Apr 21, 2009

Quilted Treasures: Huntington quilt shop owner at the heart of the businessBy ECProgress.com

At Quilted Treasures gifts come from the heart and Michelle Anderson is the heart of the business. She is the owner/employee in this quilt shop located at 185 North and 100 West in Huntington. Anderson was born in Illinois and spent 10 years there before moving with her family to Price where her father worked for Peabody Coal. She attended Emery High. “I learned to sew in Home Economics in junior high school. My mom always sewed and made our clothes but quilting wasn’t something we had grown up with. After I was married and was expecting my first baby Melissa, I learned to quilt because she needed baby quilts. I learned to hand quilt. But, it takes so long. I loved to piece quilts.

“I started making quilts for all my kids when they were small. I figured they would all get married some day, so I wanted to have a quilt ready for them. My son is getting married soon and we have four quilts ready for him.

“I didn’t really have much time for it when my kids were small. We had a farm and were always busy there and with four small children I couldn’t spend much time on my quilting. It was a turning point for me in 1999 when my aunt passed away and left me with all her material and supplies. There were scissors, cutters, patterns, a lot of fabric and just a lot of good stuff,” said Anderson.

In the early 1990s Anderson began putting together quilts which were a simple patchwork design. She joined the quilters guild in Emery County around that time and made a Star quilt.

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