< BACK TO QUILT Ritual Steel Ritual Steel is a group of practitioners who facilitate experiences which focus on education, connection, and energetic growth through piercing and other somatic rituals honoring and preserving the history of the Modern Primitives movement. 00191 Home: Las Vegas, Nevada USA Status: Active Founded: In 2017 by Duke Panel History: PENDING: In-Person at Leather Leadership Conference 2025 Links: Website - Fetlife Profile - Fetlife Group - Instagram Other Details: N/A Have details about this panel that are not listed? We need you! Email the Historian . Previous Next

< BACK TO QUILT House of Kush The House of Kush is an international leather association founded by Domina Atua and Xan. We are a BIPOC and Women Majority Led Leather & Educational Organization founded on principles of loyalty, integrity, open hearted and nurturing service, with a commitment to ethical practices. With the collective effort of its House members and in-service members, HoK is committed to cannabis education, safe consumption, explicit prior permission, consensual application, and current practices. HOK acknowledges the medicinal and recreational benefits of cannabis: promoting safe, enthusiastic consensual consumption, overall. Our mission, beyond cannakink and kink education and safety practices, is to advocate for those incarcerated for cannabis-related crimes and suffering the consequences of a legal system woefully behind its recreational laws. We aim to preserve Leather legacy and rebellion through the advocacy of justice and cannabis for change. Patch Made by: Shane Hutchinson Patch Designed by: Domina Atua Patch Approved by: House of Kush Current HoK Members (5/2/2023): Domina Atua (HoH), Nunca Naughty, Mr. Butterscotch, Akashic Eden, Daesha Darling, Mia Sparkles, ApolloBound, Greystein, and Bougie Princess 00190 Home: San Francisco, California USA Status: Active Founded: In 2021 Panel History: Added in-person at South Plains Leatherfest in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, March 23, 2024. Links: Fetlife Profile - Fetlife Group Domina Atua (HoH) , Nunca Naughty , Mr. Butterscotch , Akashic Eden , Daesha Darling , Mia Sparkles , ApolloBound , Greystein , and Bougie Princess Shane Hutchinson Other Details: N/A Have details about this panel that are not listed? We need you! Email the Historian . Previous Next

< BACK TO QUILT Wildfyre House This is the House of Sir_Wildfyre. This new sigil recognizes Sir_Wildfyre's Poly and Pansexual Leather family. We have been regular attendees at MsC since about 2015 and have been active in the DC area and MAsT DC Pan during the same period. Preceding that we were active in alternative sexuality and power exchange communities in NM and TX. The family has evolved over time but is thoroughly committed to the normalization of consensual alternative relational, sexual and power exchange dynamics. 00174 Home: Sterling, Virginia USA Status: Active Founded: N/A Panel History: Master/slave Conference 2022 Links: Sir_Wildfyre Fetlife Profile Other Details: N/A Have details about this panel that are not listed? We need you! Email the Historian . Previous Next

< BACK TO QUILT Society of Janus The Society of Janus is a San Francisco-based support and education organization for people interested in learning about BDSM. We provide an opportunity to meet others with similar interests in a safe, relaxed atmosphere with only one cardinal rule: All BDSM activities can and should be safe, consensual, and non-exploitative. We are a pansexual organization, open to persons of all genders, sexual orientations (straight/gay/bisexual/etc.) and roles (top/dom/switch/bottom/slave/etc.). Our members range from inexperienced newcomers to “SM veterans” with years of kink experience. The Society of Janus also provides a chance to get involved with the greater SF Bay Area BDSM community. The Society of Janus is the second oldest BDSM group in the U.S. (TES in New York City, founded in 1971, being the oldest). 00030 Home: San Francisco, California USA Status: Active Founded: In August 1974 by Cynthia Slater and Larry Olsen Panel History: Added on July 20, 2019 at the Society of Janus 45th Anniversary Party in San Francisco, California USA. Links: Website - Society of Janus: 25 Years (a history) Other Details: N/A Have details about this panel that are not listed? We need you! Email the Historian . Previous Next

< BACK TO QUILT House of Alt Collective MrEccentric founded this group and after gathering what I felt we strong folks in Leather, we established officially this group 2016 as our group attended Kinkfest in Portland, Oregon. This House of Alt Collective is a Leather Educational House and leather family bring education to our local community as well as helping support the surrounding community through fundraising. 00188 Home: Boise, Idaho USA Status: Active Founded: In 2016 by MrEccentric Panel History: Added in-person at South Plains Leatherfest in Dallas, Texas USA on March 23, 2023. Links: Fetlife Group - Fetlife Profile MrEccentric (Founder) Other Details: N/A Have details about this panel that are not listed? We need you! Email the Historian . Previous Next

< BACK TO QUILT SELF SouthEast LeatherFest SELF is an educational, fundraising, and social convention that supports lifestyles and relationships of consenting adults. We are four days of exploration, invigoration, and conversation. We are a domestic non-profit. SELF is a four-day event where differing communities attend and generate something more than our individual selves or communities. SELF provides a space to explore and strengthen your sense of many communities. We engage in alternative relationships, are LGBTQIA+, allies, advocates, and people pursuing free expression of our identities as individuals and within our relationships. 00014 Home: Atlanta, Georgia USA Status: Active Founded: N/A Panel History: N/A Links: Website - Facebook - Fetlife Profile - Fetlife Group - Twitter Other Details: N/A Have details about this panel that are not listed? We need you! Email the Historian . Previous Next

< BACK TO QUILT Teach Cloiche Teach Cloiche, (Pronounced, talc clo) is Gaelic for "House of Stone". They are a Female Dominant led Leather House founded in 2017. The primary founder and head of the House is -Celtic- and co-founded by her two pets, pit_for_her and b_wylde. They currently have five members. The tenants of their House are Honesty, Integrity and open communication. They are currently working hard to open a new space for the community in North Carolina with a focus on education. 00265 Home: Gibsonville, North Carolina USA Status: Active Founded: In 2017 by -Celtic-, pit_for_her and b_wylde Panel History: Added in-person on June 13, 2025 at SouthEast LeatherFest 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia Links: Fetlife Profile Other Details: N/A Have details about this panel that are not listed? We need you! Email the Historian . Previous Next

< BACK TO QUILT House of T.S.T The House of T.S.T prides itself on serving the community and has made strides towards educating the community by educating ourselves 1st. The House Crest was established based on the resurrection of the House of TST after many years of soul searching, redirection, education and Self-Acceptance. Today the House of TST proudly displays the Phoenix Crest that represents the rising of a Leather House and it also serves as a reminder of valuable lessons learned through adversity that led to great growth. Shoulder to Shoulder and Hyde to Hyde we stand in the community in support of unity and acceptance of a nonjudgmental lifestyle. Origins: The House of T.S.T was established in June 2016 as a D/s dynamic that evolved into a 24/7 M/s dynamic led by Sir Daniel. Sir Daniel is also CEO of Tender Strokes Toys which was established in 2013 as an Alternative Lifestyle Custom made BDSM Furniture and Toy Company. 00134 Home: Baltimore, Maryland USA Status: Active Founded: The House of T.S.T was established in June 2016 as a D/s dynamic that evolved into a 24/7 M/s dynamic led by Sir Daniel. Panel History: N/A Links: Fetlife Other Details: Have details about this panel that are not listed? We need you! Email the Historian . Previous Next

< BACK TO QUILT House of Dark Matter House of Dark Matter Where Shadows Shape Reality “In the darkness, W/we discover light.” Step into the darkness, where brilliance begins. The House of Dark Matter is not merely a name—it is a living ritual, a sanctuary for Masters and slaves who seek depth, meaning, and transformation. O/our Leather House honors human life, celebrates African heritage, embraces body awareness, and nurtures wellness as sacred acts. "Every time you want to move into ritual, you need to recognize that there's a whole spirit world around you, there is the animal world, the trees, and so forth..." These words from The Spirit of Intimacy echo through O/our protocols and actions, reminding us that every gesture, every breath, is part of a greater cosmic dance. Born as House of Black Sun in November 2023, we grew and evolved. Through deep reflection, challenges, service, and personal growth, the vision for O/our House was honed. In September 2025 Master Nwachi made a decision to change our name to House of Dark Matter to more deeply reflect that bold vision. O/our roots germinated from the seed of The House of Valor and NC Master. From Washington, DC, O/our leadership radiates outward, shaping communities we touch through service, including service to SELF and the Science of BDSM. O/our members are published authors, CFOs, and those who seek excellence through T/their Mastery and slavehood. Here, in O/our House, power exchange is art. Ritual is language. And every connection is a constellation in the vast universe of intimacy. The House of Dark Matter is where shadows speak and spirits rise. 00284 Home: Washington, D.C. USA Status: Active Founded: Founded by Doctor Nwachi Pressley-Tafari in November 2023 Panel History: Added in-person on Friday, April 10, 2026 at South East LeatherFest in Atlanta, Georgia Links: Other Details: Have details about this panel that are not listed? We need you! Email the Historian . Previous Next

< BACK TO QUILT Council of Elders In response to the specious assertions made in an infamous book the fictional Council of Elders was created as a good natured humorous response. Leather/Kink has always been somewhat anarchistic and as sexual rebels the idea of a governing council was ludicrous, yet it persists in fictional accounts. The council pins and colors are worn by hundreds of leatherfolk who when asked about it's meaning will refuse to answer. The colors, pin and the sacred FEZ are enshrined in the Leather Archives and Museum along with this story. To fully understand the idea simply look at the first letters of our motto, “Brotherhood - Solidarity”. 00211 Home: USA Status: Active Founded: Not Applicable Panel History: Added by Hardy Haberman in-person at South Plains Leatherfest - Dallas, Texas on Friday, March 22, 2024. Links: Additional Context for The Council of Elders read The Council of Elders and Other Jokes by Hardy Haberman 'Fetlife' Other Details: Hardy Haberman adding the Council of Elders panel to the Leather Quilt at South Plains Leather Fest 2024. Have details about this panel that are not listed? We need you! Email the Historian . Previous Next

< BACK TO QUILT House of Sinful Pleasures N/A 00167 Home: Fort Lupton, Colorado USA Status: Inactive Founded: N/A Panel History: N/A Links: Fetlife Other Details: Have details about this panel that are not listed? We need you! Email the Historian . Previous Next

< BACK TO QUILT The Holding at Joyous Reach The Holding at Joyous Reach is a real world, full time, pansexual Master/slave household. The values of Honesty, Integrity, Loyalty and Trust are key to our continued success, and we honor leather traditions as taught to us by our mentors. Medieval guild structures, influenced by the Rule of St. Benedict form the basic household structure. There are three levels within our household organization: Apprentice, Journeyman, and Senior, which equate to the trade guild model of apprentice, journeyman and master. These levels apply to both Masters and slaves, with advancement based on an evaluation of the individual by themselves, their peers, and the Senior Masters and slaves of the household. In addition to their level, members of the household may be either in residence or ex residence. To become a member in residence requires a unanimous vote of all members currently in residence. The final category of household membership is associate membership. Associate members include probationary members being considered for full membership, those being mentored by the household, and those invited to become honorary household members in recognition of their contributions to our community. 00149 Home: Hampton Roads, Virginia USA Status: N/A Founded: N/A Panel History: N/A Links: Website Other Details: N/A Have details about this panel that are not listed? We need you! Email the Historian . Previous Next