5 Front Street
Bethel, Connecticut 06801
(203) 744-3118

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Thanks for stopping by and visiting with us today. Our website will be changing over the next month as we add new and exciting information and links.  Please visit us often to see the changes! .Come in, sit down and have a cup of coffee.
We invite you to find out about our sewing and quilting classes, Discover  lines of quality fabrics, try out and shop for all makes and models of top of the line Husqvarna Viking sewing machines we carry right here in our large, sunny store in historic downtown Bethel.
Over 4,500 bolts of fabric and still counting. Top quality manufacturers including P&B textiles, Alexander Henry, Benartex and many, many more!
One of the New England area's top sources of repros from the 1800's to 1930's. We have a Dear JaneSupport Group for Civil War quilters on Tuesdays (both afternoons and evenings.)
Quilters from CT, NY and NJ and from all over the area make a point to visit with our friendly group whenever they can. As owner Vivian Hultgren says, It's like going to an old fashioned quilting bee.

We also have a very special group of ‘Angels’ who contribute their quilting talents for several worthy causes, including the Praxair Cancer Center at Danbury Hospital, Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang (for kids with cancer) and more. The gals even designed special pillows for women coming out of breast surgery that are such a comfort—they’re like a teddy bear for grownups,” Vivian explains.

The name ‘Angels’ came about as a tribute to her mother, who she lost to cancer. Every time she had to leave her mother’s bedside at the hospital, Vivian would prop up a small angel on her bedside tray.

Vivian still gets teary at the memory, and the loss. “That way the angel would be the first thing my mama would see when she’d open her eyes. And she would know she would have an angel watching over her all the time…”

Luckily, now there are Angels to watch over all of us. They work with love and laughter whenever they can find a free hour or two from a cozy back room full of cheerful fabrics at Homestead Viking. (Photos of Angels quilting)

The hands of these angels create gifts of warmth and comfort, stitch by stitch. They give expecting nothing in return: to sick children at area hospitals, to the forgotten at nursing homes, to those in the grips of cancer and end-stage diseases at hospices. These gifts truly touch the lives of both the givers and receivers, because they come with a personal, handmade touch that is incredibly special and unlike any other. It is a gift that comes from the heart.

Mary Lou Heslin (in blue sweater), Raymonde Rudi (in white sweater) and Ruth Campbell (in gray sweater) are three of about thirty volunteer Angels who meet at Homestead Viking every Thursday at 10 a.m.

“It’s Quilting 101!” Rudi exclaims happily.
“I look at it as a ministry,” says Heslin.
“It’s a win-win situation, giving to someone,” adds Campbell. “We really enjoy doing it.”

IS THAT SEW?

   
Have a hard to match shade? Homestead Viking carries hundreds of colors so you can “serge" ahead with that sewing project!

Special order? No problem!
Sewing a wedding dress? Hand beading a vintage gown? Have some other custom project in mind? Come talk to us about it! We can special order fabrics, threads and any Husqvarna Viking sewing machines or parts you may need.

We’re all about old-fashioned service, quality merchandise and after one visit, most of our customers say they feel more like friends.