Longtime Grand Avenue fabric shop Treadle Yard Goods has closed amid owner’s cancer battle

Treadle Yard Goods a fabric shop with a nearly half-century-long history on Grand Avenue has closed as its owner undergoes cancer rehabilitation Michele Hoaglund who bought the store about a decade ago from its founding owners was diagnosed with ovarian cancer around Christmas she wrote on the store s social media page The shop s final day was June My focus must be on my robustness and getting well she wrote in the store s farewell message on its website I have enjoyed getting to know so several of you over the years and loved seeing and hearing about your sewing projects Hoaglund could not be reached for comment this week Hoaglund a longtime employee who had initiated the store s class initiative took over the store in from Mary Daley who had founded it in with her late husband Paul The shop was known not just for its wide fabric selection but also for its employees skill at supporting and advising customers projects and for its locality outreach efforts In the store provided free kits for sewists to make their own Covid- face masks Then in amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine Hoaglund organized public sewing sessions to produce more than handmade baby blankets for Ukrainian refugees in Poland Related Articles Derrick Thompson guilty of all charges in Minneapolis high-speed crash that killed young women Minneapolis man sentenced for stabbing hanging St Paul woman s dog after argument Snelling and St Clair intersection fully reopens after construction Ex-Metro Transit employee states religious discrimination in lawsuit St Paul police name detective officer employee of the year