Close to Home is a family-owned business founded in 1982. We are the largest and most complete quilt shop and sewing machine dealership in the Northeast.  We now have 3 fantastic locations.

QUILTING FABRIC              NOTIONS        AND MORE

Close to Home is a family-owned business founded in 1982. What started out as a little hole in the wall fabric store grew to the largest, most complete quilt shop in the Northeast. We have 3 locations: Glastonbury, CT,  Orange, CT, and Unionville, CT, .

We carry a large collection of quality 100% cotton quilting fabrics, notions books, threads, and battings. We are also the Northeast's largest full-line sewing machine dealership. We carry Baby Lock, Bernina, Janome, Singer, White and Husqvarna.

We also offer professional home decorating through our CT Shade and Blind division. We offer a full line of blinds, shades, shutters, draperies and fabric. We manufacture Comfortex Honeycomb Shades, custom shutters from Norman Int'l and offer a faux wood blinds for the lowest price around.

HUNTERDOUGLAS, GRABER, KIRSCH, COMFORTEX, AND MORE!!!

WE REPAIR ALL TYPES OF SHADES AS WELL.