OK, I know it's a fairly easy thing to do. But I'm a noob, so I was thrilled. So this guy brings in his daughter's shoes. The dog ate the insoles AND some of the blue padding. So I made a pattern with

Sorry. Couldn't resist. Last week's flummoxing repair job was this: A rabbit fur muff hand warmer had rotting seams. Initially, we thought I could just stitch it up, but it turns out the hide was rotting

Well, it took me the better part of a week to figure it out. It started out like this: I stupidly tried doing it at the front desk which meant that every time somebody came in or the phone rang, I'd have

Now, if I can only get the trapeze stitch right.....

I've been a print production artist/graphic designer-ish person for 20 years (most of it spent in NYC) and for some reason, I got it into my head that cobbling would be fun. I guess I got tired of sitting