharing my body type. What I like in sewalongs is usually the amount of information that goes with it: detailed posts about construction, different modifications you can do, etc.
I think that with blogging and its process as a whole (posting frequency, followers and commenters), there is a real risk in changing your initial goals: as many out there, I started blogging as a way of documenting my sewing – not caring that much about it. But as readership increases and comments start to appear, I have really seen a difference: I was blogging for the potential readers and not according to my inital goals. I don’t think it has influenced what I actually sew that much, because I’m more and more aware of what suits me and mostly what does not, so even if it requires a little effort, I’m able to say no to certain trendy pattern or fabrics with prints.
It’s hard to fight back this feeling of “I must post more often”, “I should take better pictures”, etc. because blogging creates an interaction with others. You have to have a very strong personality to be able to leave these thoughts aside and follow your own blogging path! I’m still struggling with all that!
Phew that was probably one of the longest comment I have left: this is why I enjoy your blog, it’s a perfect mix of interesting creations and thoughtful discussion.
Thanks-I appreciate the long and considered comment. I first grabbed your feed because you’d made up a pattern, found it lacking and documented how you’d fixed it and I really liked that style of doing things (as opposed to the ‘oh the back didn’t fit right so I hacked it off’ school of thought XD). Everyone changes over time but the core principles are what people enjoy reading and that’s still you.
oh captain, my captain! lady i love your blog and twitter and really appreciate that you do things your way. but wow, AU blog comment rules are harsh!!
Thank you kindly! Re the rules they’re not just for blogs-anything that is ‘published’ is considered the writer/ publisher’s responsibility in that sense. The gossip tabloids seem to be the only ones getting away with it (somewhat-they still get slapped from time to time X).