Welcome to my stop on the 2013 Let's Get Acquainted New Blogger Blog Hop! I'm thrilled to be participating, and I strongly encourage you to check out the other participants - Beth has put together a great group. You can find the full schedule of participating bloggers here, or by clicking on the button above.
By way of introduction, my name is Adrianne, I'm in my late twenties, and I live in Wellington, New Zealand. As part of the hop, I thought I would share a bit of my quilting journey with you. I made my first quilt top over Christmas/New Year 2006/2007, just for fun, and my mum (who is also a quilter) quilted and bound it for me. I didn't know it then, but it was the start of my quilting obsession!
I took a break from quilting for a few years while I finished studying and started my legal career (yup, when I'm not quilting, I'm a lawyer). Then, in early 2011, I decided to make a quilt as a wedding present for one of my oldest friends. I had that (king-sized!) quilt long-arm quilted, but bound it myself. This quilt is made from left over blocks and fabric from that wedding quilt.
It's the first quilt I quilted myself, around the time I started this blog (nearly a year ago!). Since then, I've been quilting up a storm!
This is a selection of my recent-ish projects. I particularly love making quilts, and I branch out into pillows and mini-quilts sometimes. I've tried my hand at making zipper pouches and I'm steeling my nerves to try making a bag.
My absolute favourite part of quilting is picking the design and choosing fabric (some might argue that the evidence suggests my favourite part of quilting is buying fabric - but I'm not admitting anything like that!). I love designing my own quilts and blocks - I use Touchdraw for quilt and block designing. I've put together a few a few tutorials, and you can check them out on my tutorials page.
I do all my piecing and quilting on my little 25-year-old Bernina - I blogged all about my sewing machine here, if you are interested. I stand by my view that you don't need a big fancy machine to quilt (I bet it's nice though!).
My number one tip for new bloggers is to join flickr, and post your photos there as well as on your blog. I didn't really think people used flickr anymore, until I started blogging. But, it is alive and well, and the place where most online quilting bees and swap groups are located. I've had some amazing opportunities through flickr - including having one of my quilts in a real life magazine!
I'd love for you to join me on my quilting journey! You're welcome to become a follower, subscribe to my RSS feed, or follow my blog with bloglovin' or your favourite reader.
It's the first quilt I quilted myself, around the time I started this blog (nearly a year ago!). Since then, I've been quilting up a storm!
This is a selection of my recent-ish projects. I particularly love making quilts, and I branch out into pillows and mini-quilts sometimes. I've tried my hand at making zipper pouches and I'm steeling my nerves to try making a bag.
My absolute favourite part of quilting is picking the design and choosing fabric (some might argue that the evidence suggests my favourite part of quilting is buying fabric - but I'm not admitting anything like that!). I love designing my own quilts and blocks - I use Touchdraw for quilt and block designing. I've put together a few a few tutorials, and you can check them out on my tutorials page.
I do all my piecing and quilting on my little 25-year-old Bernina - I blogged all about my sewing machine here, if you are interested. I stand by my view that you don't need a big fancy machine to quilt (I bet it's nice though!).
My number one tip for new bloggers is to join flickr, and post your photos there as well as on your blog. I didn't really think people used flickr anymore, until I started blogging. But, it is alive and well, and the place where most online quilting bees and swap groups are located. I've had some amazing opportunities through flickr - including having one of my quilts in a real life magazine!
I'd love for you to join me on my quilting journey! You're welcome to become a follower, subscribe to my RSS feed, or follow my blog with bloglovin' or your favourite reader.
I've just recently passed a milestone in terms of blog followers, so I'm planning a celebration for next week. I haven't quite got all the details sorted, but the chances of it involving the chance to win fabric are very very high. Hope to see you there!
Now off with you to check out this week's participating bloggers:
Friday, June 14th
Now off with you to check out this week's participating bloggers:
Friday, June 14th
Julie
@ Jolie
Maxtin
Melissa
@ Melia Mae
Quilting
Adrianne @ On The Windy
Side <--- that's me!
Molli
@ Molli
Sparkles
Laura
@ Little And
Lots
Sarah
@ Duck Egg
Threads
Kelly
@ My Quilt
Infatuation
Cari
@ There's A
Thread
Valerie
@ Between
Quilts
