I am relatively a new sewist/quilter in South OC. Since Quilt Passions closed, Quilt Bee has become my go to for good quilting fabric. The staff have all been very welcoming and helpful. I have also taken a few classes at QB, which have all been very good. I've taken two classes from Instructor Janet, who is especially encouraging, friendly and knowledgeable. I also felt welcomed by the other students, which made the classes enjoyable. So, although it is a bit of a trek from South OC, it is well worth it. read more

Took the rope class today and it was so fun and Janet of course is an amazing teacher I love taking classes with her

My mother a huge quilting lover comes down from Canada once a year and this shop is on her must hit list! Good selection and friendly staff!

New Owner - Same Staff Great selection! Amazingly helpful staff. Love all the classes I've taken. My skills have improved so much because of everyone at the shop and in the classes with me. The fabric selection is growing daily. Kaffe, Tula, Ruby Star, Moda, and Riley Blake, just to name a few. Plenty of parking on the backside of the building. No Quilt Police here! Just kind and thoughful. It's the last full service shop in Orange Co. Two in-house Long Arm Machines for them to help make your hard work of piecing an epic and timeless heirloom. 25% off Backing and Batting for your FINISHED tops on the 25th of every month. Kitten Approved read more

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I'm so happy I found this quilt shop, especially with so many others near me closing or already gone. The staff here is incredibly helpful and always eager to offer suggestions. I take the Monday morning class with Janet--she's an amazing teacher with a great personality and incredible patience, a truly dynamic combination. She shares so many helpful tips that make a real difference. And the fabric selection? Absolutely stunning! It's impossible to leave without picking up something. read more

I have been sewing for a while. I stepped back and took some classes and it was so much fun. All the new fabric is amazing. Denise K. read more

Great service and selection. Lots of classes to choose from. Terrific help with questions and or problems.

Friendly, helpful knowledgeable staff: Wendy, Pam, Janet & Jenny !! Great fabric selection!! read more

Wonderful quilt shop! They have everything I need, and everyone is always extremely helpful, even other customers! I don't attend any of the classes, but have noticed they are always full and everyone is having fun. One day I hope to have the time to join in. I have been coming to this shop for years, and yes, there is a new owner and I love the changes she has made. I feel just as welcome and supported as I always have and that is so important. There are always wonderful fabrics to chose from, and they have the best promotions too! So come on over and see what's happening at The Bee! You won't be disappointed! read more

Love this shop! Tons of great fabric and lots of fun classes. The new owner is doing a wonderful job and her staff is really helpful.

What a wonderful place for beginner and advance quilters! There are many fabric and pattern selections!! Also, the team had been very helpful!! read more

NEW OWNER, NEW FABRIC..We love all the new fabrics. The staff are friendly and extremely helpful to us( myself and my husband are new,quilters). Lots of classes offered too. We take a beginning quilt class with Janet . She has helped us be successful . We love the BEE! read more

I have been taking quilting classes from Janet Salcido since the shop opened. She is a fabulous, knowledgeable and encouraging teacher. Plus, she gathers a group of quilters around her who become friends and family. My weekly classes at OQB are better than therapy for me. And the shop is amazing. It's under new ownership, so there are exciting new fabrics. Plus the staff and teaching staff have remained. If you sew or quilt , it is worth a visit. The fabric is high quality and you get a good product for the price. read more

I can't express enough how amazing this store is. Beginning with Jenny the new store owner, who is so smart, knowledgeable, great friendly personality and just outright adorable. Congrats on the New Store with lots of New Fabrics and lots more. This store is set up so cute and with ease to finding everything you need and what you want. Not to mention the awesome staff, Wendy, Pam & Janet. They all know their stuff and are willing to help you in making your first or your next quilt. Walking into this store is a great one stop with a taste of great value. read more

This is a wonderful quilt shop! Has a variety of fabrics, classes, and supplies. In addition has a very knowledgeable and friendly staff.

Two very nasty ladies work here. One is a teacher who is not tact and ppl oriented and the other is a sales person w ho acts like she owns the place. Never again. read more

Wow! Beautiful fabrics and tons of precuts! Lots of finished quilts for inspiration and very helpful and friendly staff. They have classes too for beginners to advanced. Love this cute shop! read more

Love this place, super friendly and helpful, lots of fabrics to choose from. I have taking classes here and the instructor is awesome.

One of the last surviving local quilt stores. Easy parking behind the store they have a very nice selection of a variety of fabric, including batiks, some higher end fabrics like Kaffe, Tula pink. A good selection of notions and patterns as well. The ladies that work there are very helpful. In addition, they offer classes and have a very nice workshop area. read more

The staff is very kind and helpful! We had a great experience visiting this store. There is such a wide variety of fabrics to choose from and projects to start at this store! All fat quarters are $3.50 Yards vary by fabric read more

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Nice folks, but 'spensive. For a hard to find or niche fabric, I would check here. They had a couple nice things on sale, but I would need more to be a regular. read more

I have taken a several classes from this establishment in regards to quilting. The environment, people, and workshop are superb. I have learned so much from the few months I have been here. I yet am still a novice with quilt work, but everyone is so nice, making mistakes never feel such a stump. This shop has a lot of material, tools, and kits- if you need to find anything in regards of quilting- this place is a good stop read more

Friendly staff, excellent selection of fabric, including Kaffe, 30s reproduction fabric.

I absolutely loved this shop! My first impression when I walked in was "wow this place is a hidden gem" everything there was so beautiful and above average quality for a fair price. I loved how many unique, fun and hard to find fabrics they had. The staff gave me such a warm welcome and made me feel at home (which is not always the case when you're the only man in the shop) I plan on going back!!! read more

This is an amazing co- I love to quilt and this is my first stop for quality fabrics- along with - the beautiful job top stitching my quilts- read more

Looking for quilt instruction and found a group of friendly, helpful people here!! My teacher Jo Marie is fantastic. Learning so very much. Thank you so very much. Grace read more

It's a great place. The fabric quality is superb, and whoever curates the patterns has top notch taste. It's not the kind of place where they stalk you with a smile in a desperate attempt to make a sale, but a really chill place where you can stand around and chat with others who've been in the hobby for many years. I love this place so much. Their prices are higher than commercial chains, but the fabric quality is much, much higher too. The "Orange Bee" as I call it, is my go-to. read more

Lots of unmasked people here- customers and staff. No social distancing. There was a large group of unmasked people in the class area sitting close together and chatting. Looks like they are ignoring the pandemic. This is very irresponsible and disrespectful to customers. I won't be back. read more

Great shop with beautiful fabric, there are so many lovely patterns and original designs in every color imaginable. My favorite are the vintage looking patterns. It's so hard to find things these days that don't look cheep or too modern, especially when looking for floral patterns, so I'm glad I found this shop. I kind of wish they had tassels and things that I could add to my creations, but they cater mostly to quilt making. But if you want classy looking patterns to up your game, this is the shop for you. This is my favorite fabric shop in OC! read more

Orange Quilt Bee - Tarot Card Bag - Arts & Crafts Near Me - Orange, California

Today I phoned ahead to inquire about their pandemic protocols and was told that everyone in the store wears a mask ("of course") and that there are markings on the floor to maintain social distances, classes are underway and "we've had no problems at all." When I arrived about 2:30, the staff at the cutting and purchasing counter were wearing masks and so were the shoppers near the counter. Yes, there were social distancing circles on the floor. But, all the doors to the shop were closed and a large quilting class was underway on one side of the shop. There are no barriers between the classroom and the rest of the shop. I was shocked to find that in the class of 10-12 women, NOT A SINGLE INDIVIDIUAL WAS WEARING A MASK. No. one. The instructor of the class was loudly teaching and many of the students were gathered closely to see what she was explaining. Others were roaming maskless around the classroom (and sometimes into the shop itself), without any concern for keeping away from one another. The classes run for hours in this enclosed space. No doubt, their respirations waft through the entire store. The disregard and lack of consideration for the health and safety of others is upsetting and makes me sad because this situation makes it clear that care for their customers is absent. After calling ahead and being assured of their precautions, I feel I was purposefully mislead and put at risk. The store has a nice selection of quilting cottons and is one of the last remaining quilt shops in this area, but this blatant breach of well-understood health and safety guidelines makes shopping there a risk not worth taking. They have always previously seemed to want to build a shared community of quilters and loyal customers, to be welcoming, witty, and saavy in how they run their shop. Today, on a day when once again, our country has surpassed the record number of COVID cases, concern for and interest in their customers is clearly not the philosophy anymore. Sadly, I won't return. read more

This is the BEST for quilters and anyone that says different needs to stay away, do that so it stays great, please! Safe, friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful. Will return and take classes too. By the way as you might imagine most of the customers in the store were in an age group considered "high risk" everything and everyone was safe even in the Governor Gruesome empire read more

I visited Orange Quilt Bee for the first time and I loved the store but the lady at the counter was pretty rude to me. She started scolding me in front of customers when I was asking about their classes. I felt embarrassed when I left the store. Iam just glad she is not one of the teachers there. read more

I love OQB. I have been taking classes and shopping here since the beginning. Janet Salcido is a knowledgeable teacher who can figure out any pattern and help me through all my mistakes. And she is funny and personable and kind. The staff is helpful. The owners take a real interest in the customers and what they need and want. Plus the annual retreat is restorative. And fun!! Spend your fabric dollars here. The fabric is high quality and the sample quilts and kits are creative. Love, love, love. read more

Orange Quilt Bee - Arts & Crafts Near Me - Orange, California

Went to this quilt store today on a quilt run. It was the nicest store we visited out of 5 shops. Had never been there before and we certainly can't wait to go back. The employees were very friendly, helpful and fun to talk to. read more

This is my favorite quilt shop in Orange County! I have been in class for 9 years. The fabric selection is wide and varied. The sample quilts are beautifully displayed. One of my favorite things is the classroom space. There is plenty of room for each student to spread out. Janet the teacher takes all the time needed for me to grasp a new skill. If you are local and quilt - be sure to drop by. read more

Very nice quilt shop! Lots of inspiring examples on display, great selection of fabrics, friendly ladies, and interesting classes. Love it!

I absolutely LOVE this quilting and fabric shop. The selection of fabric is awesome. They have tons of patterns and books available. Their classes fit many people's expectations and needs. The owners and worker bees are helpful and very knowledgeable, as well as professional and friendly. I highly recommend them! read more

This place is amazing! I frequent the tattoo shop next door and have been eyeballing this place each time and this past weekend I FINALLY went in. I couldn't believe my eyes, their fabric selection is amazing and it looks like they have classes as well...and if you don't want to do your own quilting, you can have them do it for you! Woo! (alas, I must try to do this on my own.) Browsing the aisles I was so excited about the fabrics they had there. Things that I would normally be ordering online were here! Ahh! I also love that they have pre-cut fat quarters. I love to buy lots of random fabrics and this makes it so easy to go and pick out a few prints. They're also super friendly and I got a Stinger Card, heck yeah! Can't wait to come back and browse some more. read more

While this is a nice quilt shop in the diminishing list of local brick-and-mortar stores, they are on the higher end price-wise and the service is somewhat lacking. Also, it is NOT a good one for monthly clubs (block-of-the-month). I've done many of these and this shop is beyond stingy with cuts of fabric for what you pay. The one I did was missing yardage required and I've had to go in several times to request the missing pieces. Moreover, I wish I would have known this before committing to a monthly club as the price was a bit more than I would have liked, but I loved the quilt so I took the plunge. Needless to say, it will be my last (and first) monthly club with the Orange Quilt Bee. Also, i know they run various events for table-time and sewing get-togethers, but the sign-up process is so cumbersome and so challenging to even get a spot (i.e. Fuzzy Slipper Night) I have yet to attend. I do like their selection of new fabrics and they have wonderful precuts and fat quarters. It is also very organized and easy to find coordinating pieces for projects you may be working on. I'd just say to be prepared to help yourself and not rely on help from the shop personnel when you go. read more

This place is 2 blocks from the old Leah's Fabric Gallery. I found out about this shop from an article in the OC Register about one of their quilting instructors, Janet. From the article I decided that I would sign myself and my mom up for a class as a gift for her. The cost of the actual class was VERY reasonable and they give you a list of supplies you will need to get before the class starts. If you buy your supplies from this shop it will be on the expensive side if you're used to buying from Joann, but the perk is that you have access to their helpful staff who will walk you through any selection (from pattern to fabric) and you won't have to pre-wash/iron your fabric before hand. Once we started the class I found Janet warm, friendly, and full of tips and tricks in addition to general quilting knowledge. This place is equip with 2 huge cutting tables that can also be used to put the finished quilt top together with the batting and backing. If you need to borrow a sewing machine because you don't have one or yours doesn't stipple or some other function they have some you can borrow; we're talking nice, new and top of the line and it seemed like all the employees knew how they worked. The other women in the class were friendly as well and really gave you the feeling of being a large extended family. The staff are all knowledgeable quilters that have many years of experience under their belts. If you need help picking the right pattern or fabric colors they are right there to help. There is a wide range of books, patterns, fabrics, and supplies for you to browse and if you find yourself returning be sure to get one of their Stinger Cards which is a frequent buyer card. I have also taken a hand applique class with Kathy and, like Janet, she is warm, friendly, knowledgeable, and full of tips and tricks to making applique easy; you should see some of her applique quilts! I am also scheduled to take a Hawaiian quilting class with Janet too; Hawaiian quilting is her favorite and she entered and won an award for one of these quilts at the OC Fair. I'm sure I've left something out, but over all this place is awesome and I highly recommend it to anyone looking to learn quilting or sewing! read more