This week in the cross stitch world: 2025 Nashville Needlework Market

I will be away at the annual cross stitch wholesale trade show being held in Tennessee from March 7-9, 2025. Hundreds of needlework shop owners and their team members attend this closed event in order to purchase stock for their retail and online shops. There are over 120 exhibitors: thread and floss companies, hand dyed fabrics, hand painted needlepoint canvases, cross stitch patterns and kits, embroidery kits, needlework tools and accessories, and so much more. This is the largest needlework trade show held in the United States. Last year I met owners from shops in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, and all across the United States. ​