Jenny Doan

Jenny Doan is an American

In 2003, Doan took her first quilting class at the Grand River Technical School in Chillicothe, Missouri.^{[4][failed verification]}

After the 2008 recession cost Doan and her husband most of their savings, two of Doan’s children were looking for ways for their parents to bring in additional money. They bought Doan a long arm quilting machine and set up a small business for her to sew together other people’s quilts. Demand was high and customers wanted additional fabric, so her son set up a website to sell additional materials.^[5]

Business was slow, however, and a year later, Doan’s children suggested that she record quilting tutorials on YouTube. The videos taught viewers to make a quilt in a day using pre-cut materials, something Missouri Star Quilt Company specialized in. The videos turned Doan into a quilting celebrity and led to an increase in sales.^[5]

Doan is a regular feature in MSQC’s monthly quilting magazine, BLOCK, hosts trunk shows weekly in Hamilton, and makes appearances at quilting and crafting events around the United States.

Personal life

Jenny Doan (née Fish) was born on June 11, 1957, to Franke and Deannie Fish in San Luis Obispo, California. Her father was a chemist and her mother was a homemaker and genealogist. At age 10 her family moved to Spreckels, California, so her father could be closer to Salinas, where her father had a job with the Smucker jam company. She grew up in the Salinas Valley and Monterey Bay area.

In 1980, Jenny married Ronald Doan. The family remained in the Salinas area until 1995, when facing financial difficulties, Jenny and Ron decided to move to a more affordable area. Ron suggested moving to the Midwest, to which Jenny replied, “Where is that, exactly?”