tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post8775504142498428600..comments2023-10-20T08:27:40.314-04:00Comments on male pattern boldness: So You Want to Write a Sewing Blog...Peter Lappinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109154527996679077noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-30729400938462837512013-02-12T22:10:40.185-05:002013-02-12T22:10:40.185-05:00Lucy looks adorable! And I agree with you about wr...Lucy looks adorable! And I agree with you about writing. That's why I love your blog.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15711792521348799922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-30434978139641933282013-01-17T22:10:34.733-05:002013-01-17T22:10:34.733-05:00Thanks, Peter! I've just recently started blog...Thanks, Peter! I've just recently started blogging myself, and while I could tell things were a little dry in my posts, you've sparked a few ideas on how to fix that :)<br /><br />I've been following along with quite a few of you for about a year, and am excited to officially be a 'part of the community' and hope to get to know you all a bit better!six and a quarterhttp://sixandaquarter.weebly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-20462037403212189592013-01-17T21:22:13.870-05:002013-01-17T21:22:13.870-05:00Great post Peter, and I agree with the commenter w...Great post Peter, and I agree with the commenter who said you have great readers. The comments are as good as the post!!a little sewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18086285440873869055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-55287128918690501982013-01-16T03:58:09.659-05:002013-01-16T03:58:09.659-05:00I've been reading your blog and others for the...I've been reading your blog and others for the last few years, and have thought about setting up my own sewing blog, to the point where I've set up the blog address. But I haven't started it up mainly for reasons taht are really ridiculous : I don't live in a glamorous city (I live in rural NSW, Australia), sew chic clothes (seriously, where would I wear them?) or am exceedingly young and attractive (although I aint too bad!). Having read this post and the comments, I might just jump in. I like your advice to keep it real. That's what I tell my kids after all - be true to yourself and you can't go wrong.Paolahttp://www.lasartora.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-8429522767285164452013-01-15T20:20:31.403-05:002013-01-15T20:20:31.403-05:00I thought you hadn't forgiven me for not sewin...I thought you hadn't forgiven me for not sewing that men's tracksuit!Peter Lappinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109154527996679077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-18447178374693992682013-01-15T20:15:17.229-05:002013-01-15T20:15:17.229-05:00This is a great post, Peter! I have been reading y...This is a great post, Peter! I have been reading your blog since Gertie announced it on her site, and even if I don't comment often, I have been reading along happily. So whatever you have been doing, keep it up! :)Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028414273977350224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-84473863949011211672013-01-15T19:54:55.126-05:002013-01-15T19:54:55.126-05:00I don't have a sewing blog. I have a sewing m...I don't have a sewing blog. I have a sewing machine obsession blog. I love it. I love to write it and I love to read it. It is FUN !!! I like to let others know about old sewing machines, how to fix them and how to use them. But honestly? It's all about me entertaining my readers.... I take LOTS of photos and photoshop them to make them more meaningful. All in all, the only reason I blog is because it is fun for me....Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285943308096103980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-15431073808243132013-01-15T16:40:32.965-05:002013-01-15T16:40:32.965-05:00I only recently pulled my sewing blog from my pers...I only recently pulled my sewing blog from my personal blog that I've had for over 10 years, and I find myself asking myself if the random sewing thoughts are "blog worthy", which is silly because the main reason for the sewing blog is to connect with people that are as excited as I am about sewing (and fabrics and patterns and everything that goes along with it).<br />I think I sometimes feel a little out of my league as a blog newbie among wonderful blogs like yours , Gertie's, LLadybird's, and others, so I am going to try to take your "don't compare" advice to heart.<br /><br />In terms of blogs I love, I like to read about people's processes- the pattern they decided to make, the fabric they chose to work with, what they had trouble with and how they overcame it. I learn SO much reading this type of post, and even though I haven't been sewing very long, that's the sort of thing I try to share in my blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-83013865569994476342013-01-15T14:26:20.365-05:002013-01-15T14:26:20.365-05:00Thank you for this post, Peter. As a novice blogg...Thank you for this post, Peter. As a novice blogger, these types of tips are really great for me. I love your blog!oldjovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07466998093720695837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-44311687655069406082013-01-15T12:59:08.000-05:002013-01-15T12:59:08.000-05:00You have THE BEST readers ever, Peter! I have been...You have THE BEST readers ever, Peter! I have been a blog reader for many years, and don't know if I have ever seen such an engaged and thoughtful group of readers. Kudos to you, and your readers for creating such a wonderful community. I only discovered you last week, and I am hooked!! xoxoCindinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-80200626993848686772013-01-15T12:21:31.695-05:002013-01-15T12:21:31.695-05:00I completely agree about honesty in blogging. If ...I completely agree about honesty in blogging. If the blogger feels a passion about the subject matter, it comes across. There is no sense in trying to please the audience without pleasing yourself first. As your example of Marlene vs Ginger, the writing appealed to you, a little tweak is enough to draw the reader in.Seraphinalinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12706215125457113080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-50441206586006687282013-01-15T12:00:28.048-05:002013-01-15T12:00:28.048-05:00Oh, Peter, I've been shyly lurking in your del... Oh, Peter, I've been shyly lurking in your delightful garden of the blogosphere since my daughter sent me to you in search of Cathy. <br /> My own blog is like the Seinfeld show in that is it "not really about anything", except of course it's not a tenth so amusing. I blog simply to keep my far-flung grown-up children up-to-date on life here in the valley in the middle of nowhere. A blog is thriftier than messaging them pictures of everything that goes on here.<br /><br /> I have four readers, and gave birth to three of them, which is a very slow way to build a readership. Works fine for me.<br /> <br /> Here's what I like about MPB:<br /><br />1-The title is clever and engaging.<br /><br />2-You sew. I mean, you actually SEW. There are "sewing bloggers" out there who really only buy skirts from the thrift store, shorten them ten inches, and post them as "Look I made another new outfit." To my mind shortening 50 skirts a year doth not a sewing blog make.<br /><br /> I started sewing at age 4 when I got my first Barbie (ponytail, black and white striped swimsuit, straight smooth legs....yep I'm that old.) I am not a brilliant sewer, I'm a sewer who is always interested in learning more. I love that your sewing projects are actual sewing start-to-finish. I love it that you tackle things you don't know how to do instead of playing it easy and doing the same thing over and over.<br /><br />3-I adore Cathy. One of my dilemmas as a child was that when Ken wore Barbie's royal blue velvet Guinevere dress with the satin lined sleeves he always had to keep his back to the wall like Jo March because the dress wouldn't snap up the back over his broad and manly shoulders. When I get my pattern altering skills up to speed I will satisfy my inner child by drafting him some dresses that fit his figure properly. Cathy inspires me that it can be done.<br /><br />4-I like the blend of wit and affection in your writing.<br /> I like it that you live in NYC but you aren't angry at the world. (We wholesome mid-westerners get bored with the whole angry city dweller persona.) I love the way you march out your front door looking for good things and invariably find them, then return and report them to us. It's like your a spy for the good side!<br /><br /> Thank you for brightening this corner of the world!<br /><br />Rapunzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18381797135241461102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-7121135229067689312013-01-15T10:11:18.018-05:002013-01-15T10:11:18.018-05:00I love bloggers. I'm lazy and realize that a s...I love bloggers. I'm lazy and realize that a successful blog takes work! So what do I look for in the blogs I follow? Like-ability, relatability, amusement and a little education and inspiration. You fit all categories admirably.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04785495876492830220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-66066875351458473332013-01-15T09:20:11.680-05:002013-01-15T09:20:11.680-05:00Thank you, Paula. That's very sweet.Thank you, Paula. That's very sweet.Peter Lappinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109154527996679077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-4097085167971382952013-01-15T08:03:15.137-05:002013-01-15T08:03:15.137-05:00Good post. Blogging is really a job you must enjoy...Good post. Blogging is really a job you must enjoy for free whether it's 10 followers or 10,000. Get it out and post it :-)<br />I'm still figuring out how this blogging world works. <br /><br /><br />NEC<br />(a man who sews in BK, NY)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-32156068890566777872013-01-15T07:05:48.648-05:002013-01-15T07:05:48.648-05:00As usual and always a great post.
I have had a b...As usual and always a great post. <br /><br />I have had a blog for just barely over a year, I started it in order to encourage me to sew more, and it has worked, though not as much as I had hoped for. The fact that I have people who actually read my poor excuse for a sewing blog always amazes me, and I am truly grateful for each and everyone that does. <br /><br />What I look for in a sewing blog is:<br /><br />-make it clean, I really don't like a lot of clutter, like backgrounds and borders all over the place<br /><br />-humour, if you are the best sewist in the world and have the best tutorials ever, I won't read your blog unless you amuse me<br /><br />-silence, there are some bloggers out there who assault my eardrums with music they have embedded on their blogs, they get deleted from my bloglovin feed immediately<br /><br />Those are the things that can make me read or not, but then there are the things one can't define, I just have to feel a connection with the writer.<br /><br />Forgive me if this doesn't make sense, it is the middle of the night where I am 8-).<br />ElleChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16656569539140359204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-52425481668899665732013-01-15T04:59:34.411-05:002013-01-15T04:59:34.411-05:00Oops! My reply was meant for Beth McKinley. I ha...Oops! My reply was meant for Beth McKinley. I have not yet figured out how to direct a reply. Annushkanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-47111647505640758272013-01-15T04:53:41.234-05:002013-01-15T04:53:41.234-05:00I am a mediocre typist who seldom has access to a ...I am a mediocre typist who seldom has access to a nearby helper. My method for proofreading my own stuff is to wait until I no longer remember word for word what I have written. Otherwise I will be "reading" what I intended rather than what I actually typed and will not see my typos. Annushkanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-18092068678795035222013-01-15T04:53:21.143-05:002013-01-15T04:53:21.143-05:00I love, love, love this post and agree with everyt...I love, love, love this post and agree with everything you say - particularly about keeping things positive. My personal rule of blogging is that I never write anything that I wouldn't be comfortable with a friend's child reading. For me, this refers to attitude as well as content. So I don't have any serious swearing, no bigotry or prejudice (as if! ever!), definitely no bad moods or strops, and a general rule of 'If you don't have anything good to say...'. I hope this doesn't make my blog saccharine - I don't think it does - but if you're setting out on the joyful blogging path, it may be worth thinking what your parameters are. (And don't get me wrong - I love some of the bloggers who have very different approaches to me! I relish Lladybird's fruity language!) I also agree with your comment that the regular blogging compulsion may verge on the unhealthy! But I love writing, so just try and stop me. Thank you for this great post.didyoumakethathttp://didyoumakethat.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-91698111214953697022013-01-15T03:58:25.742-05:002013-01-15T03:58:25.742-05:00Given that your blog is one of the few that I'...Given that your blog is one of the few that I've followed from day 1 (day 1 of my discovering sewing blogs, that is), your advices are precious. <br /><br />I started a blog because I'm passionate about sewing and wanted to "talk" about it - but everybody I know find all this boring. Foolish people! I mean, since when are welted pockets boring ? And don't get me started on bagging a lining. Pure genius. There clearly should be a Nobel prize for garment sewing. <br />I don't have much reader, but I love writing so it doesn't really matter. <br /><br />Anyway, except for the pics part (I hate hate hate taking pictures of myself, and no way I'm going to do that outside! I feel stupid enough as is), I can't wait to have time again to sew and blog. <br /><br />In the mean time, I read yours :)Rosehttp://rosemiracles.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-85549602467145882152013-01-15T01:42:14.541-05:002013-01-15T01:42:14.541-05:00Agree totally. I do not blog because I have caregi...Agree totally. I do not blog because I have caregiver responsibilities, but to be able to read interesting blogs about my favorite hobby is a great escape for me when I have to sit nearby and just be there. Yours is so interesting, I just have to check in to see what everyone says. In other words you make my day and you inspire what happens in my sewing room. thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-37589180414643279662013-01-15T00:53:52.505-05:002013-01-15T00:53:52.505-05:00Fascinating stuff. I don't really think about...Fascinating stuff. I don't really think about blogging (it's just one more thing I do), and stopping to consider it on its own is food for thought indeed. <br /><br />I have decided it's a kind of discipline, with the payoff for the hard days (what on earth can I write about? Whose birthday is it? Is there some old photo around I can riff on?) being the days when it all just falls into place, I can rant about something I find intersting or amusing or annoying, and I wake up the next morning and there are funny, insightful comments waiting.<br /><br />Over the past few years I've really come to appreciate the community of bloggers I've gotten in touch with (starting with the fabulous Thombeau, of Fabulon, Chateau Thombeau, Form is Void, and Redundant Variety Show fame - he really set a high bar for all of us gay/general interest/artsy-snarky bloggers), and it's icing on the cake that there seem to be a fair number of other readers who breeze through, some of whom comment and become part of the larger community (as you've done, Peter) and some of whom remain aloof.<br /><br />The best special-purpose blogs (like yours) write interestingly enough about their subject that even someone not necessarily a participant (I haven't sewed in 20 years) still finds it compelling. I hope that something of the same is true of my own blog - that even if one weren't obsessed by old movies, minor royalties, and odd travel, there might still be something there to appeal...Muscatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-26081884555294941722013-01-14T23:14:22.503-05:002013-01-14T23:14:22.503-05:00I find that blogs I like to read, whether they'...I find that blogs I like to read, whether they're sewing, knitting, etc., tend to blend their personal lives with the craft that their blog is about. It's nice for a blogger to share things from their personal life and not keep the blog strictly about their craft. I think it helps the reader feel more "in touch" with the blogger. You have a great blog here and there is not a day that goes by that I don't stop by to see what you've posted. As a newbie seamster, I'm in awe of how far you've come in such a short time. Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16723220174936493204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-69175205344978599452013-01-14T23:01:26.790-05:002013-01-14T23:01:26.790-05:00Peter,
Thank you for creating this wonderful plac...Peter,<br /><br />Thank you for creating this wonderful place.Testosteronenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-83483603186370613962013-01-14T22:56:27.902-05:002013-01-14T22:56:27.902-05:00I don't blog, but I absolutely do love reading...I don't blog, but I absolutely do love reading blogs. I like the ones where I can learn something. However, I must admit, if I want to know how to do something I watch You Tube. I have found for me that there is where I find all the techniques, skills etc I need to sew and knit. Blogs I like because people share their lives with you, their passions, their knowledge and they also have such great photographs. There is no way I could blog. What I would have to say would bore people into a coma. I really appreciate your blog. It has everything, comedy, drama, fashion, advice, education, you, and of course Cathy's lovely photographs.Josettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17470039217443534947noreply@blogger.com