The Forest Needle, LLC

Hello Forest Needle Family, 

As we look ahead to the holiday season we wanted to be transparent about our owners, Cindy’s health. As some of you may know, Cindy has cystic fibrosis, a double lung transplant, and most recently cancer. While she is currently cancer free, treatment has taken a toll on her lungs and her breathing. Her ongoing health battles have gotten more difficult these past weeks and as a result we have decided to change the store hours. 
We hope to return to our normal hours once Cindy is back on her feet. If you wish to make an appointment please call the store, 847-235-2704 or text the store cell, 847-257-3314 at any point. We will do our best to answer them within a two day window.

We wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season, and look forward to helping you with any of your stitching needs!

Lots of Love, 
Cindy, Ellie and the Forest Needle Team

We will resume to normal hours next Tuesday. Happy Weekend!

New Trunk Show! Stop and shop our KCN Trunk show, now until the end of October! All canvases are %20 off 💕

We need to make room for our Market purchases! 20% off all canvases from September 14th through to September 21st 🤩🪡

We’re continuing our popular Stitching the Season series with Pumpkin Wreath canvas. Join on September 28 where she will teach you a range of decorative stitches and how to use specialty fibres to their full effect.

~ best place for an afternoon stitch ~

and we have two active Santas to showcase today! 🎅🏻 🐶 🏒 This is also a timely reminder that the Christmas finishing deadline for round and square ornaments is August 30th! 🪡🪡🪡

Introducing our ongoing event! On Tuesdays we will drop on Instagram a fully kitted canvas that will be at least 25% off 😍🪡 For our inaugural kit, we have chosen original with a fun array of fibers, cute matching scissors and one of our Forest Needle bags to store all your new goodies. All for just $120!
First in, best dressed: DM us if you would like to purchase! 🥂

It’s and we were thrilled to unbox these beauties this week! 🦊🐦 The whimsy of the Vicki Sawyer designs is enhanced by the creative use of decorative stitches and specialty threads. We loved having them in the shop, and we were a little sad to see them go when their proud owner collected them! 🪡❤️

For the fiery and confident Leo in your life, these canvases are a fun and quick project! 🦁♌️ Great as ornaments, or they make a fabulous coaster or small tray for jewelry 🪡☕️💍

Summer stitching calls for a cute clutch to take to the bar or the local cafe 🍹☕️👒

On this gorgeous summer day, we are feeling the vacation vibes of this pillow! 😎☀️🚤⛵️🐟

We are CLOSED today because we are celebrating one of our very own Forest Needlers getting married 👰🏻‍♀️🍾⛪️ Have a wonderful weekend! 🥰☀️

Next instalment of Stitching the Season! I can’t wait to teach this class in the 🎃🪡🍁🍂

Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸

Summer in Chicago is just fabulous, so it is the perfect time for friends and family to visit! Our newest Australian visitor has chosen a wonderful canvas by from to commemorate her first visit to to meet her new nephew! 👶🏻🦁

It’s and we were thrilled when this beautiful custom Lake Forest Lacrosse duffle bag came back from our very clever finisher! A fun project that looks great on the Christmas tree, and is very easy to personalize 🥍💛💙

The sun is out, and summer is here in our beautiful 😎☀️ These trays are a perfect way to entertain outdoors during Chicago’s fabulous summer evenings 🍷🍸🍹🥂

We are obsessed with this gorgeous clutch finish of .ndlpt tourmaline canvas!

Spaces are filling fast for our upcoming Stitching the Season: 4th of July class! will use the gorgeous wreath canvas to teach beading, decorative stitches and how to best use a laying tool. Class is on June 22nd at 10:30 am, and costs $150, which includes the canvas, all materials and tuition. Sign up online or by calling 847 235 2407.

Weekend hours! We will return to normal hours on Tuesday. Thank you!

We loved pulling the fibres for this seaside, summery canvas! It would be a lovely pillow, or could be finished into an acrylic tray for drinks or to play Tic Tac Toe 🦀🐚🦞🐠🐢 20% off all trunk show canvases!

It’s the last days of our May trunk show, and we’re still finding fun & summery projects ☀️🪡 These would add a pop of color to any home, and a great set of canvases to experiment with some decorative stitches.

20% off all canvases in the truck show & it’s ends May 31st.

It’s and we think needlepoint and jewellery are a match made in heaven! pearls make a fabulous acrylic tray for your dressing table. If you’re travelling this summer, the always amazing self finishing jewellery boxes are the perfect size for your hand luggage. Pictured is the new 4 inch White Linen with a custom canvas by