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How it all began...

Deb and the Girls

What do emus and quilting have in common?  In 1996 I moved to Quitman, TX with the intent to raise emus.  Instead I opened Stitchin’ Heaven Quilt Shop.  I had a vision – a premier quilt shop appealing to ladies who loved to quilt and sew that offered the very best fabrics and supplies.  I was quite the topic of conversation in Quitman when I opened this venture in a city with a population of only 1895.  Most of the local residents did not know how the shop could survive and secretly whispered that I would be out of business within the year.

We did not go out of business.  Rather, we were voted one of the Top Ten Quilt Shops in North America by American Patchwork & Quilting only 3 years later.  We grew from 1000 square feet to 7200 square feet in our Quitman store. We have registered over 16,000 customers on our in-store mailing list and over 12,000 registered Internet customers.  We offer the most beautiful fabrics in the marketplace today and host world renowned teachers including names like

Eleanor Burns, Marianne Fons, John Flynn, Marti Michell, Billie Lauder, Debbie Caffrey, Judy Neimeyer,  Becky Goldsmith and a host of others.  We built the Bunkhouse – a 2200 square foot log cabin designed especially for small group quilting retreats.  We host Camp Quilt S’more where over 40 ladies can spend the weekend laughing, eating, and (oh yes) sewing!  And, we support Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Children’s Miracle Foundation, the Hainesville Volunteer Fire Department, Project Linus, the American Cancer Society, the Quitman Pilot Club and many other charitable organizations.  

But, our business is not just about beautiful fabric and sewing machines and scissors.  Our business is about people.  It is about customer evangelists– people who meet others and tell them about this wonderful quilt shop in Quitman.  It is about developing friendships like the ones we developed with Barbara Johnson and Beverly Wheeless and Sharon Newman  before they left us to go to an even grander heaven!  Our job is about inspiration, and belonging, and providing encouragement and applause. 

The emus never made it to Quitman but quilting did.  And it is there to stay!  

Take a look at my sewing room...