Jenny Doan is nibbling on a plate of andouille pumpkin penne at Blue Sage, a restaurant with soft lighting and black cloth napkins. Once a bankrupt California housewife, she’s lunching with four of ...

Rags to riches: Before quilting made her a YouTube star, Jenny Doan says, “I could have written a book on how to feed a family for $50 a week.” Image: Tim Pannell for Forbes Jenny Doan is nibbling on ...

HAMILTON, Mo. — A small idea in a small town has made a huge impact. Quilting turned the northern Missouri town of Hamilton into a thriving tourist destination. Jenny Doan is the woman behind the ...

You may think quilting is just something your old Aunt Bettie does to keep herself occupied in her golden years, but you’d be sorely mistaken. Quilting’s adherents number in the hundreds of thousands ...

The 2026 Bollinger County Quilt Show is set to take place on Saturday, February 7, and Sunday, February 8, at the Mayfield ...

When Al Doan suggested to his mother, Jenny, in 2009 that he film her making patchwork quilts and post the videos on YouTube, she was not at all receptive. “Isn’t YouTube where all those crazy ...

KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) – The brother and sister who started a quilting company in fall of 2008 to help recoup their parents’ lost retiring savings account have received national accolades. Alan Doan ...

LICKING, Mo. (KCTV) - A Missouri prison is getting national attention for the joy it continues to sew into the state. The documentary “The Quilters” follows a group of men at South Central ...

With a quilt exhibit at the History Museum on the Square that opened last week, Springfield began marking Missouri's bicentennial anniversary. Missouri joined the Union as a "slave state" on Aug. 10, ...

Just a few years ago, downtown Hamilton, Mo., looked a lot like a thousand other forgotten, rural towns. Abandoned, forlorn buildings marred the main drag. But in recent years, an explosively ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If there’s one thing Jenny Doan knows about people who quilt, it’s that they care about people. “Mr. Rogers says, ‘Look for the helpers.’ Quilters are helpers. Almost all of what ...