Home-Grown and Nationally Known
(4 votes, average: 5 out of 5)April 15, 2009 by Sarah Blaskovich
Don’t quit.
Quitting was never an option, says O’Brien, a scrappy, do-it-yourself mom. “I knew I had a neat idea, and I knew I was going to make a way to make it work.” But the beginning stages didn’t come without their obstacles. O’Brien remembers getting the first set of yoga mat scraps—in Pepto pink, for a breast cancer foundation—and the material was so sticky that her needles kept breaking while sewing. It appeared as though making the bags would be nearly impossible, but O’Brien pressed on.
She visited a sewing shop in Denver that taught her tricks to make the heavy-duty sewing job less daunting. O’Brien, at the time new to the craft, learned quickly. “I was very fortunate that they gave me tools to try,” she says. “I learn something new every day.”
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Merle Jablin O’Brien, owner of OlovesM, has a great story to tell. I liked reading this article. Her bags are sold in 33 states and she gets 100,000 or more hits to her website monthly, which is incredible. I think what she is quoted as saying in the article is correct, when she says it’s all about the product. I wish her continued success.