Sometimes, there will be "blog hops" that direct you around to explore different blogs. And I used to have links to quilt blog rings, where you could find lots of blogs. Let me see if I can find links...
http://quiltinggallery.com/quilting-bloggers/
http://alt-webring.com/cgi-bin/list....teid=joyceblog
http://alt-webring.com/cgi-bin/list....id=stashquilts
and
http://www.sewwequilt.com/