Leinweber Studio is on a very short vacation but will reopen on December 7th. Thank you for visiting today!
They look so simple, plain and unassuming.
A square, at other times round, but usually padded thing, sometimes quilt-stitched, sometimes not; sometimes with hangers, sometimes not; sometimes thick and chunky, sometimes not so much.
They all call themselves "potholders", something to protect one's hands while handling hot pots and pans.
And there are more potholders, and makers of potholders, in the world than can be counted, so I thought I'd share all the steps that…
Ah, spring!
Ahhh, garden!!!!!
Yes, I once again have a garden; it's ridiculously small, but despite its size I've planted three tomatoes, two hot Thai peppers, a few zucchini, and two kinds of bush beans --- yellow wax and some pintos, the latter because the yellow wax are already coming up and a few of these didn't look so good, so, having some dried pintos in the cupboard, I decided to add these to the mix, just in case.
All of the above covers only about half of my…
After getting drawn into all sorts of other directions and neglecting this page for the past 3 years, I made a resolution to neglect it no more.
Part of its content will be drawn from my many decades' worth of experience in the sewing arts, much of which I used, and/or learned through trial and error, while running a successful alterations and custom sewing business. Other parts will be news from my online shops, and anything related to that which others might find interesting or…
Along with icy champagne popping at midnight and fresh hot posole the day after, for me the new year brought another new thing: it was launching this website, a brand-new online shop dedicated to truly handcrafted work, all done by myself in my studio in sunny New Mexico.
Here discerning shoppers will find unique sewn and other fiber art items, from kids’ apparel to tote bags, from pillow covers to potholders, from classy accessories to…
