Coastal Sewing Machines is a sewing and quilt shop located in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, which houses roughly 10,000 yards of fabric along with a variety of sewing supplies and notions. The shop also sells new and used machines from Pfaff, Viking, and Babylock, as well as provides comprehensive sewing machine repair and diagnostic services for all types of sewing machines, embroidery machines, and sergers. Coastal Sewing Machines was started in 1993 by Peter and Debbie Alvord. More recently in June 2011, it was purchased by Jeff and Liz Erekson, a young couple new to the Connecticut area. The store has been run with the help of Eileen Savage and Karen Pennachinni, both loyal and long time employees of the business.