Olive Grace Studios: November 2012

Saturday, November 17, 2012

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Yesterday was my brother Drew's 26th birthday. Seems strange to think that I am 30 and he is 26. Where does time truly go. I don't know about you but when I think about him and think of the word brother I think wow he is really the only other person in the world that is most like me. So I'm about 5 foot 1 inches tall... Drew on other hand is about 6 foot 1 inches tall. People have said to me where did you come from... I obviously got the short gene! Either way though we have the same eyes and glowing personality (lol) ! Happy Birthday Drew... I love you.

Here at this little quilt shop I have been working to get ready for our Holiday Open House next weekend! Always something in the works and planning....

Happy Saturday!

The Olive Grace Story

5 years has come and gone and oh how things have changed!

What is Olive Grace Studios ?
It is a sweet little quilt shop and a pattern and design company!

Who is behind Olive Grace Studios?

Me (Kori Turner-Goodhart) and the people that inspire me and the memory of people who I have loved and lost.

Since I was a little girl my mom and grandmas’ took me in and out of little quilt shops and surrounded me with fabric. I believe this is where the dream of opening a quilt shop all began. When I went away to college this enigma was put on the back burner. I received a B.F.A. in Interior Design from Savannah College of Art and Design and headed off to the corporate world of Interior Architecture. The path of climbing the corporate ladder was not for me and I looked back at the dream I had once envisioned. So I packed my apartment up in Washington D.C. and Dad moved me home to Fowler! I opened my little quilt shop in hopes of sharing my experiences through my pattern, hand picked sewing goods and gifts. Now I am designing and using the Olive Grace Studios brand as a path way to great things in the quilting industry.

Where is olive grace Studios, llc (an eccentric quilt shop)?

The little red school house at my parent’s home and my sewing studio in my home basement!

What is so ironic about my idea is that in the late 50’s the Dewitt sisters who’s family originally built my family’s home saved the schoolhouse from becoming a garage. The sister’s moved the one room schoolhouse to our property to become a retail space and McGuffy Reader Museum. They to had a big idea…Mable’s was to provide our community with music lessons and Evelyn’s was to have a quilt shop and classes. Although the sisters never opened their own shop I hope in some way I am making their dream come true too.