Lorene’s two children, Anna & John, were growing up quickly and becoming more independent. A highly creative and enterprising person, she craved a project that would grant her happiness and purpose, and when a friend and store owner in Wichita Falls announced she was going to retire and put her business up for sale, Lorene took the intimidating but exciting risk of purchasing the store, with the aim of bringing a fashion fabric store to the mid-cities.

Over the years, the store has grown from a small fashion fabrics store, to a thriving and bustling sewing and quilting store and Bernina dealership, and Lorene’s passion for helping the sewing and quilting community shows through her commitment to Sew It Up. Outside of sewing, quilting, knitting & embroidery, Lorene loves to cook, spend time with her husband of forty-four years, John, at their home in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, and travel to often distant places with her daughter Anna, pictured in the upper right photo with her Mom, who lives in Portugal after eight years in England. In addition to being a wife and mother, Sew It Up has been the defining purpose of her life, and she is excited to see what next steps will bring as her bustling fabric store & sewing machine dealership takes a more active presence online! 

Madeleine has been working at Sew It Up for 15 years, and her beautiful outlook on life and happy personality is a blessing to the Sew It Up community. Her older sister Mary Ann taught her to sew at the age of 12, and since joining the Sew It Up Team, she has found herself an incredible community of friends and sewing mentors. Madeleine loves helping customers dream up their next project and she is very gifted at putting the perfect fabrics together. Some of her favorite fabric designers are Rifle Paper Co., Sharon Holland & Tone Finnanger of Tilda Fabrics. Outside of sewing, Madeleine is active in her church & loves to garden and bake. She is the sixth of seven children and loves being an Auntie to 10 littles.

Lori has been sewing from quite a young age, and started sewing purses, dolls, and stuffed animals by hand as well as on her Mom’s sewing machine. Born and raised in Michigan, Lori now calls Texas home, where she lives with her husband Jamie and their two children Makayla and Noah. Outside of sewing, Lori loves to hike, run, and she and her family love to vacation in Colorado. Lori is a big fan of Rifle Paper, Robert Kauffman, and Tilda fabrics.

Joline’s first sewing classes were in the basement of her local Singer Sewing Centre at the age of ten. She constructed her first outfit as a sixth grader which consisted of pants and a vest made out of brown wide-wale corduroy! Joline loves garment sewing, and is particularly fond of sewing children’s clothing. Since she joined the team at Sew It Up, she has fallen in love with machine embroidery, leading our monthly Embroidery Club in-person or online! She and her husband, Jim, have been married for thirty-seven years and together they have two children. She has lived in Maine, Wisconsin & Texas, and outside of sewing loves to read, cook & travel. She has been sewing on a Bernina since the mid-1990s, and her favorite BERNINA is her 790+. With her witty sense of humor and willingness to help solve problems, she is a tremendous asset at Sew It Up!

Linda has been inspiring the quilting community at Sew It Up for more than 13 years, sharing her sewing knowledge through teaching from our Quilt it Up Club over donuts & coffee, to virtual Zoom classes during the pandemic. She has lived in Washington, Michigan, California, and now Texas, where she is a busy Mom & Grandmother to twelve children. Outside of quilting, she loves spending time with her family, researching family history, and dolls. She uses her Bernina Q24 nearly every single day, and especially loves working with Lori Holt, Alison Glass & Tilda fabrics. Linda is responsible for creating so many beautiful samples for our store, and we are very fortunate to have such a kind and patient teacher here at Sew It Up!

Lillian loves creating all sorts of things! She has been drawing ever since she can remember but recently fell deeply in love with sewing after designing her first dress a few years ago. She has expanded her interests to quilting and embroidery as well since joining the team and getting her Bernina 880. Some of her favorite fabric designers include Bonnie Christine, Sharon Holland, and Sweetfire Road.