Article: Cozy up to quilting with upcoming Pieceful Gathering events.(Neighbor)(Cary, Fox River Grove)

Byline: Liz Clemmons

Carrie Quinn's quest for the perfect place to house her quilt shop was similar to searching for a needle in a haystack.

Some locations were too expensive, while others would require too much renovation for what she had in mind - a peaceful setting that would encourage creativity and camaraderie among customers.

Finally the 17-year Fox River Grove resident settled on a 100- year-old farmhouse set high on a hill overlooking Route 14 in the Grove. Quinn opened a Pieceful Gathering Quilt Shop last August.

The shop offers an array of 19th- and early 20th-century reproduction fabrics, some dating from the 1920s and '30s, as well as several ...

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