| Description |
xi, 223 pages ; 24 cm |
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"Founder, Missouri Star Quilt Company"--Cover. |
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Includes recipes. |
| Summary |
Faith, family, hard work, and second chances are at the core of every great American story, and Jenny Doan's story is just that. In her new memoir, How to Stitch an American Dream, readers will discover the behind-the-scenes success story of the Missouri Star Quilt Company and Jenny's remarkable journey to overcome hardship, claim the abundance of family, and ignite the power of giving--all while revitalizing a small town along the way. Over the last decade, the Doan family business, the Missouri Star Quilt Company in tiny Hamilton, Missouri, has grown from Jenny's corner shop--with one quilting machine and two bolts of fabric for sale in the back--to become the largest supplier of pre-cut quilting fabric in the headquarters of Jenny's world-famous YouTube tutorial videos. Jenny is now giving her fans, the business world, and moms of all ages (and grandmas too!) what they've been asking for: the full story of her journey, from her humble beginnings as a homeschooling mom, to founding MSQC in her fifties, through the remarkable success and inspiration she's so well-known for today. |
| Contents |
Preface: A note from Jenny -- Old foundations & new pathways -- Breaking barriers & jumping in -- Love lessons & gratitude -- Second chances & soda fountain dreams -- Bacon fights & baby makes four -- People pears, prayers & possibilities -- Unexpected blessings -- Growing family in the salad bowl -- Not in the mother's handbook -- We're not in California anymore -- Farm friends & fishing poles -- A rural education -- Six quilts & a forever home -- What about the next fifty years? -- A (Missouri) star is born -- Casting bread upon the water -- Tiny squares & good friends -- Family first -- Eighteen-wheelers & hurricane love -- Mr. Jenny & trunk show tears -- Small town, big family -- Afterword -- Recipes. |
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Doan, Jenny.
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Missouri Star Quilt Company.
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Quilt dealers -- United States -- Biography.
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Quiltmakers -- United States -- Biography.
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Quilting shops -- Management -- Anecdotes.
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Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography.
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Businesswomen -- United States -- Biography.
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Women-owned business enterprises -- United States.
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Quilting -- United States.
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Entrepreneurship -- United States.
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Businesspeople. (OCoLC)fst00842980
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Businesswomen. (OCoLC)fst00843013
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Entrepreneurship. (OCoLC)fst00912787
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Quilt dealers. (OCoLC)fst01085783
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Quilting. (OCoLC)fst01085785
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Women-owned business enterprises. (OCoLC)fst01179163
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Dagostino, Mark, author.
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| ISBN |
9780785253037 (HC) |
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0785253033 (HC) |
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9780785253051 (ebook) |
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