Our Story

Columbus craft store Sew to Speak has something for everyone from beginner to expert.

Bright, airy, and packed with specialty crafting materials for limitless projects, Sew to Speak is a maker’s paradise for inspiration, collaboration, and skill-building. Friendly for day-one beginners to expert for-lifers, we encourage ALL individuals to visit us at our Columbus, Ohio, store or shop online for your current and future fixations!

We carry an extensive curated collection of fabrics, yarn, Juki sewing machines, kits, patterns, embroidery, and so much more — all offering a flare to which no corporate chain can compare! Find your next muse by strolling (and/or scrolling) through our shop. Or show us what you’re working on, and we’ll help you find what you need to make it fabulous.

Shop funky fabrics, patterns, embroidery, kits, and more at Sew to Speak in Columbus, Ohio.

Our store is powered by prolific makers eager to support you in achieving your mission and packed with new surprises at every corner. With new products dropped weekly, you’re guaranteed to find something you’ve never seen before.

Spend even more time with us during our classes and events — dedicated to growing our Columbus community of makers and providing guidance for specific methods and specialty projects. Just like our store, our classes are no-judgment zones reserved for limitless imagination.

We cherish all opportunities to create something beautiful and hope our maker space is as sacred to you as it is to us.

Our Mission

If you’re reading this, then our paths have crossed over a mutual passion for making and honing your craft — we’re sew glad you’re here! Sew to Speak is made to be your safe creative haven and connection point to like-minded individuals.

We love our maker community and aim to bring Columbus together, one connection at a time. No matter your skill level, identity, or background, you are welcome at Sew to Speak.

When you walk through our doors, you’ll be treated like a friend by every member of our team (aka, the Stitch Squad). All experts in many crafts, we’re genuinely interested in hearing about your projects and getting to know you. If you have questions, we’re there in a flash, excited to help in any way we can!

Whether you’re looking for supplies or here to learn something brand new, we have something for everyone!

The joy of creating is the backbone of Sew to Speak and what brings us all together. Seeing and hearing inspiration bouncing around the store puts smiles on our faces every day. We are dedicated to maintaining a safe space for all and a uniquely collaborative shopping experience.

Meet the Owners

Eva Fried and Amy Baden, Owners of Sew to Speak Fabric Store in Columbus, OH. They're holding a quilt outside of the store.

Eva and Amy are a dynamic duo whose love story began in 2009. Both were working in the medical field when they met and continue to share a passion for helping others and living vibrantly. They married in 2013 and nested in Columbus, Ohio, with their 6 outstanding kiddos. Full-time jobs and parenting duties aside, Eva and Amy always managed to prioritize time for creativity — so much so that they set up a dedicated “craft room” in their house. Naturally, visits to Sew to Speak to restock supplies and take classes became routine for the whole family.

As the kids grew and their nest emptied, Eva and Amy felt an entrepreneurial spirit glisten among them. Amy was ready for a new journey to follow her career in organ donation. Eva had grown close with Sew to Speak’s original owner, Anita, a friendship sponsored by years of prolific making. On a walk with Anita, Eva just so happened to learn that the store was up for sale. Eva and Amy seized the opportunity to pour their heart and souls into co-owning the store as the next chapter of their story and haven’t looked back.

Taking on this adventure together has been an incredibly special experience — even their kids are involved! Sew to Speak is Eva and Amy’s home away from home, filled with love and infinite possibilities.

Amy Baden is co-owner of Sew to Speak, offering Juki machines and sewing machine repair in Columbus.

Amy handles all things operations, managing the store, the Stitch Squad, and all customer concerns. Her not-so-guilty pleasure is overhearing the Oohs and Ahhs of happy shoppers when she’s in her office, and she’s become the resident expert in sewing machine repairs.

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Eva Fried is co-owner of Sew to Speak, offering sewing classes, quilting classes, and other craft events in Columbus.

Eva works full-time as a nurse-midwife and academic program director. She also leads buying for the store (give her a shout if there’s something we’re missing) and visits every chance she gets, especially to take classes from our talented teachers!

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Our History

Built by and running on a sacred love for creative expression and devotion to acceptance of all who enter, Sew to Speak has maintained its credentials as a certified happy place and origin point for new friendships, ideas, and masterpieces since its inception. Click on the dates to learn and see more about our history!

Sew to Speak started as a fabric store in Clintonville, Ohio.

2008

The first Sew to Speak location was opened by Anita Gastaldo in Clintonville, Ohio, and spent 8 years thriving.

2016

Sew to Speak evolved to its current and historic location in the Columbus suburb of Worthington, the former home of the Worthington Library.

Sew to Speak is a happy place for the Columbus community of makers to learn new crafts and make new friends.

2022

A kinship formed by years of frequenting Sew to Speak led to a serendipitous transition in ownership to Eva Fried and Amy Baden.

Sew to Speak Co-owners Amy Baden and Eva Fried

Today

Co-owners and power couple Eva and Amy are dedicated to continuing Sew to Speak’s legacy, and Anita continues to teach at the store!