I.am.over.Facebook {pages, that is}. Can I just tell you how discouraging it is to post something and then sit and watch as no one comments. No one *likes*. And Facebook is so nice that they tell you how many people your post is “reaching”. I would almost rather they keep that to themselves!! Applique Cafe has more than 38,000 fans. That is a lot, don’t get me wrong. Howevah… 240 people may actually see a post. While that is a lot too, 240 out of 38,000 is nothing to get too excited over. So….. I have been contemplating an Applique Cafe GROUP for some time, and finally took the plunge last night.

My reservations….

Who needs another group to keep up with? Does anyone even care what I am posting about? Is Applique Cafe even relevant in the world of embroidery or applique anymore? How will I monitor a page AND a group, approve people, post stuff, etc.? I don’t want to overload or overwhelm anyone with Applique Cafe *stuff*……

Lots of questions I’ve been asking myself, but finally decided last night to just DO IT. People don’t HAVE to join. They can leave the group if I bore them to death. I can do it!!

Friends of Applique Cafe is now an official group, and I’ve been approving folks all day long which is exciting! 288 people in 18 hours isn’t too bad.

Please feel free to join us too! By the way, as I was debating and contemplating this last night, I looked up several synonyms for “friend” and “group”… family, crowd, gang, bunch, posse, network. I hope the new {GROUP} is all of these things. I am still keeping the Facebook Page, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Blog, etc. but hopefully with one more avenue to share stuff, I can reach more of my people.

A lot of applique website owners have “staff”. I have no staff other than Jeff and he’s not even on Facebook. Bear with me! Or is it bare with me….