Welcome to the Bristly Thistle!

The Bristly Thistle offers you a beautiful selection of handpainted needlepoint canvases, threads, supplies and embellishments. Sign up for our Mailing List to learn about all our sales, classes and special offers.

Trade Show - The big show this year was in Phoenix Jan 21-23. We will post photos and comments on Needlepoint News. First in are 3 new designs by Charley Harper and 3 from Ellen Solomons. Next up: Kelly Clark, Amanda Lawford, Derek Clark, and j child.

Trunk Shows - The 2012 Charley Harper show has arrived with over 175 designs. This collection has a great selection of designs and many are on 13 mesh. You can order online now at 20% off. This is the last day for this show.

Classes - We had a great 3 days with Brenda Hart in October. Brenda will be back March 16-18 2012 with her stitching and embellishment class. Classes are limited to 8 students and we are now taking reservations. March 17 and 18 are almost full.

News - Ashley Dillon at Tapestry Tent has designed two new marches - Thanksgiving and 4th of July. Michele has already started on the stitch guides. These should arrive in February but you can order now.


Five Creepies from Needle Deeva are in stock now with more expected over the next few months. Michele has written about them on her blog.

On Sale - We have added dozens of designs to our On Sale page, all at 50-75% off. All in stock belts and pet collars are now 50% off. And, we are offering 20% off all in stock 13m and 18m Christmas stockings.

New designs - have arrived from Laurel Burch, NM Arts and MM Designs including some great new ornaments. Kirk and Hamilton also have wonderful ornaments with stitch guides and some are on 13 mesh.

Six new Witch hats have arrived from Kelly Clark with a stitch guide for all of them. Four new designs by Donna Race have arrived. Be sure to check the Needlepoint News blog for other new designs and threads.

PayPal - We now accept PayPal for orders. Send us an email with the items you need and we will send you a PayPal invoice. Our minimum order is $25 plus shipping.

We have some new designers in our store - Donna Race, Sandra Baker-Hinton, Labors of Love, Robbyn's Nest, Melissa Prince and NM Arts. They have some wonderful birds, Christmas stockings, mini socks and floral designs. We also have some new designs from Needle Crossings, j child, Alexa, Strictly Christmas, Julie Mar, Star and Trish.

There is a page of Sports designs. We have done many of these over the years and they seem to be getting more popular. Choose a team and design and we can have it for you in a few weeks.

Subscribe to our needlepoint news blog to learn all about new items as they arrive in the shop. Michele also writes an occasional Needlepoint Tips & Techniques blog about her current projects.

Happy New Year!

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