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 ...

For a long time Hamilton, Missouri was known for being the boyhood home of J.C. Penney, and really not much else. But today this small farming community has a new claim to fame: It's the Disneyland of ...

If you want to learn how to make a quilt in a day, Jenny Doan can teach you. WSJ's Jim Carlton takes a look at what makes her videos so popular, from the "Jelly Roll Race" to the "Disappearing Nine ...

Hamilton, Missouri, is seeking to diversify its attractions, even as it eagerly awaits the return of visitors to its popular fabric shops. Over the past 11 years, Hamilton, Missouri, has generated a ...

An unlikely hobby-turned-moneymaker — quilting — helped two Missouri entrepreneurs revitalize their rural hometown and make their mom a YouTube star. They even won an award from the White House. Every ...

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 ...

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 ...

Precut fabric is my favorite. But what to make with those layer cakes in my stash? In this article, you will find over 25 different quilt patterns that utilize those 10 inch squares. I've gathered up ...

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 ...