Places

This Tops Vacuum and Sewing store on Bee Ridge Road in Sarasota is part of a chain of sewing and vacuum stores. Tops Vacuum and Sewing, in business since 1945, repairs all brands of sewing machines, embroidery machines, sergers and vacuum cleaners, with free estimates. The stores sell sewing machines and vacuums and run classes

Flash Sew & Quilt’s Sarasota store on North Beneva Road services machines in-house, covering Bernina, Baby Lock, Juki, Janome, Singer, Pfaff, Viking and other brands. Flash Sew also sells BERNINA, bernette and Baby Lock machines, cabinets and accessories, and runs classes. Open Tuesday to Friday 10 AM to 4 PM and Saturday 10 AM to

Sarasota Sews on Bee Ridge Road is a sewing machine store run by Dawn, who learned to sew from her mom at age five. You can drop off a machine for a tune-up, shop for a new one, or sign up for classes. Open Wednesday to Saturday, 10 AM to 3 PM. Note that there