Sunday, 17 February 2013

Map the Sewintists goes live!


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I had a brain wave yesterday morning while I was supposed to be herding kids out to the car for a road trip to Ontario:  how can sewing and crafty people find each other IRL and never miss another meetup?

I quickly slapped together that post, and thanks to Shannon for pointing me in the right direction, and to Gillian for being my first tester, we're ready to go live!

Here's how to participate:

Open this link to get to Map the Sewintists
Click on the red Edit button on the left
Click on the blue pin on the upper left of the map
Click on your location to drop the pin
A box will open that will allow you to add your name or blog URL in rich text
Save et voilà! 
**********update from users:  it appears that you cannot pin if you are using a mobile device / tablet; also, you may need to use Firefox since other browsers may not work; finally, you must be signed into your google account.  If worse comes to worst and you can't pin after trying all this, just comment below with your location and info you want to include, and I'll pin you!

I would strongly advise people to only pin their general location or closest city, since we don`t want creepers peeping in our windows while we sew in our unders, do we?

Gillian and I have also added some fabric shopping locations around the world, so please share your collective wisdom!  I'm going to start spreading the word online.  If you like the idea, please reblog so that we can get the word out to everyone who feels isolated from the "cool kids" in NYC and London  ;)

Hopefully this will develop into a useful resource for all of us around the world.


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120 comments:

  1. Alyssa17 February 2013 at 08:59

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  2. Anonymous17 February 2013 at 10:20

    Love the idea :) and have placed my little marker.

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  3. Shannon17 February 2013 at 10:22

    Done! Very cool idea.

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  4. Andrea17 February 2013 at 10:32

    I've been reading your blog for about a month, but first time comenting. This is brilliant! Thanks so much for putting the effort into creating this fabulous resource.

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    1. Andrea17 February 2013 at 10:43

      P.S. Would you mind if we post about the map on our own blogs to help spread the word?

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    2. Another Sewing Scientist17 February 2013 at 10:56

      Yes yes yes! Please do! I don't have many followers, so the more people that reblog / retweet / retell the faster we can fill up the map!

      (On the map, you can click the link button and copy and paste the html for the map, customize it's look, and embed in your blog.)

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    3. Another Sewing Scientist17 February 2013 at 11:02

      *its

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  5. Toby Wollin17 February 2013 at 11:53

    Sigh - I think I screwed up your map, I'm afraid - I tried to put my marker in where I am (close to Binghamton, NY) and it ended up in the Atlantic Ocean. And I don't know how to fix it. Sorry. :(

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    1. Another Sewing Scientist17 February 2013 at 11:56

      Just click on edit again, then choose the errant pin and click it. It then opens up the box and gives you the chance to move or delete the pin. Thanks for participating!

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    2. Toby Wollin17 February 2013 at 14:52

      Got it!! Thanks.

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    3. Julie5 August 2013 at 10:31

      I'm joining this conversation late but I rather like the idea of a sewist at sea, Toby!

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  6. Jenny17 February 2013 at 12:02

    Great idea! I'll add my general location and then reblog :)

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  7. Jenny17 February 2013 at 12:07

    I can't see the edit button??

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    1. Another Sewing Scientist17 February 2013 at 12:13

      On the left hand section, scroll all the way to the top and it's above the title "Map the Sewintists" in a red box.

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    2. Johanna17 February 2013 at 15:05

      Ahh, I was having this problem too. You have to make sure you're signed into your Google account or it won't show up. Great idea by the way! I'm going to add myself now! :)

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    3. Jenny17 February 2013 at 21:15

      oh thanks! I wasn't signed in. :)

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  8. Kay17 February 2013 at 12:10

    Done! :) Thanks for the great idea.

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  9. saro17 February 2013 at 12:45

    Great idea! I just added mine

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  10. Unknown17 February 2013 at 12:56

    Done. Great idea, thanks

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  11. Nikki17 February 2013 at 13:59

    Oh what a fab idea. We shall be well away now. Well done for getting this started.

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  12. Macska17 February 2013 at 15:32

    Brilliant idea! Love it. :-)

    (Also, for those having trouble finding the 'edit' button - I couldn't get it showing up while using Chrome, but it showed fine in Firefox. Ahhh, technology. So great when it works. So confusing when it doesn't for no particular reason.)

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  13. Heather17 February 2013 at 16:20

    What a great idea! I pinned myself. As I said, I'm not going to hold my breath about finding many others, but maybe this will help find other Yukon sewists! And it could be great for getting fabric shopping advice or meeting up with others when travelling. :)

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  14. Meigan17 February 2013 at 18:33

    Great idea! Thanks so much for putting this together. I am on the MAP!!

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  15. Anonymous17 February 2013 at 19:29

    What a terrific idea!! Nicely done.

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  16. Reethi17 February 2013 at 19:52

    How very useful!

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  17. Anonymous18 February 2013 at 03:30

    Great idea! Done!

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  18. CarmencitaB18 February 2013 at 06:05

    I'm in! Great idea!

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  19. soisewedthis18 February 2013 at 13:01

    very cool, i just added myself =)

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  20. Anonymous18 February 2013 at 14:21

    Is there a badge for this?

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    1. Another Sewing Scientist18 February 2013 at 14:33

      No, but I want to do one. Haven't done it before (and I'm at work now), so I'll tackle it tonight. Thanks!

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    2. Maggie19 February 2013 at 18:12

      I agree, a badge would be great! This is so fantastic, thank you so much for this!

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  21. Alessa18 February 2013 at 16:26

    Awesome! :)

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  22. KC18 February 2013 at 19:55

    Pinned and reblogged! Thanks for doing this!

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    1. Far18 February 2013 at 20:14

      Read about this from KC's blogpost :) Great idea!

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  23. rainjerette18 February 2013 at 23:00

    Pinned! Thank you!

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  24. Rachel19 February 2013 at 02:22

    This is such an awesome idea! I've added myself and some local fabric stores. I wasn't sure what to put my location as, so put my pin in the city centre even though that's not actually where I am :)

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  25. WeLoveSewing19 February 2013 at 02:28

    Great idea! I have already started adding in all my favorite (and even not so favorite) fabric stores here in Manila, Philippines where I live.

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    1. Another Sewing Scientist19 February 2013 at 15:26

      Thank you so much - I was wondering who it was that had the inside track on such good Asian fabric markets!

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  26. LyndaSewing.blogspot.com19 February 2013 at 13:18

    Please add me too. I'm in Suisun City, CA Solano County.
    Thanks!
    http://lyndasewing.blogspot.com/

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    1. Another Sewing Scientist19 February 2013 at 15:29

      I just pinned you as "Lynda Sewing". Is there anything else you'd like to add?

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    2. LyndaSewing.blogspot.com19 February 2013 at 21:36

      That's fine thanks. I hadn't seen you before, but I'll be following you now.

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  27. Claire (aka Seemane)19 February 2013 at 13:36

    Yay - I added myself this morning :) I re-blogged about it here too: http://sew-incidentally.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/lets-get-happy-to-get-map-py.html

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  28. Meg the Grand19 February 2013 at 15:24

    I am mapped! And I mapped my favorite fabric store. Come visit me and I will take you to the craziest warehouse full of fabric that you have ever seen.

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    1. Another Sewing Scientist19 February 2013 at 15:34

      I'm going to be in Chicago next week.....for 30 minutes, at O'Hare with two kids in tow on the way to Florida. Boo. :P Next time for sure!

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  29. marcy harriell | oonaballoona19 February 2013 at 15:25

    geez that was hard! what is up with these non playing browsers?! i had to resort to safari, and that worked... will reblog this week, this is SUCH a cool idea.

    and now you've got me wanting a bunsen burner.

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    1. Another Sewing Scientist19 February 2013 at 15:36

      You can never hope to be a mad scientist without a burner!

      (I've been trying to manipulate the map on my phone, and it truly is a PITA. Deviate in the slightest and you end up pinning yourself in the middle of the arctic ocean)

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  30. Unknown19 February 2013 at 15:30

    Good idea! But sad that no one else is in my area... hopefully someone will pop up!

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  31. Miss Crayola Creepy19 February 2013 at 15:38

    So rad! I added myself :) Thanks for putting this together!

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  32. Andi19 February 2013 at 16:10

    This is so awesome! Pinned and shared :)

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  33. House of Pinheiro19 February 2013 at 16:22

    Coolest idea ever x

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  34. Pam Erny19 February 2013 at 17:08

    Cool! What a great idea!

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  35. Merche Martinez19 February 2013 at 17:19

    Hello! This is a great idea! Do you mind if I post about it to let Spanish speaking people know about it?

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    1. Another Sewing Scientist19 February 2013 at 18:33

      Please do! We are a little too heavily weighted in NA and English speaking EU. Lets get some diversity.

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  36. Cation Designs19 February 2013 at 17:43

    Absolutely brilliant! Will reblog as soon as I can! Thank you so much for putting this together.

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  37. Unknown19 February 2013 at 18:13

    Brillant idea:) Thanks so much

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    1. Unknown19 February 2013 at 18:27

      Also is it just me or do the people only show up when you change the pages.. everyone is split over page numbers? Does this make any sense? haha

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    2. Another Sewing Scientist19 February 2013 at 18:36

      Yes, I didn't expect that, but it appears that 100 pins is the max; then it creates a second page. It's kind of a PITA, but I have no idea if it can be modified. Help anyone?

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  38. Loran19 February 2013 at 21:56

    Holy moley...I crashed the computer doing this : ) I apologize if I left flags everywhere. This is terribly cool!

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  39. Pam19 February 2013 at 22:05

    I love it - and had no problem pinning! Pam from pammieandtheps in Ventura, CA!

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  40. Sew Hopeful19 February 2013 at 22:17

    I'm always on my mobile so can't pin from there. Would love it if you could pin me for Sydney Australia - Janelle aka Sew Hopeful from sewhopefull.blogspot.com.au. And this is a brilliant idea. Thanks!

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    1. Another Sewing Scientist20 February 2013 at 09:34

      Done! Rest assured, I'll eventually get around to cleaning up the map of errant pins and figure out how to merge the growing number of pages into one.

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  41. Carolyn20 February 2013 at 02:45

    I pinned and re-blogged! Thanks so much for a cool and fun initiative :)

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  42. SewLittleToSay20 February 2013 at 06:30

    Thank you for introducing me to a new word. I shall now think of myself as sewintist rather than a sewist or sew-er.

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  43. Becky20 February 2013 at 08:25

    This is such a great idea-- I put mine on, and am anxiously waiting to see if there's anyone else in my entire state who sews!

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  44. Summer Flies20 February 2013 at 08:50

    Hi this is such a great idea.... I have already found a blogger I didn't know about close by! I would like to get on but cannot get the edit button or do anything. Could you please put me on Brisbane/east side at Balmoral (Australia) and my blog name is www.sewdarntired.blogspot.com........ thanks!

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    1. Another Sewing Scientist20 February 2013 at 09:30

      Pinned! Welcome to the chaotic map. I'm going to work on streamlining it when I get some free time.

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    2. Summer Flies21 February 2013 at 22:08

      Thank you... what a wonderful idea.... free time... great concept!

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  45. Sandy20 February 2013 at 11:12

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  46. Alicia20 February 2013 at 12:16

    I'm not sure if I am technically inept or what, but I cannot get this to work for the life of me! (Or at least not to save anything once I put it on there?) I'm in Madison, WI and my blog URL is sewingforreallife.blogspot.com. Silly computer! :(

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  47. Scruffybadger20 February 2013 at 14:14

    For some reason I was also inept when I tried to do this the other day, but bingo! It worked today - great idea. (I think being logged in to Google was the key difference ;-) )

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  48. Katherine @ WeSewRetro20 February 2013 at 14:14

    Marvelous idea! Just put myself on there to make Southern Indiana look slightly less like a wasteland.

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  49. Sharon Kwilter20 February 2013 at 15:36

    I tried to put my little marker; neither Safari or Firefox would work. I'd love to be included. I'm Sharon and I'm in Portland, Oregon 97232.

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    1. Another Sewing Scientist20 February 2013 at 16:33

      Are you signed into Google? That seems to be the problem for most people. If it still isn't working, I'll check back tonight and pin you.

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    2. Another Sewing Scientist21 February 2013 at 09:40

      Pinned.

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  50. Faye Lewis20 February 2013 at 19:34

    I've tried to enter myself on the map several times and cannot figure it out.
    Would you please enter me???
    Faye Lewis
    Warner Robins, Georgia
    fayessewingadventure.blogspot.com
    Many thanks!!!

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  51. Carlee20 February 2013 at 21:28

    This is AWESOME!

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  52. Katie21 February 2013 at 03:57

    What a great idea! I'm on a mobile device so I can't do it myself -- would love it if you'd add me. Katie in Overland Park, KS, and my blog is www.creativecounselor.wordpress.com.

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  53. ShanniLoves21 February 2013 at 11:18

    Wow great idea! So glad I found your blog!

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  54. The Reckless Needle21 February 2013 at 18:46

    This is such a great idea, thank you so much for doing this!! I'm honoured to call myself a Sewintist!
    By the way, if anyone is confused I tried to pin myself and couldn't see my pin and thought that it hadn't worked... it took me a while to realise that my pin was on the third page.
    (I've 'reblogged' it here: http://therecklessneedle.blogspot.ie/2013/02/im-sewintist.html)

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  55. Dora22 February 2013 at 04:07

    Brilliant idea! Added my pin plus found another sewster in Tel Aviv. Weirdly, I can see her pin in the embedded map above but not in the full map page, and yes, I tried all 3 pages :-\ Anyway, very glad to be a part of this :)

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  56. Anonymous22 February 2013 at 06:24

    You are a genious! That's great!

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  57. abailey22 February 2013 at 10:28

    This is a great idea! I cannot see a red icon in the corner when I go to the page though...

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    1. Another Sewing Scientist22 February 2013 at 11:22

      I would try all the things listed above in the instructions and *updates from readers sections. Try different browsers; make sure you're logged into google; check if there is a small arrow button on the left hand side that will open the editing column when clicked. If still nothing works, then post your info here and I'll add you!

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  58. Adrienne22 February 2013 at 10:33

    Thanks for starting this project Vicki! It's SUCH a brilliant idea. Almost surprising no one ever thought of it before!! See you tomorrow (eeeeh)!

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  59. Anonymous22 February 2013 at 16:25

    Added myself! It's so funny I found this post, actually, because a friend and I are trying to start a sewing community website for meetups and such.. if you'd like to check it out: http://www.unitedfashionsewers.com

    There's not much on it at the moment, but hopefully it picks up! ;)

    Have a great weekend!

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  60. Kazz22 February 2013 at 16:52

    Awesome idea Vicki, I'll reblog tomorrow.

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  61. Unknown22 February 2013 at 17:38

    First time I read the post I thought it was for bloggers only. Nice that all us audience members are counted. Do for me as I always read my blogs on my tablet: Dhahran, saudia arabia. Thanks.

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    1. Another Sewing Scientist23 February 2013 at 13:27

      I hope I pinned the correct place - I couldn't find a match in google search with the same spelling. Let me know if it's in the wrong location, or if you'd like to add any extra info.

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  62. abailey22 February 2013 at 17:41

    This is such a fabulous idea! I would love it if you could add me. I have tried several times and it is not working for me. I live on the north shore of long island and my my blog is http://imsewingagain.blogspot.com/. ( I just started my blog)

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    1. Another Sewing Scientist23 February 2013 at 13:18

      Just went to add your pin, but I see you're already there. Welcome!

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  63. Anonymous22 February 2013 at 18:39

    Brilliant! I'm on the map!

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  64. Anneke22 February 2013 at 18:45

    I've pinned myself a few times now but it keeps disappearing... Same with others it seems (the last time I checked all the Belgian pins had disappeared). I save it every time and then it's gone again. Could you add me? I live in Antwerp, Belgium and my blog is called Annette Tirette (http://annettetirette.blogspot.be)

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    1. Another Sewing Scientist22 February 2013 at 19:49

      As I said above, there are so many pins that google has made 4 pages of maps to accommodate all of us. You'll have to check each page until I get the code sorted. I know some people are confused, so I typed the info on the map description as well.

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    2. Another Sewing Scientist23 February 2013 at 13:20

      I see you're there now. Welcome!

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    3. Anneke24 February 2013 at 05:21

      Thanks, I finally got it!

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  65. Sewing Sveta22 February 2013 at 19:33

    First from Russia%-O

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  66. Rebecca @ Herons Crafts23 February 2013 at 02:32

    This is brilliant! Thanks for creating this - its fabulous!

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  67. Anonymous23 February 2013 at 08:58

    Amazing - this is exactly what we need. Thanks so much. I've re-blogged about it and now just need other people to join in Wales x http://dreamingofavonlea.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/map-the-sewintists/

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  68. The Reckless Needle24 February 2013 at 17:17

    Great stuff, thank you for doing this - it's fab! I've pinned myself and my favourite Dublin fabric shop and blogged about it!

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    1. Róisín2 April 2013 at 19:15

      I'm on the map too. Simple but wonderful idea. Was great to discover a fellow Irelander.
      Cheekily - or helpfully, I hope you'll think - I removed some "Placemark 201's". Some of them were in the sea, some were next to another pin, but even so it's not enough information to just have a placemark or pin - we want to know *who* the sewintists are (even if just by a code name!
      Wouldn't it be nice to be able to differentiate between shops and people/bloggers/sewintists? I volunteer to change the shop pins and to update a little note in the directions. If you wish, let me know.
      Re the pages thing, don't know at this point how to solve that problem. I'll sleep on it!
      Yours, hopefully helpfully, Róisín

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  69. EmSewCrazy24 February 2013 at 20:46

    I've tried to add myself twice and my pin isn't showing up. I also noticed the only other blogger in SD is gone too. What has gone wrong?

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    1. EmSewCrazy24 February 2013 at 20:49

      Sorry, just read on someone else's blog that we have pages of pins now. Mine is on a different page.

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  70. Tracy Revalee25 February 2013 at 07:13

    What a hoot! But I got stuck at signing in at Google. Would you pin me? I'm in Liberty, Indiana, USA, zip 47353. Love your site and I'm following.

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  71. The Wardrobe Project25 February 2013 at 10:34

    What an amazing idea!Just pinned myself!

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  72. Unknown25 February 2013 at 13:23

    I'm on there - the first person in my entire country. Well. it is a very small country. Sewing happily and alone in the Cayman Islands.... Deby at So Sew Easy. www.so-sew-easy.com

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  73. Meredith28 February 2013 at 14:22

    I added myself, too! This is a great idea, because I've always wondered if there are any other sewers/knitters/sewing-knitting-bloggers in my area. Not yet, apparently!

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  74. Anonymous11 March 2013 at 12:05

    Done, what a great idea. I will blog about this later and try and fill the UK with a few more pins!

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  75. Anonymous11 March 2013 at 16:20

    What a brainwave! :D

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  76. Unknown15 March 2013 at 20:44

    Added my marker. Thanks for doing this! I hope more DC Metro people will add markers. I'd love to meet up with them.

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  77. Tanya24 March 2013 at 10:22

    I have a very old computer and was unable to pin myself, I would really appreciate if you could pin Tanya @ sewsassyagain.blogspot.com, Cincinnati, OH

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  78. Unknown7 April 2013 at 07:32

    this is amazing! thank you so much!!!!

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  79. Anonymous11 April 2013 at 16:38

    This is extremely cool!!!! I'll be making a post about it on my blog in the near future

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  80. Jodi Wade12 May 2013 at 13:01

    This really is a great idea!

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  81. The Long & Winding Bobbin9 September 2013 at 05:05

    Such a great idea! consider me pinned!
    Thanks for sharing :-)

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  82. moove over24 September 2013 at 06:25

    Great Idea, I have pinned myself

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