Winter Cottage Studio

My name is Terri Leamer and I’ve lived in rural areas of Pennsylvania my whole life. My handmade journey has been a lifelong process, from knitting skirts for my doll at the age of four to my current love of primitive rug hooking, cloth dolls and doll quilts. As a young girl I loved going to Saturday morning auctions with my dad admiring old things and in later years studying women's history through the handwork and textiles they left behind intrigued me even more. It’s the simple work done by hands out of necessity and love with a sweet quirky quality that tug at my heart. The worn out folds in cloth, a frayed pin prick, and a worn off doll’s cheek from long ago kisses, that I work hard to replicate in my stitched pieces. That same beautiful quirkiness found in antique hooked rugs is what endeared me to try my hand at rug hooking. The texture, the colors, and the utility of a simple rug keeps me picking up my hook, rug after rug. Small hooked works along with cloth dolls, doll quilts and primitive little pillows is what you can expect to see when you stop by my shop. If you like to hook rugs or know someone who does and would like to see my primitive rug hooking patterns, please check out my Etsy Shop.