So, last year at Market a pretty blonde woman walked into my booth. She had peaceful, grounded energy. She was all smiles. She liked my stuff. And she lingered. We chatted and chatted and liked each other. Eventually, she pulled out her card. It said Camp Follower Bags & Quilts. I looked at it and looked back at her: “you’re Camp Follower Bags?…(tears squeezing from my eyes)… I love you!” Then it became a whole lovefest in the booth as I showered her with compliments. The sewing/crafty/blogging world is pretty small and so of course I had seen her work before. For Camp Follower, she cuts up “your hero’s military uniform” to create custom bags and quilts. It is special, honorific, sacred work she does. It is big-picture sewing. It comes from her heart and the stories of each piece are so touching. Now she is working under her other blog monniker, Tia Curtis Quilts, and doing amazing custom work and quilting. (Tia is an incredible and fast custom quilter if you need anything quilted.) read more