Kathy Arbogast, Cheryl Rink, and Shirley Hillgren opened Acorns & Oaks Quilts and More on October 1, 2005. The three owners are all members of the local quilt guild, The Delectable Mountains Quilt Guild, and were batting around the idea of a local quilting shop at guild meetings for a year and like it was just meant to be, a recently remodeled shop became available so they decided to give it a try.

All three women are quilters from way back and simply "love to quilt". Each has a signature characteristic that distinguishes their quilting skill set from the others as well. Kathy's quilting work is all done the old fashioned way - hand stitching. Shirley, with her special sewing machine, is our resident embroidery efficienado. In addition, she especially enjoys tessellating designs and creating her own fabric using dyes and embroidery for quilting projects. Cheryl's fortes are applique and design. Between the three of them there is combination of skills and experience that's hard to beat for a shop such as Acorns & Oaks.