Austin has been quilting for over 33 years and has been a member of Annie’s Star Quilt Guild for 11 years. The guild has existed for over 50 years. There were 140 members in 2023.

But the Doan family business, Missouri Star Quilt Co., was barely limping along.Jenny, now 60, was earning a small sum finishing other people’s quilts on a machine her children had bought for ...

Walking into her grandmother’s house, LeBeau was surrounded by star quilts, between 10 and 12 of them, all in different stages. Quilts were strung out across the dining room, ...