Welcome to the Bristly Thistle!

The Bristly Thistle offers you a beautiful selection of handpainted needlepoint canvases, threads, supplies and embellishments.

The Charley Harper show has arrived including many of his abstract birds. For the next few weeks we have over 160 designs in stock and 20% off. Some of the larger designs have seldom been seen. We also have over 500 designs from Associated Talents in the store at 20% off.

We also received the Whimsy and Grace trunk show and all their designs are 20% off. Coming soon - Elizabeth Turner!

This holiday season, we are offering Free Ground Shipping on US orders for canvases, threads and accessories over $100.
Just select USPS for the shipping method. (We may ship FedEx Home Delivery in some cases.)

Looking for the perfect gift for a needlepointer? Check out our Gift Ideas section. If you can't decide, maybe a Gift Certificate or Thread Zapper would be just right.

Jane Nichols is a new designer in our store. She has some tropical belts that would make wonderful sandals. NM Arts and DC Designs are other new designers in the store. Their designs are great and their prices are very reasonable.

There are some great new designs from Patti Mann and Alice Peterson that are all on 13 mesh. We have a great selection of stockings from Strictly Christmas and new brick covers and other designs by Gayla Elliott. Susan Roberts has- some new geometrics and dog collars. We found some great deals on Melissa Shirley designs that are now On Sale.

Subscribe to our needlepoint news blog to learn all about new items as they arrive in the shop. And, you can sign up for our Mailing List to hear about all our sales and special offers. Michele also writes an occasional Needlepoint Tips & Techniques blog about her current projects.

Looking for other smaller projects to take on a trip or to finish quickly? We have a Recommended section where all canvases are under $50.


Charley Harper

Trunk Show - 20% Off!

The Bristly Thistle
Petoskey Hours & Directions
231-347-5460


Amelia Island, Florida
904-729-4020

Florida Trunk Shows
Coming - Elizabeth Turner
March - Susan Roberts
April - Patty Paints
June - Tapestry Tent
2010 Michigan Trunk Shows
July - Ruth Schmuff
September - Silver Needle

We know a lot of you are Charley Harper needlepoint fans and would like to see more of his designs. To make this easier, there are now dozens on our web page. We can order any of these for you.

Our new needlepoint store is on Amelia Island near Jacksonville. The address is 15 N Fourth, Fernandina Beach and our phone is 904 729 4020. We have a huge Trunk Show in the store from Julia's Needleworks and canvases from other great designers including Gaelyn, Marcy, Ronda Ahrens and Lee's Needle Arts. For directions and a Google map click here.

New to the Bristly Thistle? Read some Customer comments about our store.

Happy Stitching!

"The finest needlepoint store in the North" is now
the finest needlepoint store on the web (and in the South!)

The Bristly Thistle needlepoint store proudly carries needlepoint canvases and products from these great suppliers:

Alexa Designs needlepoint canvases

JP Needlepoint needlepoint canvases

Alice Peterson needlepoint canvases

Julia's Needleworks canvases

Amanda Lawford needlepoint canvases

Katherine Parfet needlepoint canvases

Amy Bunger DVDs and books

Kathy Schenkel needlepoint canvases

Anne Brinkley needlepoint canvases

Kelly Clark needlepoint canvases

Artists Collection needlepoint canvases

Kreinik needlepoint threads

Associated Talents needlepoint canvases

Lee needlepoint canvases

Birds of a Feather needlepoint canvases

Leigh needlepoint canvases

Boots Bailey needlepoint canvases

Lizzie*Kate punchneedle needlepoint

Canvas Connection needlepoint canvases

Maggie needlepoint canvases

Caron Collection needlepoint threads

Melissa Shirley needlepoint canvases

CBK needlepoint canvases

Needle Deeva needlepoint canvases

Charley Harper designs

Norden Crafts punchneedle needlepoint

Cheryl Schaeffer needlepoint canvases

Painted Pony needlepoint canvases

Clara Wells needlepoint belts

Pat Thode needlepoint canvases

The Collection needlepoint canvases

Patti Mann needlepoint canvases

A Collection of Designs needlepoint

Patty Paints needlepoint canvases

Cooper Oaks needlepoint canvases

Petei needlepoint canvases

Crooked Tree needlepoint canvases

Raymond Crawford needlepoint

DC Designs needlepoint

Renaissance Designs needlepoint threads

Dede Ogden needlepoint canvases

Rishfeld needlepoint canvases

Danji needlepoint canvases

Rosalie Peters needlepoint canvases

Denise needlepoint canvases

Ruth Schmuff needlepoint canvases

Design Gallery needlepoint belts

Sandra Gilmore needlepoint canvases

DJ Designs needlepoint canvases

Shelly Tribbey needlepoint canvases

Dream House needlepoint canvases

Silver Needle needlepoint canvases

Elizabeth Hess needlepoint canvases

Sparrowkids needlepoint kits for children

Elizabeth Turner needlepoint canvases

Strictly Christmas needlepoint canvases

Fleur de Paris needlepoint canvases

Susan Roberts needlepoint canvases

Four Wives needlepoint canvases

Tapestry Tent needlepoint canvases

HP Designs needlepoint canvases

Susan Treglown needlepoint canvases

Gayla needlepoint canvases

Trubey Designs needlepoint canvases

j child needlepoint canvases

Voila! canvases & finishing

Jane Nichols needlepoint canvases

Walker Street Designs needlepoint

JB Designs needlepoint canvases

Winnetka needlepoint

 








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