Complex sentence: It was during this time Patti Steger experienced wearing mukluks, marveling at the warmth and comfort and learned to hand-sew mukluks and moccasins from the native women.
Split into simpler sentences: It was during this time Patti Steger experienced wearing mukluks, marveling at the warmth and comfort. She then learned to hand-sew mukluks and moccasins from the native women.