Artists from across the country ventured to Athens this weekend to display their quilts at The Dairy Barn, but they might have some up-and-coming local competition.
Amber Frash, a senior at Federal Hocking High School, started Comfy Quilts, a quilt-selling business, through a class at her school. She sells 35 inch-by-46 inch quilts for about $20. Each quilt takes about three hours to complete.
Frash is in Student Entrepreneur Training, a venture between 16 area high schools in five counties and the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks.
Jeanne Catalano, program manager for tech ventures at ACENet, said the one-period class, which is typically yearlong, is meant to teach students about starting a business.
During the first half of the year, students create a mock business and learn how to work with finances, do market research, create a business plan and design a logo.
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