Keepsake Needlearts

They're still there. They have an ad in the current JCS. I tried going there and had no problem. Perhaps they had a computer glitch when you tried.

Nancy

Yes they are still there, I was there last August.

I needed Q-snaps ( left mine at home). The lady I finally cornered had never heard of them. Actually, I found them in a small display by the check-out counter in the Quilt area.

There is always a porch sale of their kits...........so I feel it my responsibility to keep them in business. LOL

HOWEVER, they basically sell kits. Also the "doorway" seperating the Quilt shop (awesome, even though I don't quilt) has been replaced by an"arch". It is all part of the same shop, and you pay for it all in the fabric side.

The yarn shop is great fun..........I helped them too. Scrapbooking left me cold, so they can scrounge for scraps.

The addy is

back in chilly Florida ( well it is if you are in shorts and sandals!

On

I went up there in November for their Open house. I found some lovely yarn at their sister store Patternworks to make a baby shrug for Eva. I went into Keepsake Needlearts, but the signage is replace with a Clearance sign. I did find a couple of things(more yarn) there though and had to check out at Keepsake Quilting. The woman there said that the catalog sales will continue, but all clearance from all three shops and past catalogs would now be consigned to that shop area. There were PLENTY of kits to be had and the prices are really good.

I have since ordered from the catalog with no problems and will continue to do so, but I thought you should know. I was going to post this earlier, but life got in the way. TYSK

Bobbie V.

Thanks everyone. I love the things they have in this catalogue I have and can't wait to receive the new one. Although I prefer to work from just charts, I'll take anything I can get these days since the sources for needlework of any kind seem to be as scarce as hens teeth in my neck of the woods.

Maureen

I have the very same problem. The last LNS closed last year and I miss it terribly.

Lucille

I wonder if there are so few stitcherts around then, or if the big box stores (Michael's etc) have killed the small LNS in most towns. If I thought that, I'd be tempted to start a small mail-order business myself just to keep the supplies out there and the needle arts alive.

Maureen

With my store the owner just got tired of it. She was getting older and wanted to travel and do more fun things then owning the store allowed. She tried to sell it, and even to give it away to her daughter, but couldn't get anyone interested.

L

That happens, I can see it coming with my yarn store - when her husband retires she won't want to keep it going. Long hours, some awfully picky customers, rude ones too. Their daughter married and is living in Wales and she would like to visit more often, I am sure she will sell and they will travel and I don't blame her. I just hope someone wants to buy from her.

Even with a good population we lost our last LNS 10 or more years ago now. Then there was one hanging on about an hours drive away, now I have to go a three hour drive to Sharon in NB if I want a live LNS lol We do have a Michaels but I can't say I find it too impressive.

Maureen and Lucille,

I would be more than happy to fill out any lists you have from my LNS, and mail them to you. She is in the same town..............takes about

25 mins to drive there, but it always lands up as a friendly visit for an hour or so! I was in yesterday, and picked up a small piece she had framed for me, two gorgeous plush fingertip towels, which I hadn't seen before, and replacement clips for my Q-snaps.........and came out with change from $30.

Gillian

If the Michael's is like ours, there wouldn't be much competition! They have the same Leisure Arts kits that they've had for, seriously,

*years*, which are the same LA kits that Joann's has (and Wally World had, until they eliminated stitchy stuff from their crafts section). No wonder no one cross stitches anymore...it's always the same old stuff. That's why I love to go to Fargo to NN!

Joan

I do have a Michael's and a Joann's at a reasonable distance but I think of them only as places to get DMC floss and not much else.

Lucille

Me too. Our Michael's and Joann's are literally across the road from each other. I'll use Joann's when looking for backing for ornaments and sewing notions, etc. but not much else. I only go to Michael's when Joann's doesn't have the DMC color I'm looking for. Both have downsized their stitching in recent years.

Nancy

Thank you Gillian. I was hoping for a close by LNS for things like thread. I prefer DMC, but the piece I'm working on right now calls for

3 shades to be in ANCHOR. I couldn't find Anchor so checked their site. Their store locator told me I could get their embroidery thread at Michael's and Walmart in my town. However, clerks in both stores told me they don't carry them. So I e-mailed Anchor and was given a phone number for the other end of the country to 'discuss' my problem. My problem is that we need our LNS back with lots of new stock and plenty of the old stand-bys to keep us all coming back.

The downside is, I also wanted Dimenions Gold 'Jewels Of The Orient'. It was $85. at my LNS $50.00 at my local Michael's, and I bought it at Michael's '50% off first item' sale. That was a $60.00 price difference that I couldn't afford to pass up so I had to go with Michaels.

Maureen

When I first hit the panic button on Keepsake Needlearts, I also e-mailed them. I got this reply this morning.

Hi Maureen,

Thank you for your inquiry. No, we are not either dropping needlework or going out of business! We no longer carry the full NeedleArts catalog of merchandise in our Keepsake Quilting shop (that's been for a couple of years!), but other than that everything is the same here!

Regards

Laura Customer Service