Owner Cyndi Piearcy, who has run the business for nearly 30 years, downsized from a 7,500-square-foot location to a 4,200-square-foot space not far away. The new location offers a sewing retreat ...

Christy's sewing room would make any crafter envious. It has space for multiple sewing machines, storage cubbies and racks of thread spools. "Dan calls (the cubbies) my tower of fabric," she said.