Build it and they will come, right? That's pretty close to our story. Diane has been an avid seamstress for many years and entertained the idea of opening her own quilt shop for a number years. Raising 4 children and all that entails got in the way for a number of years, though. Once the kids were all out of the house, it took Diane a few years to talk Greg into the idea. Who's going to come to Ellisburg, NY for a quilt shop? Apparently A LOT of people! In 2011, the building was purchased, but was far from ready to welcome quilters into it! Greg and his team spent a lot of time and muscle getting the retail space into approximately what you see today. In May of 2013, the retail portion of The Old Creamery Fabrics & Quilting opened for business! We couldn't believe the number of people that were interested and willing to make that drive to rural Ellisburg! We quickly realized that we would benefit from a sewing room for classes and open sewing, but Greg wasn't quite ready to go there. A deal was made that Greg thought Diane wouldn't ever be able to meet. Greg lost! And he lost big time! So work began on the upstairs sewing room. The next space to be renovated was the apartment on the south end of the building. This space was renovated and rented for quite a few years before being repurposed into the Retreat Area that it is today. We also added another long-arm quilting machine in 2017 that required us to close in the porch on the North end of the building to house that machine. The Old Creamery Fabrics & Quilting is your full service local quilt shop! We offer a wide variety of fabric (yardage, pre-cuts, wide backing & more), notions & patterns, long-arm quilting, classes, sewing machine sales & service and guidance to all levels of quilters.