Destination Needlepoint

Any needlepoint lovers out there? 

While I was out and about with my husband last week I happened upon a sign for a needlepoint shop and I asked the HH to turn around so I could go inside and have a look around.

Destination Needlepoint in Kennebunk, Maine. You’re going to want to check this place out.

Fact: I know absolutely nothing about needlepoint.

Nothing at all, but I do know a cool specialty arts and craft type shop when I see one. Look at all those skeins!! I don’t even do needlepoint and I wanted to swoop them all up. 

Wall after wall was filled with them! It was crazy. And beautiful and fun to see a well curated shop packed full of so many different choices.

There were also a ton of needlepoint canvases on the wall. 

I really didn’t have a clue what I was looking at but I did see the prices on the canvases and {politely} asked why the canvases were so expensive. 

It turns out, all the canvases in the shop are HAND PAINTED. Oh my word!!! What a job that would be.

Each individual square is hand painted in the shade of the thread you’re supposed to use. 

By hand painting the pattern onto the canvas {instead of a machine doing it} you end up with a design that is perfectly lined up on the canvas.

The threads and the canvases seemed to go on forever!! 

I suspect if this is your hobby, you could probably spend hours in here just picking out the thread you’d need for your canvas.

I loved the cozy little stitching nook.

There’s even a stitching room upstairs where people come together to work on their projects and take classes. 

How cool is that?

Hobbies. Everyone needs one. 

I have rug hooking, the HH has his “researching”. How about you? What is YOUR hobby? 

If it’s needlepoint and you’ll be anywhere near Southern Maine… Be sure and stop by Destination Needlepoint. The shop is gorgeous and the staff is so kind an sincere and they obviously LOVE what they do. 

~Mavis