Mary Moltke established The Quilting Bee in 1978 as a small quilt shop in the Spokane Valley. The second owner, Jackie Wolff, purchased the business in 1984, added the Bernina line of sewing machines and in 1995 moved the quilt shop to a new larger building she and her husband constructed in the Spokane Valley.
The Aubles purchased the business in 2011, adding the Janome, baby lock, Pfaff, bernette and Brother lines of sewing machines. Treasure learned how to sew through 4-H and took her first quilting class from the prior owner, Jackie. Little did she know she would one day own the quilt store.
Treasure and Scot moved the business to its current location in an even larger quilt barn themed building in the Spokane Valley in 2017. In 2021, The Quilting Bee started to offer quilt kits online and began creating videos about sewing machines. In 2022, The Quilting Bee Hive, a Facebook group for members of the community to share projects and talk about all things sewing was created.
In 2022, The Quilting Bee was chosen as a Top 10 Quilt Shop in Better Homes & Gardens’ Quilt Sampler Magazine. Local news station Krem-2 did a story about it! Other accolades include being voted by customers as the winner of the ByAnnies Local Quilt Shop Contest for Washington State in 2023 & 2024. You can learn more about the contest and our shop in this blog post on their website.
Along with the Auble’s announcing their retirement, Sara & Devin Cassan bought The Quilting Bee in 2024 to become the 4th Generation of QB Owners. Krem 2 Did a story about this too!