Hi there! I'm Andrea and I blog at Millions of
Thoughts. I'm a wife of one, mom of two boys, alpha master of a dog
and cat...and a quilter. I am currently addicted to chocolate, jicama,
sushi, and smoked oysters. I love reading trashy romance novels and I
watch my soap opera every day (usually in fast forward, but still...)
I
love to quilt. When I quilt, I can only work on one project at a
time, and need to completely finish it before I start another quilt. I
love to work in solid colours. When I design a quilt, I design the
pattern first in black and white, and then add the colour. I used to
be a closet quilter until the world of blogging opened my eyes to the
world of others who share the same passion as me.
Millions
of Thoughts (trapped in my head) came about years ago in 2006 when we
had moved to Alberta from coastal BC. It was my musings of prairie
life vs coastal life. I had just started a teaching job in a rural
school, and my previous experience was at the poorest inner city school
in the Vancouver region. I had so many random thoughts about my new
life on the prairies, and wanted to remember it all - so I started an
online journal. Back then in 2006, blogging was so new and not as
public as it is now. Once I started quilting, my blog became more
of a way to document my quilting progress and a way to connect to others
in the online quilting community. I had no idea what an amazing
experience it would be for me. Were there other name you considered, and can you share any of them with us?
I had not
considered any other names at the time. I really just had all of these
thoughts that I needed to write out. I sat at the computer and when
blogger asked me for a name - I chose Millions of Thoughts Trapped in My
Head - without realizing how long I would keep up my blogging and how
the process would evolve over the years!
Now that you are recognized by Millions of Thoughts, are you happy with it, or do you wish you could change it to something else?
I am
not sure that I am recognized by my blog name - but, it will be hard to
transition to a new name. Millions of Thoughts has been with me for so
long!
Now that my blog is more quilting focussed I would like to rename it eventually. I still love to dabble in quilt design and construction of simple, graphic quilts. But, I have this gnawing part of me that always needs to learn more. Recently, I've purchased a longarm quilting machine and am training to become a pro at it so that I can quilt for others. My new longarm quilting business will be called Urban QuiltWorks, so I'm sure that over time, I will transition my blog slowly to that name.
Andrea and Millie--I think they are both cute, don't you?
Thanks, Andrea! I hope you will all head over to her blog and say hi. Coming up:
Fiona from Celtic Thistle
Elizabeth from Occasional Piece-Quilt
Kelli from Seriously, I think it needs stitches
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March 27, 2013 at 8:05 AM
Andrea's was one of the first quilt blogs I started following...and I still do!
Beautiful quilts!! It's a great name, thanks for sharing the story!
Wow...what beautiful quilts. It was nice to meet Andrea.
Simple graphic quilts are really attractive. Love the name, I think it applies so well to quilting and creating.
I love your blog name and the story behind it! I can totally relate to having millions of thoughts going through my head, and needing to write them down to get them out.
So nice to meet Andrea on your blog. I'm going to go visit her now!
Lovely to meet Andrea. Her quilts are gorgeous :)
Heh, love that she named her long-arm! Was all worried reading about Millie's arrival though, glad she survived!
You collect all my favourite people… :-) However, since I've been draughting off your blogroll for years, I shouldn't be too surprised. Haha!
Thanks for inviting me to play... it was a lot of fun! :-)
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