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Needle Nook La Jolla, CA
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A year ago David McCaskill moved to San Diego and now teaches at the Needle Nook about 4 times a month. He has also introduced a new design series featuring Santa and his bag of toys. A wonderful Santa tassel encircles a velvet bag of needlepoint toys. Beginning with Santa, every two months a toy is introduced to add to the collection and to the velvet bag. The toys include Hobby Horse, Doll in a Box, Baseball and Bat, Airplane, and Teddy Bear.

To celebrate the millennium, following Needle Nook's previous highly successful ornament of the month program, the shop has introduced 2 exclusive monthly ornament series. Each month they present a new and, exclusive to Needle Nook, hand painted needlepoint ornament from Shelley Tribbey and dede Ogden. Each ornament canvas design is completely kitted with canvas, needle, thread, stitch guide and photo of the completed project. The Shelley Tribbey Calendar Angel series consists of 12 new angels of the month designed by Shelley just for Needle Nook. In addition, David McCaskill has prepared a stitch guide for each angel design. The combinations of Shelley's exquisite angels and David's creative application of stitches, techniques and threads make this series a very appealing offering. Likewise dede Ogden has designed an exclusive ornament series - the Teardrop Snowpeople, a new one appearing each month through 2000. In addition, dede has personally prepared a stitch guide for each design. dede's vast experience in needlepoint and teaching makes Bernice very proud to be able to offer these to her customers.

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Needle Nook is a one-stop full service needlework shop. They stock hand painted needlepoint canvases galore and over 100 different thread lines, including Caron Impressions, Snow, Watercolours, Wildflowers and Waterlilies. Stitch guides are available for many of the designs stocked and if not, the staff is happy to recommend decorative stitches to enhance the canvas as well as providing assistance in selecting just the right threads. Needle Nook eagerly welcomes custom work and offers finishing and framing services as well. Their semi-annual sale begins June 1st and Dec.1st each year and during the months of Feb and July there is a 20% discount on all finishing. Trunk shows featuring different designers are held each month. They provide the opportunity for customers to view a greater selection of a particular designer's work than that which is ordinarily available in the shop. A 15% discount is offered on purchases or orders from the featured design line during show dates and for a full month after the show closes. Many take advantage of these trunk shows to stock up on the latest canvases from their favorite designers. In addition to stocking the highest quality hand painted canvas designs available, the Needle Nook of La Jolla makes available to our customers the most skilled and innovative needlepoint finishers working today. There are numerous creative ways you may commission them to have your cherished stitched piece of needlepoint finished. They are always eager to assist in selecting just the finishing style that will show your lovingly stitched needlepoint to its best advantage.

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Bernice states that she never wanted to be "just a retailer." Her fondest wish was to create a place where all could come to learn and advance their knowledge and skill in the needlearts. Her goal has always been to create an atmosphere of comfort, support and camaraderie. All concur that she has accomplished this goal quite admirably!

Needle Nook of La Jolla
7719 Fay Ave.
La Jolla, CA 92037

phone: (858) 459- 1711 and (800) 685- 1711
fax: (858) 459- 9536
e-mail: ndlpoint@needlenook.com
website: http://www.needlenook.com
store hours: Monday - Friday - 9:30 am to 5 pm
Saturdays - 9:30 am to 4:30 pm

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STORE FOCUS ARCHIVES
(For previous month's features)

Fiddlesticks ­ Honolulu, Hawaii
Linen Ladies ­ Sidney, Montana
A revisit to: Hook-n-Needle in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Old Town Needlework & Framing in Scottsdale, AZ
The Yarn Barn of San Antonio, Texas

The Sampler in Plymouth, MA
Abecedarius in Marietta, Georgia

Witchery Stitchery of Mt. Horeb Wisconsin

City Stitcher of Chicago, IL

L'Aguja Loca in Mexico City

Ruth's Stitchery, in Colorado Springs, CO
Mrs. Titchett's Eye, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Pocket Full of Stitches, in Lubbock, TX

Sophisticated Stitchery, in Carteret, New Jersey
Hardanger House, Stettler, Alberta, Canada
Nordic Needle, Fargo, ND

Needlemania, in Cranston, Rhode Island

The Country Cross-Stitcher, Woburn, Bedfordshire, UK

Amy's Golden Strand, Memphis, TN

Needle in a Haystack in Alameda, California
Tri Thy Needlecraft Centre, in North Wales, UK
Fils Du Temps in Strasbourg, France
Stitchery Source International / Rainbow Picture Framing in Miami, Florida
Nettie's Needlecraft in glamorous Beverly Hills, California...
Island Needlework, Key West, Florida...
The Summer House Needleworks, Oley Valley of Pennsylvania
Evening Star Designs, mail order specializing in Quilting supplies
Ginger's Needlearts and Framing, Austin, Texas
The Needlewoman East in Falls Church, Virginia
Hook-n-Needle in Fairfield County, CT
The Needlepointer, Everett, Washington
Haus Tirol in Williamsburg, Virginia
Crafty Lady in Macomb, Michigan
It's A Crewel World in Salem, Massachusetts
Exclamation Point!in Saratoga Village, California
Thistle Needleworks in Glastonbury, Connecticut