{"id":27595,"date":"2015-05-09T05:33:59","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T12:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=27595"},"modified":"2016-05-23T11:33:18","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T18:33:18","slug":"10-years-of-artquiltmaker-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/10-years-of-artquiltmaker-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Years of Artquiltmaker Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, today is my 10 year Blogiversary. Appropriately I am at a Quilt Retreat. I’ll pick up any gifts when I return. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Have you been with me the whole time?<\/p>\n

I started Artquiltmaker Blog because I had hit a big milestone and I wanted to start something new and send my life in a new direction and practice writing. My first post<\/a> was not stellar. I remember being distinctly uncomfortable and not knowing what to write. I got better though and even later in May 2005, I was posting real content. Short, not every day, but real content.<\/p>\n

At the end of 2008 I moved the blog over to WordPress.<\/p>\n

In 2008 and 2009, I started trying to post every day. I worked my way up to posting on that schedule, which I do now except in extraordinary circumstances. Life happens<\/a> sometimes.<\/p>\n

Somewhere in there, I did the Block-a-Long<\/a>, which was fun, but not very popular. I am also doing the Creative Prompt Project<\/a>, which will be ending when I get to #365. I still have to think of something special for that one! Having a once a week post that I don’t have to think up helps a lot in getting something posted every day.<\/p>\n

This forum has helped me to move forward in my work. I have enjoyed seeing comments from people, getting to different quiltmakers via Instagram and Twitter and even meeting a few in person<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I really enjoyed looking through the photos below to pick the ones I wanted to add to the gallery of the last 10 years worth of my work. I was pleased to add a few pre-blog photos, so you get more of an idea of my work during my quiltmaking career.<\/p>\n