Once upon a time a carpenter and a teacher built a fabric shop.

What would it be like to own a fabric shop? Could we ever do that? It would be so cool to do that. But it will probably never happen. Until it did. Two summers ago for Christina’s birthday, we went on a long weekend fabric shop tour in Northern KY and into Cincinnati. We visited 4 or 5 different shops and we instantly fell in love with the uniqueness of each one of the shops. Sure, they all sold fabric and they all had Long Arm Quilting Services but every one of the shops had a very distinct and charming personality all to their own. We had a great weekend taking in all the sights and drooling over all the pretty things.

Fast forward about a year and a half and the “silly dream” has become a reality and now we have our very own shop with its own unique personality. Ken is still a carpenter but spends about half his time in the shop helping out with sales, inventory management and taking care of the long arm quilting. Christina left her teaching career after 12 years in the same school with preschoolers and Kindergarteners. Now she spends her days enjoying all her new sewing and quilting customers as well as doing lots of formal and casual alterations on people’s garments.

The journey has just begun and we are excited to see where it leads us. Won’t you follow along?