Olive Grace Studios: September 2013

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Zoe my BFF

My best friend lives in Austin, Texas! She was my matron of honor I was her maid of honor. As she says we are truly the odd couple I the country mouse and her the city mouse. We met in college in studio 3 and spent many late nights trying not to cut our selves with Exacto knives! We have a bond that I can honestly say if I had a sister she would be it! Last February around her birthday she let me know that she was expecting her first little bambino! Well of course that means a baby shower right? Well that is right Zoe's friend Sabrina and I put on our thinking hats and used out design skills to come up with the perfect modern baby shower. Zoe and her husband Kris nicknamed their little guy "chicken" so that is what we ran with... a baby shower with a chicken logo! LOL this may sound cheesy but it turned out rather cool! The grey and curry theme with sage accents was just perfect and I think my friend was quite happy... here are some of the details! Enjoy!

Sabrina made the beautiful table runners and I made all the napkins and Zoe got to keep everything as a memento! Sabrina and I were quite the team what one of us didn't think if the other did. Everything was pretty much homemade! Only the best for our Zoe. As I type this Zoe is in labor so very soon I will get to know what Chicken's actual name will be. I encourage you when you read this to think about a great friend and do something sweet for them. I am sending so much love and thoughts to Texas for a safe and happy delivery for my best friend!

Fondly, Kori

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.