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    Old 05-18-2018, 05:07 PM
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    I know all these social media sites need a following.... honestly I read through the QB... and then Quiltville.... and then FB where I am a member of groups.... I usually only check up on 2.... but even at that... I thought I should/would do Instagram because family was doing it.... and then Pinterest.......but so far... I am fully booked brain wise on the places I have chosen.
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    Old 05-18-2018, 06:01 PM
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    I can't get the hang of it. It seems confusing to me.
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    Old 05-18-2018, 06:12 PM
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    Not a pinterest person; not a facebook person. I'm here; a couple of other odd sites. Between those and email, enough of my life is sucked out of me...don't need anything else to continue down the internet rabbit hole.
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    Old 05-19-2018, 03:22 AM
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    I was hooked at first...saved a bunch of stuff, emailed myself another bunch! But recently, not so much.....cluck on a site....all ads and clutter. Some are so old they really don't give much current info....and some no longer exist. I'm going less and less there....I really prefer YouTube for info.
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    Old 05-19-2018, 03:42 AM
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    Much, too much, junk to sift through. Promise of patterns or tutorials that do not materialize.
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    Old 05-19-2018, 05:55 AM
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    I like the ideas on Pinerest, BUT I hate when I can't find the pattern
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    Old 05-19-2018, 05:58 AM
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    Nope, I limit my computer time. I used to sit on it for hours reading blogs. Then my DB got ill and I was driving back and forth to the Indiana/Michigan border. He died and my heart was ripped in two. Afterward when I read about their lives, I wondered “who cares?” I have my own life to live and I’m not doing it while reading about theirs. Pinterest is full of stuff not even related to what I want and rarely can I actually find that free pattern they say is there.
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    Old 05-19-2018, 06:23 AM
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    Oh, so I am NOT the only person that can't find the 'free pattern'. Geez, sometimes I feel like a dog chasing a rabbit and never catching it. It is kind of like chasing your tail. Once in a great while, I catch it.
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    Old 05-19-2018, 08:51 AM
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    I, too, go to Pinterest too often and too long. One question I have is, why are there so many clothing pixs amidst the quilting sites. They are clothing sites I do look at, but why are they mixed in w/quilting. Whether it is FMQ, string quilts, applique, whatever, more clothing pixs. Anyone have an idea?
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    Old 05-20-2018, 03:34 AM
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    I must be the wild child. I love Pinterest. I have a lot of categories to put thing for later. My problem is that I see someone else's rendition of say Bonnie Hunter's Allitaire and I try to copy the colors (don't even know if that's legal) and I mess it up and get another UFO. Example is a purple and green example of Allitaire and there it sits. I do change it a little, just to fit my stash.
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