A Jefferson-based business recently moved to a bigger location.

The Stitch relocated from its previous spot near the Greene County Historical Museum to the former Pizza Ranch building on North Wilson Avenue. Owner Tracy Bosshart tells Raccoon Valley Radio why she wanted to move the business.

“We just felt like we were so congested in there (the old location) and fabric was not easily displayed, and you couldn’t really see the beauty of the fabric because there was so much of it in a small space. So here, we’ve been able to spread everything out, we’ve been able to organize our collections better, and we have room now for wheelchairs and scooters to come through the store which was important to us.”    

Bosshart talks about the historic look of the former Pizza Ranch and how it was reconstructed to its former glory rather than keeping the Pizza Ranch look.

“You would not recognize it as that (a Pizza Ranch). I’m hoping to find some pictures of it because I have a hard time picturing where the eating areas were and the kitchen and stuff because it’s just completely different. The idea that buildings can talk as always appealed to me and the beauty of the structure of the building with the brick walls, the tin ceiling that we were able to salvage, (and) the wood floors. It’s just a beautiful setting and I thought it would be a perfect to showcase beautiful fabric.”   

There are three bays with the new location. The middle bay includes general fabric, along with knitting supplies, rulers and patterns. The north bay has additional fabrics, seasonal and more collections of fabrics, and a 14-foot frame long-arm machine. The south bay is used for a variety of classes and a meeting space for people to socialize. Bosshart says above all her philosophy is that a quilt store is where a community is built and she feels this new space can better do that.