Inspired by the 2010 Bargello Needlepoint Challenge, these new Bargello Shop items are both functional and fun. Come and visit the new Bargello Needlepoint.com Shop and browse through the available items. They’ve been designed especially with you in mind [...]

One of my favorite US cities is San Francisco, CA. On many a business trip and vacation, I had the pleasure to enjoy a foray into Needlepoint Inc, a full-service needlepoint shop. In addition to browsing among the original hand-painted canvases on display, I got a chance to watch one being painted [...]

Located on Historic Street in Ogden, UT, The Needlepoint Joint carries quality supplies for all types of needlework and needlepoint. The shop has been there for 37 years and in that time has amassed a vast array of threads, yarns, tools and fabrics–not only common items, but strange and hard to find things. Some things have become antiques in their care [...]

Live in New England or looking for a hand painted needlepoint canvas to commemorate a visit? Knit & Needlepoint, located in the historic Back Bay area of Boston, MA is THE place to find scenes from Boston to Cape Cod to Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard [...]

On one of many business trips to the Scottsdale AZ area, I had a chance to visit Quail Run Needleworks and spend an entire afternoon there. There were so many hand-painted needlepoint canvases, threads, fibers, finishing accessories, charts and stitch patterns that I felt overwhelmed [...]

Located in a prestigious area of Wilmington, Delaware, The Jolly Needlewoman is a quaint needlepoint shop with colonial American charm. The shop looks like a home that was converted into a store; but when you enter it there are small intimate rooms with canvases, needlepoint accessories, and threads and fibers [...]

Looking for a custom hand-painted canvas from a photograph or an original idea? Two The Point Needlearts in Overland Park, Kansas is the shop for you! They can provide you with designers who paint custom monograms, initials, your favorite sports team, college or even high school. If none of these is your cup of tea, just let them know what you’d like to have painted and you will be connected with someone who can provide the service. I bet that if you have a picture of your house or favorite pet, they could have it hand-painted on needlepoint canvas [...]

When I lived in Connecticut, my local needlepoint shop was Next Station Needlepoint. It gets its name from the busy New Canaan to New York City commuter train station around the corner [...]

Needle Nook of La Jolla provides premier needlepoint services and offerings to delight stitchers of all levels. The large and varied painted canvases, threads, fibers and other needlepoint accessories make it one of the most well-known needlepoint shops in the country [...]

On one of my many visits back home to Virginia, I came across this wonderful needlepoint shop in the Virginia Beach area. The Hook and I has all the charm of colonial American architecture and everything a stitcher desires for needlepoint, crewel, knitting, smocking, rug-hooking and more [...]

When I lived in Salt Lake City, UT, Needlepoint & Other Things was my local needlepoint shop. Tucked away in a quaint little shopping center in the East Milcreek area of Salt Lake City, this needlepoint store offers a great selection of fibers, hand painted canvases and accessories [...]

One of the special delights of vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard Island is visiting Henley’s Needlepoint & Fibers, a quaint Victorian style needlepoint store located in the heart of Edgartown [...]

I love visiting needlepoint shops and have found some wonderful Bargello stash treasures in shops of all shapes and sizes. Recently, I’ve been meandering down memory lane, reminiscing about the needlepoint shops I’ve stumbled upon in my travels. I used to travel extensively, and most times the trips only became bearable because of the anticipation I would feel just thinking about the local needlepoint shops (and tea rooms) I would visit. So, here’s to all those needlepoint shop owners who lovingly toil to make our visits fruitful and fun [...]