Specialties
Experience Exceptional Customer Service at Quilt Lizzy, Your Sewing Destination. At Quilt Lizzy, we’re committed to restoring exceptional customer service in a tech-driven world. With 15 years of expertise, our welcoming brick-and-mortar store offers a thoughtfully curated selection of premium fabrics, tools, and sewing essentials.
Whether you visit us in person or shop online, you’ll find everything we carry in-store available at your fingertips. We also go the extra mile with free Zoom training sessions, ensuring you have the support you need—whenever you need it.
If you love to sew, Quilt Lizzy is here to help you succeed every step of the way.
History
Established in 2011.
Harris said she's been sewing since she was 11 years old. She watched her mother and other women sew and picked up the skill from them. "I made Barbie doll dresses," she said. "I wanted elegant dresses for my Barbie dolls to dance to the Rodgers and Hammerstein records; you know, like Camelot and Cinderella."
She also was interested in mechanical things, such as sewing machines, and was an accomplished pianist, noting she was the first female accompanist for the varsity men's Glee Club at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
"Then I started making my own clothes," including recital dresses, Now I make quilts, teach and train, sell fabric, machines, finish quilts, you name it. We opened in October of 2011 and are now adding 4000 square feet for a training center - come to Warrenton and we can bring quilting to life for you from "soup to nuts!"
Meet the Business Owner: Susan H.
Never, never, never was a quilt shop ever on my radar," Harris said with a laugh. "I didn't even quilt (as a young woman); I was a dressmaker. My sister was a quilter."
But it was Harris who opened a quilt shop at 110 E. Macon St. (U.S. Highway 158) in Warrenton. "The first day I was open, they were lined up out the door," she said. "It was just meant to be a little studio where we'd make a few quilts and sell a little fabric."
Word about Quilt Lizzy spread, and now Harris said she's adding 12 customers a week. They come from throughout the state and region, including Raleigh, Harris' home town.
"It's the Quilters' Internet," she said. "One person tells five; they tell another five. It's pure word of mouth."
Now Harris is expanding her business, adding a second location around the block at 115 E. Market St. She recently received a downtown revitalization grant of $75,000 to help renovate the newly-acquired, two-story space next to the former Warrenton Town Hall.
