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Posted by dyanallaire@sympatico.ca on October 7, 2009, 11:54 am
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> Hi Gang!
> I guess everyone has witnessed the tremendous drop in postings in this gr=
oup
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> and other groups.
> Not too long ago I used to download between 400 and 500 posts a day.
> I didn't read or respond to all the posts but they were at my ISP for the
> asking.
> These days I'm lucky if there are 50 to 80 posts a day. The groups are st=
ill
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> there but the chatter is gone.
> I don't think people spending their time on witter, twitter, facebook, et=
c
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> is the problem!
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Hi Fred,
It's true, where does the time go?
This group used to be soooooooo busy. Check back and see that there
were almost 7,000 members in 1999-2000 when I first started. This
group was the catalyst to my career as a needlework designer. ( I'm
still trying to figure out how I got to the section that listed
messages from back then) I was shocked to see the numbers. Only
about 1200 members now.
This group was frequented by almost all the designers and there was
LOTS of interaction to keep the gang interested. Designers used to
post free designs, new releases and lots of projects that would keep
stitchers interacting. Great designers like Marilyn from Lavender and
Lace and Teresa Wentzler (my mentors) were great inspirations to me
and offered me great counsel to many questions. We didn't get the
nasty posts that we should not be posting here because we are only out
to drum up business.
Unfortunately, this is no longer the case. I try and generate
interest in ALL my groups. Not always well received by some though.
Some members here feel that I am just looking out for myself and
posting to get sales.
Realisticially! I'm not an idiot. Why would a designer who can't
earn a living at designing want to keep designing? Yes, of course
sales are what pays the bills. But trust me it is most certainly not
the little bit of sales that I generate from posting in my groups that
keeps my company afloat.
I am trying to keep stitching and participating in groups fun, fun fun
and on a more personal level. Where has the fun we used to have in
groups gone. I love to offer free patterns, or host stitch alongs
and more fun stuff. Life is too short. Let's have fun stitching and
enjoy the hobby we share such a passion for.
You all know that even major chain stores don't carry needlework
supplies anymore. We see brick and mortar shops closing and online
shopping jump in numbers. More kit buying because supplies are not as
highly available. Times are changing.
We realize that it's all well and good to give away free designs but
we also expect that the stitchers will like what we offer and want to
add our designs to their stash. Otherwise we wouldn't stay in
business. Many of the needlework companies are trying to keep the
craft alive. Trying to find ways to get young people interested in
stitching.
I don't care who's designs you buy, but ultimately the only one who
can keep this industry alive is YOU the stitcher.
I for one, am going to continue to advertise the free projects that we
host to keep the stitchers interested in our products. I will
continue to annouce our new releases and I will continue to produce a
newsletter that we hope will keep the stitchers anxious to see what we
will have for them the following month. It's like having a great
stitching magazine that you can't wait for it to arrive every month.
I can be great fun to join in with others to stitch projects.
It's not always about money! For me it's nice to have the
interaction with others who love to stitch. I too love to stitch you
know! The only time I get to design small projects are the ones that
we give out. Otherwise our projects are fair sized. I enjoy seeing
how I can finish it so that it's different, cute and practical. A
person only has so much wall space they want to hang their needlework
on. I think it's a nice change to stitch something that you can give
away as a gift. or use for something else than adorning your walls.
Whether this group can ever be was it was?? Who knows!
I take it one day at a time and I just do what I love every day. I
see life just racing by and I want to take full advantage of all I can
before my train gets to the end of the track.
Dyan
Kustom Krafts Inc.
www.kustomkrafts.com
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>I guess everyone has witnessed the tremendous drop in postings in this group
>and other groups.
>Not too long ago I used to download between 400 and 500 posts a day.
>I didn't read or respond to all the posts but they were at my ISP for the
>asking.
>These days I'm lucky if there are 50 to 80 posts a day. The groups are still
>there but the chatter is gone.
>I don't think people spending their time on witter, twitter, facebook, etc
>is the problem!
>I think there is something else that has gone haywire!!!
>We are still trying to do the all things in our everyday lives that we have
>always done but we are coming up short.
>I know that I am.
>I haven't added a whole lot of new tasks to my schedule so I started
>wondering what was going wrong.
>I know I haven't slowed down so following has to be the answer!!!!
>....and if you think that global warming was an issue you ain't see nothing
>yet - this is even worse!!
>Since my daily tasks and hours to do them have stayed pretty well the same
>the only other explanation is that something/someone in our universe has
>manipulated the way we sense/tell time!!
>We think that we still have 24 hours in a day in which to live our lives but
>it is a falsehood.
>We only have about 18 hours. Somebody made off with the rest.
>The darn clocks still show that there is 24 hours to a day but they are
>running slow!!
>That has to be mind boggling!!
>Whatever/whoever loused up the time was so thorough that the atomic clocks
>appear to be running slow as well.
>Who would ever have thought that we would only have 18 hours of actual time
>in a 24 hour period.
>Here we have our planet making a complete rotation every 18 hours but the
>clocks are indicating that it took 24.
>I suspect that it is going to take a while before technology catches up with
>the phenomena and someone produces a clock that registers a true 18 hours or
>so instead of the old 24.
>Geeesh - Where, oh where has my stitching time gone???
>Fred
>http://www.stitchaway.com
>If nothing changes, nothing changes.
>Don't back stitch to email, just stitchit.