The Busy Needle in Tucson, Arizona -- a full-service needlework shop

The
Busy Needle
2840 W. Ina Rd. #156
Tucson, AZ 85741
Phone 520-229-1977
ORDERS: 866-929-1977
Fax 520-229-1978
BusyNeedle85741@yahoo.com

Over 1800 square feet of needlework heaven, offering handpainted needlepoint canvases, cross-stitch and Hardanger patterns, fibers, classes, finishing and fun! Try us for any of your needlework needs!

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Cross-Stitch, Needlepoint Canvases, Fabrics, Kits, Framing, Classes, Supplies, Finishing
Open Tues. - Fri., 10 am - 5 pm
Sat., 10 am - 4 pm
(Closed Sunday & Monday)

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Visit us - - - - at the NE corner of Ina and Shannon

Map of 2840 W Ina Rd
Tucson, AZ 85741-2587
We accept

personal checks & money orders

THE LATEST BUZZ

New: "Books & DVD's"
Newsletter - Happy Spring!
The Busy Needle now has a
TOLL-FREE ORDER LINE:
1-866-929-1977

Trunk Shows
Kathy Schenkel Designs
May 1 - 30
The Artists Collection
June 1 - 30
Leigh Designs
July 1 - 31
20% off Trunk Show items

QUICK LINKS:
Needlepoint Cross Stitch Punchneedle Classes, Books, Accessories, etc. Designer Links

NEEDLEPOINT

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Brick Covers

Apparel

Purses

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for complete listing and details
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Animals	Halloween
Stockings	Seashore
Sayings	Southwest
Judaic	Christmas
Oriental	Garden - Floral
Miscellaneous/Other	Thanksgiving
Easter	Angels
Kitchen	Baby
Jewelry Cases	Jewelry Cases

NEW!
39 New Needlepoint Canvases & items posted in May.
476 New Needlepoint Canvases & items posted in April.
(Click on "What's New" Link)

LOOK!!
Take an additional 50% off
the lowest marked price!!

Designer Website Links

If you don't find what you're looking for on our site, or if you want to peruse a particular designer's complete offering, we have a pretty complete listing of designer website links on our
Other Links page. When you find that perfect canvas you're looking for on a designer's website, just jot down the particulars and give us a call; we'll be happy to order it for you!

Here are just a few designer links from our Other Links page:
Amanda Lawford
Sundance Designs
Renaissance Designs
The Artists Collection
Patti Mann
Lani's Needlepoint
A Collection of Designs
Ewe & Eye and Friends
Painted Pony

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Patriotic

Children

CROSS STITCH

NEW!
14 New Cross Stitch Patterns and Items posted in May.
6 New Cross Stitch Patterns and Items posted in April.
(Click on "What's New" Link Above)

FEATURED

Item #: 7435-XS

Dimensions 14 Ct. 10x15

Buffalo Call Kit $35.00

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The Prickly Needle

JBW Designs

Old Colonial Designs

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Little House Needleworks

Item #: 7597-XS

Little House Needleworks

Busy Needle
(Special design chart w/thread pack)

$10.00

Diane Williams (Little House Needleworks) is a local cross stitch designer who designed this pattern specifically for The Busy Needle. It is a chart w/thread pack (containing 5 full skeins of Crescent Colours Floss) for $10 plus postage and is only available thru our shop. Call or place your order online.

Old Colonial Designs

Waxing Moon

Cross-eyed Cricket

Just Nan

Simple Stitches

Little House

Needle's Notion

Cat's Whiskers

Lizzie Kate

Serendipity Designs

Bizzi Creations

Exciting News!

Welcome to The Busy Needle's easy online ordering system for cross stitch patterns! We have joined wi th Hoffman Distributing – the largest cross-stitch distributor in the US - to bring you an easy way to browse and order cross stitch patterns. We can't carry every chart ever produced, but Hoffman carries almost every pattern! Hoffman boasts a catalog of over 300 designers and an inventory of over 12,000 charts as well as merchandise like Crescent Colours overdyed threads, stitching lamps from Dazor and Daylight and Mag-Eyes magnifiers.

Here's how to get started:

1. Just click on the Merchant Mall button below to start Hoffman Distributing; then select a search method. Now, you can search by category, designer, keyword or item number.

2. Your charts are put into a shopping cart that is linked directly to our shopping cart at Hoffman.

3. Your orders are processed by us here at The Busy Needle and sent to you directly from us after Hoffman notifies us of your pending order.

At this time, only credit card orders are being accepted at the Hoffman site, so if you would like to use another payment type, just email us for instructions as we also accept Check or Money Orders.

We sincerely hope you'll enjoy this new shopping experience!

Click on the button below

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Old Colonial Designs

Simple Stitches

Just Nan

PUNCHNEEDLE

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Waxing Moon	Waxing Moon

We're excited to introduce Punchneedle to The Busy Needle! Come in and sign up for a class, browse our huge selections of patterns and be inspired by our finished models! Many patterns are available by clicking the Merchandise Mall icon under our cross stitch section.

CLASSES

NEW!

Open Cross-Stitch Classes (Click here for details)

Check out the latest information on Classes by clicking on our "Classes" link. We'll also post pictures from past classes on that page.

TRUNK SHOWS

Kathy Schenkel Designs
May 1 - 30
The Artists Collection
June 1 - 30
Leigh Designs
July 1 - 31

20% Off
Trunk Show Canvases!

BOOKS & DVDs

Here are books & DVDs added recently; follow the "Books & DVDs" link above for more
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20 Decorating Fabric Projects

Embroidery for Beginners

Mop Top & Buzz Cuts DVD

Tips, Hint & Knots DVD

A Closet Full of Stitches DVD

DVD - Silk Ribbon

ACCESSORIES

Here are accessories added recently; follow the "Accessories" link above for more
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Scissors

Item #: 6901-AC

Sajou - -

Tortoise shell
(Scissors, very lightweight & sharp) $88.00

Lift-N-Snip Scissors

Item #: 7598-AC

Lift-N-Snip - Small or Large

Scissors
(Featured in the stitching magazine) $8.50 (small)
$10.00 (large)

Caddy

Item #: 6880-AC

Handy Caddy - 15x9

Large Size
(8 pockets; available in purple, pink, yellow, red, turquoise) $33.00

Tote

Item #: 6881-AC

Handy Caddy - 22x14

Large Tote $33.00

Scissors

Item #: 6900-AC

Sajou - -

Eiffel Tower
(Scissors, very lightweight & sharp) $70.00

Vusion Craft Light

Gingher Scissors

Stitcher's Lotion

MISCELLANEOUS

Our Staff
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Visitors since 10/17/04