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

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

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

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

by Jenny Doan

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Overview

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. In this book, you'll learn:

  • How she and her beloved husband, Ron, raised seven children on a shoestring budget—and had fun doing it;
  • How, after a string of bad luck, the family made a prayer-based decision to leave California behind and start over again in rural Missouri, even though they had no place to live, no jobs lined up, and no idea how they were going to make 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;
  • And 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, say "bless your heart."


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781638081715
Publisher: Center Point
Publication date: 01/01/2022
Edition description: Large Print
Pages: 500
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.60(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 9

1 Old Foundations & New Pathways 15

2 Breaking Barriers & Jumping In 29

3 Love Lessons & Gratitude 40

4 Second Chances & Soda Fountain Dreams 51

5 Bacon Fights & Baby Makes Four 65

6 People Pears, Prayers & Possibilities 80

7 Unexpected Blessings 90

8 Growing Family in the Salad Bowl 105

9 Not in the Mother's Handbook 120

10 We're Not in California Anymore 135

11 Farm Friends & Fishing Poles 150

12 A Rural Education 163

13 Six Quilts & a Forever Home 177

14 What About the Next Fifty Years? 190

15 A (Missouri) Star Is Born 202

16 Casting Bread upon the Water 213

17 Tiny Squares & Good Friends 223

18 Family First 236

19 Eighteen-Wheelers & Hurricane Love 248

20 Mr. Jenny & Trunk Show Tears 257

21 Small Town, Big Family 272

Afterword 283

Acknowledgments 287

Recipes 289

About the Authors 295

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