“I WANT THE SHOP TO
ALWAYS FEEL FRESH AND
EXCITING AND TO ENTICE
CUSTOMERS TO LOOK IN
EVERY CORNER.”
—Heidi Kaisand, ownercreative nest in the community of
Conrad, Iowa (population 1,100,
about 70 miles northeast of Des
Moines). “I knew that having the
resources of fabric and thread under
the same roof as a retreat center
would be a double bonus for
customers,” she says.
Though the 1894 two-story
brick building, which originally
housed a dry goods store, was a quilt
shop when she bought it, Heidi
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