HUMBOLDT — Heavenly Kneads & Threads, 724 Bridge St., is the go-to place for all things to do with quilting. ZELLNER’S interest in quilts and their manufacture came about when she was a youngster and went to a fair with her grandmother.
“We have all the supplies for quilting, as well as yarn for knitting, and books and patterns,” said Carolyn Zellner, the shop’s owner. “We also offer classes in knitting, crocheting and quilting.”
Zellner will have a storewide sale for her Christmas open house on Dec. 1, which coincides with other open houses in Humboldt shops and the town’s annual Christmas craft show at Humboldt High School.
Zellner also does machine quilting for groups and individuals with quilt tops they want finished, but don’t have the time or wherewithal to complete.
Hand-quilting is becoming a lost art, she observed.
“There still are a few quilting groups, mostly at churches, that hand-quilt,” she said, “but even with five or six ladies it can take a week to do a quilt.”
Quilting, the shop’s main focus, isn’t restricted to women, Zellner added.
“Some men quilt and some are very good at it,” she said. “At a show in Pittsburg some of the most awesome quilts I’ve seen were done by a man.”
The shop observed its sixth anniversary in October.
Her clientele comes from within 40 to 50 miles and includes quilting groups whose members go on “shop hops,” visiting several in a day’s time. Last week a group from El Dorado came to Humboldt to see what Zellner had to offer.
Zellner also gives massages at the shop, which is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. For more information call 473-2408.
“I looked at the quilts,” she said. “I thought they were beautiful and wanted to learn how to make them.”
Later, while living in Howard, she took a class and “I was hooked. Over the next two years I made 22 quilts,” she said.
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