I sent you an email. Hope you got it!

Oh, what a delightful find! 🙂

I agree, it is sad to lose touch with friends after leaving the “big” platforms.

I HAVE heard of Locals (and follow a lady who is a huge fan of it) and am looking into how it can work for me and my business. Thanks for the additional thumbs up for it!

I deleted my FB profile a couple of years ago and Instagram last year and have never looked back. One downside is that you lose touch of all the wonderful makers on those platforms, especially since I don’t know anyone personally.

If you are thinking of becoming more active again on “social” platforms but not a big fan of the practices of the big silicon companies might I suggest an alternative – locals.com

You can either be a subscriber to a creator (like a patreon I think) or create your own community and write posts and share pictures with other people for free (like FB groups). There aren’t many sewing groups but the more people will try to find better alternatives to the silicon commies the more sewing communities might pop up there.

I would create such a group but I don’t know anyone who is interested in historical sewing and only one other person who occasionally sews modern clothes. So I am afraid that I am not the best person to start a group like that. However it might be a good option for you, if you are interested that is. 🙂

Hope that didn’t sounds like an add, just thought I’d mention it. Have a lovely day,
L.

Hi Anna,
Oh neat in working with Jennie!
I don’t know of any specific American West blogs. Buckaroo Bobbins sells specific patterns for Old West; I’d recommend contacting them for blog resources. Sorry I can’t be of more help! Best of luck.