Wetzlerâs own past experience once centered on alterations, but recently the stash of piecework for quilts has been pulled out and her basement transformed into a snug little quilting shop. It was natural, then, to take the leap into buying her latest sewing machine, a computer-guided longarm quilting machine with a 14-foot table. Unsure what to do when CoreSource announced its closing in the spring of 2007, Wetzler felt a readiness for change and her thoughts quickly turned to quilting. With that machine, Wetzler can pick one of countless designs to embroider onto a quilt, easily change its size and spacing, sew perfect circles, intricate patterns and corner designs and even make different motifs in each square of a quilt. Kimball Avenue Quilting quietly started as Wetzler familiarized herself with the machine through a few of her own projects, some work for the local quilt guild and making mission quilts for Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, where she attends.

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