Country Threads – a unique quilt shop in Iowa

Iowa has so much to offer! Country Threads can offer you the best of rural Iowa and has been doing so since 1983.

We are located 4 miles west of Garner in north central Iowa, on a gravel road surrounded by corn and soybean fields.

The wind turbines gently rise to the southwest of us and we can smell the corn growing in late July.

The sounds of a small farm from the past are heard from the barn area where chickens and geese reside as well as a herd of pygmy goats. Our most well known goat, Susannah, resides in the barn now as well and loves having visitors who might have a crust of bread, cookie or cracker to eat. The resident cats are mostly people oriented and welcome being carried around by a child. A homemade putting green is situated by the lawn chairs for anyone, child or husband, to play while waiting for their shopper.

Green eggs from aracauna hens can be gathered in the barn every afternoon by a child (with supervision) who’s willing to reach into the nest. Where else but a small “farm” can a child see a live chicken close up, pet a goat, gather eggs, and generally enjoy a taste of what life in the country used to be like before confinement hog buildings and egg laying facilities. It’s peaceful, relaxing, and comfortable and we invite all visitors to walk around the yard, the gardens, the gravel road, the driveway to the pumpkin patch and the complete “wilderness trail” through the grove. We hope you’ll visit soon!

Is this Heaven?  No, this is Iowa!