Getting to know … KRISTIN ESSER

I live in Southern California. My sewing space is our formal dining room. I sew on the dining-room table and I need to clear off my sewing machine and cutting mat three or four times a year, when we eat in that room. I’ve slowly taken over more and more space there, adding a couple of bookshelves to hold my fabric and thread and starting a mini quilt gallery on the wall. It’s far from an ideal space, but it has good lighting, and I’m grateful for a space where I can leave my projects out and just sit