Big Wheel Quilt Shop opens

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Published on Thursday, September 22, 2016

Mary Penner, with help from her mother, family and friends, realized one of her dreams Sept. 14 with the opening of her shop, the Big Wheel Quilt Shop.  The business is located on their farm, south-west of Gladstone. (photos by Christine waddell

By Christine Waddell
The Neepawa Banner

It was wall-to-wall fabric and quilters at the grand opening of Big Wheel Quilt Shop, south-west of Gladstone. Store owner Mary Penner’s love of sewing morphed into selling fabric from her garage. Inventory and demand soon outgrew the original space and the new two story shop has everything for the home sewer.

Quilters and fabric lovers traveled from Winnipeg, St. Claude, Portage la Prairie, Holland, Ste. Rose, Neepawa and beyond to attend the Sept. 14 opening. In addition to quilting supplies, there is also cookware, cutlery and farm toys available at the Big Wheel Quilt Shop. The most direct route from Neepawa is south off Hwy 16 on Bear Creek Road (the co-op fertilizer yard). Don’t let the gravel road deter you.