Elizabeth and I started our friendship the way so many quilting friendships have begun in this age of technology--through blogging. She sent me some selvages, and included some special French fabric. I thought that was so thoughtful of her, so in turn I made her a pincushion from her French selvages. And our friendship grew from there. Now I've even stayed in her home and have actually been able to touch many of the quilts pictured this week.
Not only that, but she is a member of the Mid Century Modern bee and designed our fabulous logo:
How did you choose the name for your blog?
The
name started about when I was attending the University of
California-Riverside as an undergrad in Creative Writing (I was a
returning student, so it wasn't THAT long ago). I'd just bought a copy
of MSWord and in the registration they asked for my company name. I
thought about this. I like to write, I like to take photographs, I like
to quilt. I don't do any of them for money, for a job, so I would have
to say that I did them occasionally. So. . . piecing for a quilt, a
piece of art (photograph) and a written piece--it all added up to
OccasionalPiece for my fake company name. I set up a blog, grabbed the
email from Google and I wrote on that initial blog, including all my
quilting and photography.
Somewhere along the line, I split off the quilting
so that people who were interested in that wouldn't have to wade through
all the rest of my stuff, so then it became OccasionalPiece--Quilt.
But. . . too many people didn't want to type that
all out, so I shortened it to OPQuilt.com. Whenever it's typed in, it
mirrors over to my Wordpress blog.
Were there other names you considered, and can you share any of them with us?
See above.
Now that you are recognized by your blog name, are you happy with it, or do you wish you could change it to something else?
I
still quilt occasionally, write occasionally and take photos whenever I
can. So, the name still fits, I think. When I made the switch to this
site, I transferred over my quilting blog posts, so this blog has
quilting dating back about five years. Somewhere along the line I got
the bright idea to catalogue all my quilts--they totalled well over a
100, so that's what the 100 Quilts list is about on the blog. Now I'm
working on 200 Quilts, but have just started.
Thanks for
inviting me to your Name Game, as I love reading about all the blogs and
have started following a few that you've hosted. Of course, we all
know that YOURS is the best ever. (Note: Elizabeth is too flattering....)
Want to hear something exciting? Elizabeth came up with a great little giveaway from each of us. She picked up these cute buttons at a quilt show. Each button will also come with a little bundle of fabric. Elizabeth already has her bundles put together and they are really cute. Mine will be a surprise at this point--both to the winners and to me--we'll see what comes together as I reorganize some of my stash. Leave your comments here and I'll choose two winners at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Elizabeth will be doing the same thing at her blog.
So head on over to OPQuilt and say hi to Elizabeth, and spend some time not only looking at beautiful quilts, but also read some posts--she is a fabulous writer! Coming up:
Kelli--Seriously, I think it needs stitches
Heidi--Fabric Mutt
Nancy--Owen's Olivia
What an awesome giveaway! I cannot wait to get a stash that looks anything like the kinds you two must have!! :)
ReplyDeleteI agree, Elizabeth is a great writer! "Runs with Scissors"- a fabulous button- thanks for hosting this special giveaway!
ReplyDeleteThe pins are adorable, thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteI love how she came up with her "fake business" name! Neat!!
ReplyDeleteHow fabulous! The quilts are amazing. Cute badges, love that 'hot stuff!'
ReplyDeleteThose buttons are adorable!
ReplyDeleteFabulous quilts!
ReplyDeleteGreat giveway - count me in please!
Hi Cindy. So nice to be able to get to know another bee member a little better. Lovely quilts she has. The buttons are fun!
ReplyDeleteSo fun to get to know more about Elizabeth. Thanks Cindy!
ReplyDeleteI follow Elizabeth and have enjoyed reading more about her. Thanks so much for all of the wonderful past pieces photos. Love them!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great blog post! Its nice to know more about bloggers you follow...plus a name is so important!
ReplyDeletethose pins are fabulous! thanks for the giveaway! :)
ReplyDeleteOHHHH---fabric---give away!! FIrst time to a give-a-way, count me in! Thanks again for the "name game". Enjoy it always. VP
ReplyDeleteWish I could come up w/a catchy name for my blog. Mine's so boring I don't even go to it myself! Would love to win a pin and some fabric to pet. Thanks for the chance to win. I love Random Thursdays the best, especially if it includes pictures of the your grands...8-)
ReplyDeletexo Linda
What a great post and wonderful quilts. A giveaway is always nice!
ReplyDelete"runs with scissors" appeals to my rebel nature. Seems blogspot doesn't recognize email addies on wordpress. clairealex [at]gmail [dot] com
ReplyDeleteOh, her quilts are gorgeous! She is so talented, technologically too! runs with scissors...love that phrase! kind of snarky and cool ;-)
ReplyDeleteElizabeth is one talented quilter! Thanks for sharing. And those buttons are too cute!
ReplyDeleteThe pins are so fun. Thanks for sharing her quilts are beautiful
ReplyDeleteShawn
Adorable buttons!
ReplyDeleteLove learning more about my fellow bee member through this lovely highlight. And it's nice to see more of her work too. The thing about Elizabeth is she quilts way way more than occasionally. Puts me to shame.
ReplyDeleteI love those buttons!
ReplyDeleteThose are awesome buttons! Great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteOver 100 quilts?! I'm in awe!
ReplyDeleteI love the colours in those quilts! Just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteSometimes I am "Hot Stuff"...but I think that is the hormones speaking! Cute button giveaway following an awesome blog.
ReplyDeleteHow fun to learn more about Elizabeth! I love her quilts!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a special friendship. :0)
ReplyDeleteYour story touched my heart.
This is so fun! Thanks for the giveaway. I am working on my 5th quilt :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat fun quilts! I really like the English Garden. It's so different. Thank you for sharing Elizabeth, and thank you for the giveaway too.
ReplyDeleteLove those buttons. She seems awesome. Glad you two have connected.
ReplyDeleteThe buttons are hilarious, and Elizabeth sounds like such a fun friend! I'll be going over to her blog now, to get to know her a bit!
ReplyDeleteHahaha, great buttons!
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