Missouri Star Quilt Company

Missouri Star Quilt Company is the largest quilt store in the world and ships fabric orders all around the globe. This family owned company is located in Hamilton, Missouri and has grown to its size thanks to not preparing for retirement. The company has an impact on many people and businesses in their community. The matriarch of the owning family, Jenny Doan, has grown into an internet star for her weekly quilting tutorials on YouTube.

Jenny and her family were living in California, where she was a costume designer at a theater. Her husband, Ron, worked as a machinist. Their family was happy until their neighborhood saw a spike in crime. A family friend informed the Doan’s of the small town of Hamilton, Missouri and this is where they relocated. With their move Jenny found work at social services and Ron found work as a machinist at The Kansas City Star (Bradley). The

Now "Galbraith manages the operation ... Nataline Earnheart runs the store; Ron keeps the quilting machines going, and Al Doan handles the technology side. Another son, Josh Doan produces the tutorials" (Bradley). In May of 2015 the company was planning to increase their number of store fronts (Morris). Also, they renovated another storefront into the "man's land" for the people not interested in the fabric. Many of the shoppers bring their husbands and they go right to this "man's land" (Morris). The family purchased many buildings that were vacant for over half a century and renovated all of them (Hall). In total the company has invested over one million dollars in these renovations (Hall). Missouri Star Quilt Co. has sixteen store fronts in Hamilton (Tupper). All of the buildings started out as fixer upper buildings. The company has a different shop for each theme of fabric (Hall). One store is kids and baby themed, one is petite, and so on (Hall). This makes it easier to find exactly what the shoppers are looking