LeatherQuilter Report post Posted February 1, 2020 (edited) Good morning! I live in the 4 Corners area, with a quilt store in Cortez, CO and another in Farmington, NM. I learned leather working in grade school and have done some, off and on, since then. I spent most of my life as a farrier and rancher, so being familiar with leather was a requirement, but I didn't regularly take time to do anything fancy with it. Usually just the basics to get by. I was just beginning to build my collection of stamps and other tools to do more when the ranch we were leasing, and fixing to buy, got sold out from under us. At the same time, my wife's boss, who owned the local quilt store, announced she was retiring and would close the quilt store unless we purchased it from her. The timing seemed perfect, so we purchased it instead of a ranch. Shortly after, I got introduced to the book "Quilted Leather" by Cathy Wiggins, and found my new passion. I now am working on getting handier with 'tooling' leather with a sewing machine by quilting it. Looking forward to learning more about leather work from all here, and sharing ideas about how to use thread to replace stamps and paints and dyes. I ought to add that I became a sewing machine technician when we purchased the store, so I have learned the ins and outs of how to repair and maintain machines. Of course, we are dealers of domestic machines, but they'll handle lighter weight leather with no problem (2mm thick easily), but mechanically there aren't any real significant differences. Edited February 1, 2020 by LeatherQuilter add info Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted February 1, 2020 quilting leather ? sounds very interesting. welcome and please show some of your leather quilting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheilajeanne Report post Posted February 1, 2020 Yes, would love to see pictures! I've never heard of this before! That's one thing I love about this hobby - I am always learning something new! Welcome to the board! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhale Report post Posted February 1, 2020 One of the best leather workers around who is also probably the premier leather tool maker lives in your area his name is Robert Beard, I believe he lives near Farmington, NM you might want to check out his line of tools and his work. Welcome to the forum! Sincerely Rodney Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
