How We Started

Sundrop was founded in British Columbia in 1988 by Linda Beer. Initially, Linda just wanted to stock fabrics that were of good quality to conduct a few sewing courses. The fabric stock expanded as fabric tends to do, and in 1990, Linda moved from her basement to a retail store. She continued to offer courses, retail and mail order sales, and seminars. The good idea grew, and in 1997, Linda Beer was joined by two long-term Sundrop employees and friends, Linda McLeod and Rosemary MacRae. In May 2000, Rosemary retired, leaving the two Lindas as partners.

In 2006 the Linda’s decided it was time to pursue new challenges and in May 2007 Della Hochstein became the new owner and fulfilled a longtime dream of owning a business of her own! The best part is that it is a business about something she loves to do. Della was introduced to sewing at a young age by her Mother, Dorothy as a skill she would need in life. From that it grew into something that she loved and now she has the opportunity to inspire that love of sewing through Sundrop! The Linda’s will still been seen at Sundrop doing what they love best – creating and teaching! 

What We Offer You

Whatever your sewing needs, Sundrop has the right fabrics, patterns, and notions to get you sewing! Our friendly service and knowledgeable staff can help you put your order together from start to finish. We specialize in hard-to-find, unusual fabrics and patterns for outerwear and activewear, but we also carry a full line of 100% cotton interlocks and woven prints and solids. We carry a fine line of coat weight wools and high fashion fabrics. For our in store customers we have a full line of Husqvarna Viking and White sewing machines and sergers.  If you like to sew, we have a lot of neat stuff!

Even though you can order by phone, fax, or the cutting edge of technology on the Internet, our service is very old fashioned. Give us the pattern number and size, and we will check the pattern for you. Need thread? Notions? Just say so and we'll get busy matching thread colour and choosing a zipper in the right length and colour.

We all work in a fabric store because we love to sew, and we would love to help you sew too! We will not substitute your order without your approval, and although things can get a little hectic at times, we try to process orders the day we receive them. Enjoy our website and Sew Up a Storm!

Meet a Sundrop Girl

Jennifer Frank: What can we say about Jennifer?? Well, first off she has been with us the longest of any Sundrop Girl and she is pretty much irreplaceable! (But don’t tell her that!) Her sewing skills (not to mention her organizational skills!) are amazing and she is the most prolific sewer we know. Apparently her husband leaves for work every morning before 5 and she gets up with him, sees him off and then sews until it is time to go to work - the only proof we have of this is that she’s usually ready to conk out by 8 pm!! She is teaching for us more and more so you can benefit as well, from her knowledge and sewing experience, we’ll try to encourage her to sleep in on the days she is teaching nights so she doesn’t nod off in class!!

Lori Marshall  is the original Sundrop Girl, having been with us in one capacity or another from the beginning.  Anyone who has taken the Tuesday evening standard, Sundrop Sewing Workshop, has met Lori and learnt from her.  She has a wealth of sewing knowledge to share and she manages to satisfy the beginner sewers along with the experts while providing that extra bit of help and encouragement to all.  So if you're set on taking a class we don't currently offer or the dates don't suit you, just sign up for Tuesday nights and Lori will see you're well taken care of. 

On her off time, as seen in the photo, she 'holidays hearty', not a lot of sitting on the beach for Lori.  She is our official tester of any new high tech fabrics.  Outfitting both herself and her husband in Sundrop Action Wear, they always look stylish and feel comfortable whether cycling the Oregon Coast, hiking the West Coast Trail or climbing the Grouse Grind.  Lori know's how to sweat pretty!

And if her teaching and sewing skills were not enough , she is also employed as Sundrop's Bookkeeper!!  Lori is truly a gem, filling in where needed and sewing store samples at a furious pace. We truly value this Sundrop Girl's contribution towards our continued success.