Sheila, how did you choose the name for your blog?
My
blog name is basically cribbed from my eBay user name. I used to use
eBay lots and when I first registered, I dutifully followed their
suggestions for choosing a user name. Start with favourite colour - must
have been blue back then, and then a hobby
plus number. So blue patch was born. When
I started my blog a couple of years ago, I confess I wasn't all that
sure what a blog was all
about. I teach quilting locally and have an "off season" from April
through August so I thought it might be a way of staying connected to my
students. Many of them do indeed follow me but as I got more into my
blogging I discovered a whole other community out there.
Were there other names you considered, and can you share any of them with us?
There
really weren't any that I considered, I don't think I laboured too much
over the choice, probably just as well, not sure I could have come up
with anything as clever as some that I follow now and I might have
chickened out altogether.
Now that you are
recognized by Bluepatch Quilter, are you happy with it, or do you wish you could change it to something else?
I'm
ok with my name, I could argue that my favourite colour for the last
few years has been chartreuse so really glad it wasn't when I set up on
eBay........chartreusequilter is a mouthful isn't it?
As
my blog grew, I plugged it more in my classes and then to give the
classes more of an identity I call them bluepatch quilters. There are
other groups using the same premises that I do, also sewing, so I feel
my classes are becoming more recognised by their name.
I also use it for my etsy shop - bluepatch quilts'n'things although not much has happened there.
Thanks, Sheila! I hope you will head over to Bluepatch Quilter and say hi.
Your work is beautiful! I'd love to hear more about how you learned to quilt so well and what not!
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http://sewmuchtosay.blogspot.com
Sheila has such beautiful makes!
ReplyDeleteI think I speak for all us UK quilters when I say yes come and visit us soon, we'd love it!!
Hi Sheila! *Waves from up the road*
ReplyDeleteAren't the hexies amazing!
ReplyDeleteThanks Cindy and Sheila! I do love the Name Game!!
ReplyDeleteThanks again Cindy for having me play the game.x
ReplyDeleteI love Sheila and all that she makes!
ReplyDeleteP.S. Yes, Cindy, please come and visit! And bring Deborah with you!
Lovely to meet Sheila and see all those beautiful makes! And I agree with the other UK quilters - Cindy come and visit us!
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