I've been wanting to move my blog away from Blogspot for a while but could never be bothered to actually do it. This week was the tipping point though, and I've now fully migrated over to https://patsypoomakes.wordpress.com/ . The blogspot address will remain here but all new posts will only appear at https://patsypoomakes.wordpress.com/ . There are lots of reasons for the move but my biggest one is how hard Blogger has made it for people to subscribe to receive new posts via email. It's such a basic requirement but apparently, they think it's too much to offer. I'm basing this purely on how I myself prefer to consume this stuff. I can't be arsed with feed readers anymore and emails are easy and convenient. When I receive one, if I fancy reading it, I will click through to it and, if not, I'll just delete it. Another reason is the spat between Google (owners of Blogger) and Instagram/Facebook/Meta. I don't even know if this is still the case anymore ...
First of all, hello again! I hope everyone is doing as well as can be expected while we're powering through the increasingly hot garbage fire that is 2020 so far. Second of all, I'm not sure I still have the motivation to get this blog going again so this doesn't necessarily mean I am back, but I thought it was important that I write this blog post. Lastly, I will take no pleasure in writing this post but I have just finished making a pattern with my friend Mel, we've both had lots of issues with it and there is no sign of any of that anywhere that I could find. So I thought I should be honest about my experience and leave a searchable record of it on the internet. The pattern in question is the Turia Dungarees by Pauline Alice. Before I get into all the problems I had with it, let me say that I still think it's cute. Mine ended up going to my daughter because it was very snug around my thighs and I knew I wouldn't wear it very much. That's on me though,...