Robyn Shapiro
@the_strawberry_thief
How did your quilting journey begin?
My first memory is sitting on my Ouma’s lap in front of the sewing machine. Ouma was a very talented dressmaker, and my Granny was an extraordinary embroiderer and sewer, so I was surrounded by a family of makers.
I started stitching pieces of fabric together at a really young age, before I was six. I would use the machine or hand stitch fabrics together to make bedding for my dolls … I didn’t know at that point that it was called patchwork — I
