How to Stitch an American Dream: A Story of Family, Faith and the Power of Giving

by Jenny Doan

Overview

Faith, family, hard work, and second chances are at the core of every great American story. Jenny Doan has one of those great American stories.

Over the last decade, the Doan family business has grown from Jenny's corner shop to become the largest supplier of pre-cut quilting fabric. In this memoir, Jenny reveals the full the behind-the-scenes story, from her humble beginnings as a homeschooling mom, to the remarkable success she's so well-known for today: the Missouri Star Quilt Company.

In her heart-warming style, she invites you on her remarkable journey to overcome hardship and ignite the power of giving—all while revitalizing a small town along the way. You're about to find out:

• How she and her husband, Ron, raised seven children on a shoestring budget—and had fun doing it.
• How Jenny, Ron and their children worked side-by-side to patch together a family home out of a crumbling shell of a farmhouse.
• How their faith, hard work, and generosity not only carried them through the hard times, but led directly to the success of the Missouri Star Quilt Company.

How to Stitch an American Dream will make you laugh, cry, and say, "bless your heart," as Jenny Doan invites you into her own American dream.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780785253037
Publisher:	Harper Horizon
Publication date:	10/19/2021
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	677,339
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 6.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Jenny Doan is the smiling face of Missouri Star Quilt Company. Stitching together simplified quilts full of love and laughter, she makes quilting easier, more accessible, and friendlier than ever before. Watching her tutorials feels like coming home again. With over 750,000 YouTube subscribers and more than 225 million views to date, Jenny has sparked enthusiasm for quilting and warmed her viewer’s hearts across the globe.

When she moved with her growing family to Missouri over 20 years ago, she never imagined that someday they’d have a successful quilting business. Like many small towns across America, employment was scarce, so in November 2008, on a modest budget, the Doan family bought a building in Hamilton and started Missouri Star Quilt Company. At first, they offered basic quilting supplies and machine quilting services, but business picked up when they started posting videos of Jenny teaching quilting tutorials online. From that time on her life changed forever.

Table of Contents

Preface: A Note from Jenny ix

1 Old Foundations & New Pathways 1

2 Breaking Barriers & Jumping In 13

3 Love Lessons & Gratitude 21

4 Second Chances & Soda Fountain Dreams 29

5 Bacon Fights & Baby Makes Four 39

6 People Pears, Prayers & Possibilities 51

7 Unexpected Blessings 59

8 Growing Family in the Salad Bowl 71

9 Not in the Mother's Handbook 83

10 We're Not in California Anymore 95

11 Farm Friends & Fishing Poles 107

12 A Rural Education 117

13 Six Quilts & a Forever Home 129

14 What About the Next Fifty Years? 139

15 A (Missouri) Star Is Born 149

16 Casting Bread upon the Water 159

17 Tiny Squares & Good Friends 167

18 Family First 177

19 Eighteen-Wheelers & Hurricane Love 187

20 Mr. Jenny & Trunk Show Tears 195

21 Small Town, Big Family 207

Afterword 215

Acknowledgments 217

Recipes 219

About the Authors 225