HAMILTON, Mo. — A small idea in a small town has made a huge impact. Quilting turned the northern Missouri town of Hamilton into a thriving tourist destination. Jenny Doan is the woman behind the ...

Rags to riches: Before quilting made her a YouTube star, Jenny Doan says, “I could have written a book on how to feed a family for $50 a week.” Image: Tim Pannell for Forbes Jenny Doan is nibbling on ...

Jenny Doan is nibbling on a plate of andouille pumpkin penne at Blue Sage, a restaurant with soft lighting and black cloth napkins. Once a bankrupt California housewife, she’s lunching with four of ...

For a long time Hamilton, Missouri was known for being the boyhood home of J.C. Penney, and really not much else. But today this small farming community has a new claim to fame: It's the Disneyland of ...

WITH OTHER LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS. HI, IT’S JENNY FROMHE T MISSOURI STAR QUILT COMPANY. SHE NEVER SAW IT COMGIN BUT JENNY JONES QUILTING TUTORIALS HAVE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF VIEWS SOMETHING. I WASN’T ...

The kids always knew Mom was kind of a ham. She was a hoot around the house when they were growing up, but come on — they set her up in a business so she could sew a few quilts to the good people of ...

If you want to learn how to make a quilt in a day, Jenny Doan can teach you. WSJ's Jim Carlton takes a look at what makes her videos so popular, from the "Jelly Roll Race" to the "Disappearing Nine ...

Hamilton, Missouri, is seeking to diversify its attractions, even as it eagerly awaits the return of visitors to its popular fabric shops. Over the past 11 years, Hamilton, Missouri, has generated a ...

Just a few years ago, downtown Hamilton, Mo., looked a lot like a thousand other forgotten, rural towns. Abandoned, forlorn buildings marred the main drag. But in recent years, an explosively ...

An unlikely hobby-turned-moneymaker — quilting — helped two Missouri entrepreneurs revitalize their rural hometown and make their mom a YouTube star. They even won an award from the White House. Every ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When the Missouri Star Quilt Company decided to move into a new 42,500 square foot warehouse, co-founder Alan Doan did a lot of the ...