JESSICA KELLER | ARGUS OBSERVER Fabriholics Forever & More co-owner Louise Wingert (left) cuts a length of fabric for a customer, while her partner Paula Winsor looks on Friday. PAYETTE-Fabric, flowers and ice cream — but mostly fabric — are three things Payette residents Louise Wingert and Paula Winsor are bringing to Payette with their business Fabriholics Forever & More, situated in downtown Payette. Self-proclaimed “fabriholics,” Wingert and Winsor thought their hobbies of sewing and crafting with fabric were the perfect basis for a store they wanted to open in town. They were contacted by a flower distributor about possibly selling flowers, Wingert said, and the pair decided flowers would be a nice addition to their business and also fill that gap left in town after Sandy’s Flowers, which was previously situated where Fabriholics Forever & More is, closed. The ice cream was something Wingert, who used to manage a Baskin Robbins, thought would be another nice addition to the business, so she and her partner have been working with the health department to offer the product, and Wingert said she and Winsor hope to be able to sell ice cream at their shop in time for the Apple Blossom Festival next month. Wingert said, since opening, a number of people have come in and said they either used to know how to sew, but have grown rusty, or want to learn how to sew or teach somebody else to sew, and for that interest, Wingert and Winsor are going to offer basic sewing classes.

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