Lee is the owner of Sewlovelee, in business since 2014, first in White Stone and now in Irvington. The shop is a dream come true as is told in “Sewlovelee: The Heart of Quilting” by Karen Newton in The Local Scoop Magazine.
And the name of the store? It comes from the comments people made about the adorable dresses Lee made her once-young daughters—they were so lovely (!). Today, the same can be said about the fabric, the patterns, and the quilting designs offered by Lee. Her commitment to the craft and engaging customers is unparalleled. Karen Newton captured the feeling in her story: “Lee recognizes her customers as part of the larger quilting community and makes a point of knowing their names. After talking or ringing up a transaction, she always tells her customers to come back soon. ‘I’d like to see you keep me out,’ a woman says with a smile.”
Read more about Lee and Sewlovelee in "Women By the Water: Local Business Owners", written by Megan Wilson for the Lancaster by the Bay Chamber 2021 directory.
The shop
Sewlovelee is a full-service quilt shop, offering fabric, notions, classes, and long-arm quilting.
Given our location, we take nautical fabric, quilt patterns, and longarm quilting seriously. At any given time, 25% of the fabric features a nautical motif including four exclusive batik fabrics: Nautical Navy Crab Batik, Rivah Blue/Green Crab Batik, Oyster Batik, and Rainbow Jellyfish. Exclusive nautical patterns include Pix, the large Pixelated Crab Kit and his smaller friend, Pixie; Just Beachy, featured in Quilt Sampler magazine; Maritime Alphabet Pattern; and Pinwheels at the Beach.
But we are also fans of Tilda, Kaffe Fassett, Alison Glass, Moda’s Bella solids, Hoffman batiks, Dimples, and Just Color, to name a few.
Popular pattern designers, like Fabric Café and Villa Rosa Designs, are always in stock and we are always on the hunt for interesting, timely, and seasonal patterns that meet the needs of our customers who range from new to quilting to been-quilting-for-years.
You will also find garment patterns and a small selection of fabric at Sewlovelee.