Hello and thanks for reading!
Today my blog celebrates being one year old proving that it wasn’t just a seven day wonder and no-one is more surprised than me. It has been a wonderful year of learning new skills, making friends and (incredibly) creating an on-line presence!
Blogging
My first post was about my Lilou from Love at First Stitch – you can read that post here.
I have 90 followers – thank you so much if you are one of the 90! I have written 62 posts and usually post at the weekend. I still feel a bit underskilled in relation to blogging, for example, I can’t work out how to add an About Me page (although I thought I had written one during the original set up) and when I try to add a button to say I am joining in with something (e.g. OWOP) it is very hit and miss if it works. I am looking at giving my blog a bit of a facelift and to that end am considering having a customised blog heading designed – I just can’t decide what the image should be though. Any ideas?
My instagram was set up five weeks later and has 200 followers – I enjoy using instagram and only follow fellow sewistas. I am currently doing the daily sewphotoblog set up by House of Pinheiro which is a great way to find out what others are up to.
Sewing
I had been sewing for about four months before I started my blog. I have learned so far that there is much I have still to learn! I mostly enjoy the learning part but sometimes I’m quite impatient and get frustrated when things don’t go right first time. I have had some triumphs:
and some disasters:
but most of all I have had fun!
It has been great meeting people on line and in the next couple of weeks I am actually going to meet some of my on-line friends at Fabric Godmother.
The most exciting aspect of blogging for me this year was being voted as a finalist and then a winner during The Monthly Stitch Independent Pattern month – it was really wonderful to know that other sewistas had actually voted for my dress – a By Hand London Kim featuring Frida Kahlo.
In the coming year I hope to continue making clothes in fabulous prints, engage more with the on-line sewing community to gain inspiration from others and finally, get over my fear of the overlocker.
Toodle pip,
Clarinda x
Happy Blogaversary!! I really enjoy reading your posts and seeing your progress.
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Congratulations and Happy Blogversary!
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A slightly belated blogaversary! I’ve loved following you and look forward to see what you’ll be making in the next year. No doubt there’ll be a sorbetto or 2! 😀
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Congratualtions on your first blog anniversary and i hope there will be many more such. I am impressed (and shamed) by all you have achieved in such a short space of time while I still tremble every time i pick up the scissors to cut. I hope to see you in the flesh at the Fabric Godmother and tell you in person how much I enjoy your blog.
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Happy blog birthday! You’ve had an amazing first year and it’s so nice to see your lovely lemon print Lilou again. Your 60’s coat is indeed a triumph, you should be so proud of your work on it, it’s beautiful. Here’s to the next year! x
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Happy blog birthday!
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Cool tie coming along there! Happy blog birthday, here’s to your next year being as successful as the last one.
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Happy first year. Loving following you K xXx
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Happy blogiversary! X
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Happy blogiversary!!! I love reading your blog and love everything you make.
xxx
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Happy first blog birthday!!
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Congratulations on your first year of blogging and all your sewing achievements. Here’s to many more.
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Happy blogeversary, you have achieved so much in the past year! I think your Frida dress is my favourite too. Looking forward to seeing what you do in your second year! X
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Yay, Happy Blogiversary! I really enjoy reading your blog. Congrats!!
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You are truly an inspiration with what you have achieved over just one year. Congratulations. Looking forward to another great year!
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Definitely didn’t realise you had been sewing for such a short while – your accomplishments are amazing and inspiring! Look forward to seeing more. Happy Birthday!
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Happy Blogiversary! Yours is an enjoyable blog that I look forward to reading! I didnt realise you (blog) were only one year – you write like a pro 😃. Heres to another fantastic sewing year!
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Happy Blog Birthday! I’m hoping to be at the Fabric Godmother too!
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Happy blogday!! Yours was one of the first blogs i read, i have loved following you over the past months and think you are a very talented sewista! I am hoping to come to the fabric godmother meet up in the morning and am sooooo excited to meet everyone!!
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What an uplifting post! I can’t believe that (a) we’ve had blog-birthdays so close together and that (b) you’d been seeing for such a short time before. Your Frida Khalo dress rocks! Happy blog birthday, sewista! How I wish I could come to the Fabric Godmother!
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Happy first blogging birthday! 🙂
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Happy 1st year blogging 🙂 you have accomplished so much and hope to see more of what you’ve been making 🙂
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