Big orders: Cottage Patch Sdn Bhd founder Y.K. Chan with some of the Christmas-themed quilts and items produced at the shop.
HUSBAND-and-wife duo Y.K. Chan, 72, and Alice J.L. Yap, 58, started their quilt business 25 years ago with an old manual sewing machine and discarded rugs.
Chan has established Cottage Patch Sdn Bhd in 1989 as a retirement plan for his wife.
