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Making the Move

I've been having a lot of problems with Tumblr, and now they've been sold again I expect there will be more. I've never had these issues with Blogger, so over the next couple months I'm going to move all my content from there to here before I delete my blog.

This version of Valerean will just be for online friends, and I'm going to try to keep it private without making it members-only. So (if you don't mind) please don't link to it or pass around the URL.

Yesterday I got my mom's birthday quilt batted, backed and pinned and started hand quilting it. I went with a white-on-white tonal fabric for the backing, and I'm quilting it with plain white thread. I'll use the extra yard of colorful fabric Jen sent me to make the binding.

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nightsmusic said…
Very pretty! I like the bright colors. She'll love it.

And I'm glad you're back on blogger. The only reason I signed up for a tumblr account was so I could follow you. I've never really cared for their format so this move is a good thing ;)

Welcome back! :D
August 16, 2019 at 3:43 AM
the author said…
Thank you, ma'am. I'm hoping the colors help cheer up Mom; she always gets blue during the colder months.

I'm very glad to be done with Tumblr, and sorry for putting you through that. I thought it would be a nice change, but it ended up being the opposite.
August 17, 2019 at 6:36 AM
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