We've been
around
The web store, discountneedlework.com, was started in
around 1998 as an additional sales channel for a
retail quilting and needlepoint shop.
Judy and Catherine Bracken founded The Cottage in
1993 to teach quilting, needlepoint and cross stitch
and sell needlework supplies. Judy brought 20
years of needlepoint experience to the business, as
both a needlepoint buyer for a major craft store and
as a stitcher. By 1998, though, the business had
grown to include gifts and home accessories. To
allow for continued growth of the gift business
, the needlework business was split off and
products sold strictly over the internet as a mail
order operation.
Ultimately, Judy decided to retire and the gift
store was closed, leaving only the mail order/internet
business, which was thriving. All the store's
information, records, market registrations, and
financial accounts were opened in the name of The
Cottage. As a result, credit card receipts still
say "The Cottage" rather than
discountneedlework.com
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