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A bag full of leather scraps

In my town, straight down the road from our house, there’s a small shoemaker’s shop still in business. It has a charmingly decorated store front with huge Monstera plants and a bit of the shoemaker’s equipment on display. It’s just like a time capsule – a man still making a living from creating custom shoes by hand. I know, I…

straight line quilting patterns

Let me start with a confession: I’m afraid of free motion quilting and I feel lost without my walking foot! The sheer thought of having to guide the fabric sandwich all.by.myself ruins the experience and result of free motion quilting for me. The few times I dipped my toes into it, I quickly found myself…