STITCHIN' HEAVEN: THIS IS OUR STORY
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- Опубликовано: 16 авг 2021
- Stitchin' Heaven opened its doors in October 1996 in 1000 square feet with 600 bolts of fabric. Deb had left her corporate job so that she could spend a summer with Clay, her 10-year old son, and when the time off was not granted she did the most logical thing and quit her job. This led to the family moving to east Texas to raise emus. They purchased 200 acres in Hainesville just outside of Quitman/Mineola and built a home. The emus never happened, but quilting did as Deb opened her quilt shop.
Stitchin' Heaven was featured in Quilt Sampler magazine in 2000 as one of the Top Ten Shops and grew through the years by diversifying to classes, events, quilting cruises, and Block of the Month programs. Today, Clay and Deb contribute the success of Stitchin' Heaven to the simple fact that they listen to their customers.
Today Stitchin' Heaven is located back in Quitman after a short 7-years in nearby Mineola in a new 17,500 square foot multipurpose building, a 9500 square foot retreat center, and 6 cottages. The 45K square foot warehouse/office/event center is scheduled to open in spring 2022.
This is the story. 
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Thank you for sharing. Such a large collection of gorgeous quilts.
Congratulations Deb and Clay on all you have accomplished to date. The sky is the limit. Stitchin Heaven is a reflection of two very kind and talented leaders. Hugs, Carol Doak
My sister lives down your road, I pass by the Stitching Heaven sign all time and that brought me here!!!! Thank you for your story it's very nice!!!! Very cool!!!!
Background stories are always so interesting. Thank you for sharing yours. A family business like yours is truly inspiring! Congratulations and wishing you continued success!
WOW. What a Wonderful Story. Thank You for sharing. You are now on my Quilting Bucket List to go too.
I want to visit this place so much! What an awesome video. See you soon, Deb Lutrell!❤️❤️❤️
I went on the Land Ahoy (land cruise) and had a wonderful time. It was held in Las Vegas and was my first time at a retreat/cruise. I enjoyed every minute. My sister flew in from Tacoma, WA, and we had the time of our lives! Thank you Stitchin' Heaven. You make my heart happy! ❤
thank you for sharing, I can't wait to visit the shop one day. a cruises top of the list
What a great place you have. I could tell you all have your heart in what you all do. Congrats all.
All I can say is WOW!
We stopped by in February on our trip from San Diego to Charleston SC. Such a Friendly place, fantastic store, we did regret not seeing the retreat center but you had a class going at the time. It was nice to meet and talk with Rob while we were there. Thanks for your hospitality.
This is the best story i have seen in a long time.. i live in Quiman Ga.. we dont have nothing here.. i am 70 and have wanted to have a shop.. but i dont have the means and feel very defeated. Coming across this has been a hilite of my day. I have 30 tops.. but dont have the means to finish. But as long as i have a few scraps.. i will have a quilt. I also have over 300 cross stitch items . My goal was to open a ready made or stitch or quilt to order shop.. Give to someone in need.. Give back what God has blessed me with the talents to do..
Again this such an awesome story...God bless you..
Can’t wait yo see y’all next month. So glad we’re part of the bus tour.
thanks for the video.
A fun chat to listen to while I hand quilt! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for sharing. Road trip one day!
praise the Lord for the testimony presented @ 4.39.
Looks like a great place to shop!
Nice story. I disregarded stitchin heaven because I didn’t relate to Miss Deb and her dog in ads I had seen. But when Rob Appell joined up I had to check y’all out! I’ll make a trip to visit next time I’m in TX!
I have you on my bucket list.
Bless your heart, so are so humble and true to who you are. How I wish you were close by. Humongous overhead but you had what it took to make it what it is! When a company puts their customers ahead of their progress, it is a winning situation. I want to come over!
Looks like a wonderful shop. So happy it’s so successful. Hope I can make it there someday
This is a great video. Jealous and wish you were closer!
So inspirational thank you
Thank you for sharing & being such a wonderful quilt shop. One day I will make it there from North Dakota, but for now I’m glad I can shop online & follow you on all media platforms! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I did the new year day quilt with you in 2020, it was so fun.
Watching your video! You say you listen to your customers. You are one of the top three I love. I only go to you, shabby, missouri. You would be top if you did bom videos! The other two do this. I love you, although more if you did.!!!!! Take care and can't wait to do one of your cruises. I juat started quilting 3 years ago and I'm 59 years old. I'm absolutely addicted. Please start doing videos to help us sew your beautiful quilts you offer. I see this request on all of your FB pages. Thank you so much! See you soon! In fact I would like do all your videos if you need someone to do them!
What a wonderful, peaceful company you have built. It is evidenced by your Co Family. Each of them are happy to be there. I would love to see it, but Waco is a little far away for an 80-year-old to travel, but I will be there online and in RUclips for sure.
Love this ❤️ I hope to visit someday
Field trip!!
Love Robs video on batiks
Your store is huge. Wow. Warehouse size.
I am so excited to be coming to see y'all and the store in Sept 2021 for the Retreat !!
Like how your bolts are displayed
I thoroughly enjoyed the story of how your company came to be. I love that you chose a very small East Texas town to plant the footprint of a company that literally reaches the whole of the quilting community here and abroad. I sincerely congratulate you, Deb, for your skill and expertise in growing this company so exponentially over the years. Looking forward to what is in store for Stitchin Heaven and, I am delighted to be close enough to visit anytime I want!
Thank you for your kind words!
Wish I had heard about this company yrs ago. I am Canadian/American and live in Fort Lauderdale. Fluent in both French and English it would have been an honor to serve uni lingual Canadian customers and offer services in French if needed for a company such as this one. You guys are one in a million and I wish you the very best! To have survived the pandemic and all it entailed is wonderful, the outlook and goals of this company is to be admired and is a life lesson for many others who are fixated on profit to the detriment of their customers contrary to this company who put her customers first and grew beyond belief!
I am in Alaska and our fabric center closed cause my friends retired... I learned how to quilt there and loved learning about material and how to do the right things to prep material and such. It will be interesting to see what you are doing !!! Congratulations on your amazing endeavors! This makes me wish I live in Texas!
What a story! Congrats! Wish you were closer!
Oh my gosh, I had NO idea that y'all have such a huge operation! I truly thought you were a little shop somewhere. What a wonderful and inspirational family corporation you are! Being a new widow I hope to get out and explore life while I figure out my purpose. A quilting cruise is on the bucket list but after watching this video, spending time in your area is too! Your entrepreneurship is simply Ah-mazing! Congratulations on your continued success and God Bless you all! ❤️👏🏻🧵✂️😀🇺🇸
Thank you for your kind words, we were once a small business. Our business has grown significantly over the passed 25+ years. We are only getting bigger, you should visit one day. we do have cottages on campus that sleep about 4 (no sewing space) just in case you need a place to stay when you visit:)
Edie, write me anytime. I'm 66, single with two cats. Was "Ms Corp America" for many years and just forgot to get married. My heart goes out to you. Take care. Maybe we'll meet at Stitchin' Heaven someday, lol.
What a great story. May you have continued fun and success!
Thanks so much!
I am so glad you made this video, just 40 minutes ago I was watching the Quilting Marine, and Mark mentioned your shop, my goodness I didn't expect such a big shop. Shop is an understatement. Your Store is beautiful and what nice folks. Just subscribed, can't wait to see what's next. Just a hello from California.
Wow! Living proof how fast someone can get to where you are with everything. Very happy for all of you. Now, have you thought about just putting in a hotel? I haven't checked for the nearest one, but I bet you would stay full. P.S.-"East Texas".... Born in Port Arthur in 1955. Grew up between there and Baton Rouge. My mother was born in Nederland in 1924! I have lived different places, left Brenham for Baton Rouge in 2019... But Texas has my heart (even though I do love that Colorado beauty, where I had a view of the mountains from my bedroom window). I love what I think of as "real Texans." Love "our" attitudes. Just like your business. I can't wait to learn more. Thanks for all!
Today I watched a video on cleaning/maintaining a sewing machine. That was followed by a video by the same man as he made a quilt in one night as a random act of kindness. Both were really great to watch. I wondered where Stitchin' Heaaven was located. Next video to pop up was this wonderfully done video all about your shop/mega-business. Most surprising was the location! Thirty miles from where I live! I couldn't believe it. I will be visiting soon.
Congratulations on you success. And prayers for your continued growth.
Please come visit when I am at the shop, I love to give hugs to quilters- Rob
What a story! I've never really wanted to live anywhere than where I do, but Quitman, Texas sounds like the place for me. LOL Congratulations on all you've done and achieved. My mother was a seamstress/dressmaker, but I did NOT have any interest in sewing at all. A very frivolous girl in my twenties (we won't go into that!) But one day I had an epiphany and realized I could be much more productive for me and my community than I'd been. Mom took me in hand (just smiling alllll the way), gave me a sewing machine and the rest is history. Thank you for sharing your story. Take care and Hugs from Canada!!
My daughter has no desire to sew but I'm hoping when she has children and moves back to Canada in 2022 that some of my quilting journey will rub off being in North America again. The world may be vast but the quilting community seems like one big village.
Best wishes from Geraldton Western Australia 🇦🇺
Ps I have cousins in Canada 🇨🇦 ☺
Bravo for your philosophy! I would like so much to go seeing you and the store but I am from Montreal, Quebec and the borders are closed. I realize that nowhere it’s written your store Internet address to buy and see what you have!
Hello Claudette, you can shop with us by going here: www.stitchinheaven.com
I just discovered you this week. Your YT channel was recommended by my watch history. I stayed because of the cute lives and the cow! I really want to see the cow in person. Now I have your shop and Missouri Star Quilt to visit, you both are now on my crafty bucket list. I want to see what the retreats are all about, those look like fun. I just want to say. I'm a Hispanic full tattooed girl and almost every quilt shop I go into I get treated like dirt, it's pretty bad when I have to cross my fingers that the employees will say hi and be nice. Please don't let me down when I DO get to your shop. I will be going hopefully by next year :) I'm a nice person, truly I am and I just love to quilt and I want to spend lots of money in your shop LOL :) All I'm asking for is, please don't judge a book by it's cover. :)
Please come and visit we would love to have you and will welcome you with welcome arms and possibly throw fabric at you 😉 no fingers to be crossed when visiting, quilters come in all shades and patterns and we love all. If you ever need a place to stay, we do have on campus cottages available (not for sewing), you might want to look into trying a retreat with us:)
Sincerely Tattooed Customer Service Lead,
DEE
@@StitchinHeaven Yes Quilters come in ALL shades but Some Quilt Stores are not that Friendly to other Shades etc...soo I Get Her, I walked into one in Illinois and wanted to throw my Paper Cup away and the Manager was Not Friendly until I told Her I was there to shop for Fabric, Of Course Money Is The Same Color no matter what Shade you are...🙄some of them Presume by your Shade that you are Not a Quilter etc....Glad to know you Guys are Welcoming to All....Sheila😌
Fantastic story! Envious and see how your dedication and community service is growing your story and business Deb. So wonderful. Just to let you know I've joined up to do a Mystery with you soon. Because of its closeness I can't buy my fabrics from you. Plus with extra shipping costs it just doesn't make sense. I wish I could visit but I can't as not permitted to fly any more so the web has certainly helped bring your store to me. Oh I looked at your menu and loved some of your BOM's actually about five from this year have caught my eye. Who knows where it goes from here! I loved your video about your story. It was so inspiring and your hard work and dedication has certainly helped you move strongly into the future. I may watch some more of your video's too. Thank you for sharing Julie 🌺🌺
Everything in TX is bigger. 🇺🇸
How does Rob Appell fit in to the picture?
What is Emus? I can't find a description on the internet? Brilliant shop.
Haha an Australian flightless bird like an ostrich, they are prized for their eggs meat and feathers. Nothing to do with sewing lol. I'm an Australian based sewing person and quilter.
@@AnitaSouthall hahaha, I thought it was a religious group like emmaus. I know what the bird is...hahaha
See a video now
Where are you located
Clay…the apple does not fall far from the tree…you are blessed to have such a mother and I can see that you will also go far. Congrats to you and your wonderful family!