Our July Customer Spotlight features Jackie Walker and Kelly Christman of
Midbest Threads, a small family business with products designed for hip babies. This Kansas City based mother daughter duo, specializes in a wide range of children's clothing and accessories including leggings, rompers, shorts, hats, and more! Below is more about Jackie & Kelly and their growing company. Enjoy!
About Jackie & Kelly ::
The story of Midbest Threads starts when both my sister and I (Jackie) were pregnant. My mother (Kelly) quit her job, sold her house in the country and moved to the city to be close to us. When my son was about 6 months old, I bought my mother a serger for her birthday. It only took a few hours before she had several outfits whipped up for him. We talked about starting our own business and selling the clothes but we kept thinking of reasons why we shouldn’t. Finally, a few months later we decided to give it a shot. We knew we wanted to make cute, comfy clothes and thought we could use a little extra money.
We decided to separate the tasks to what we do best. My mother would do the sewing and I would be in charge of ordering, shipping, and marketing. With some help from friends we came up with our name MidBest Threads. We are proud Kansas Citians who think the “midbest” is pretty great place to live.
The first few months were slow, as with any new business. It only took us a month or two before we found
Girl Charlee Fabrics. We were so excited to find quality, affordable solid and printed cotton knits. Most of our best selling items are prints from Girl Charlee!
We hope you have enjoyed reading about Jackie and Kelly. If you would like to be featured in an upcoming Customer Spotlight post, please email gcblog@girlcharlee.com and we will be in touch.
~ Heather & The Girl Charlee Team
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