Your feet are a very important part of your body. If your feet are causing problems, you can experience problems elsewhere in your body, such as your legs, your kneees, your hips and even your back. So, there’s no doubt as to why shoe manufacturers and those interested in feet are constantly working to find the perfect pair of shoes. And one company – and its products’ devotees – believe they’ve found the perfect shoe: the FiveFingers shoes.

Image: Vibram U.S.A.

The underlying belief behind the shoes is “barefoot is best.” This seems to make sense because humans were barefoot for a …read more

Silly Poll
Once in awhile we need some levity, something to make us consider, something that may not have anything to do with quilting at all…or maybe it does.
Do you quilt with your shoes on or barefoot?  With slippers or sandals?  In your boots, if it’s cold weather?
Because our floors are cool in winter, I generally keep my shoes or slippers on that time of years.  As a child, I ran barefoot indoors and out during the summer.  But in winter the floors in our old farmhouse were frigid in winter.
Nowadays, I’ll generally wear sandals in summer.
My daughter frequently goes …read more