Chandail Needlework

Specialties

Welcome to Chandail Needlework, an exciting needlepoint shop in the heart of Houston, Texas where our goal is to help you create a timeless masterpiece! We are home to a huge selection of the most fabulous, hand painted needlepoint canvases with a wide variety of threads, needlepoint accessories and books.

At Chandail Needlework, our small shop places a huge focus on the enjoyment of needlepoint. The shop provides exceptional series, projects, threads and hand-​painted canvases while offering extensive classes and workshops. Additionally, we believe that finishing touches can be just as important as the piece you so laboriously stitch. That’s why we stock hundreds of vintage, new and unusual trims to embellish pillows, stockings, ornaments, stand-​ups and more. Whatever you need for your needlepoint project, we can help you find it!

We invite you to visit our website for more information on our classes and workshops, as well as current, ongoing, returning and upcoming series. We also have a 2015 calendar of upcoming trunk shows, featuring a 20% discount on all canvases. From everyone here at Chandail Needlework, we hope to hear from you soon!

History

Established in 1980.

Hello! My name is Saira Himelfarb, and I am the new owner of Chandail Needlework. What an exciting time for me, my husband and our three children. If you’ve been to the shop before, you probably have seen the «Cat» in the picture with me. It’s been a part of the shop since Ruth Chow first opened it all those years ago. I am happy to continue the creative efforts that she started and that Emily Pannier has gifted to me. Owning Chandail Needlework is a dream come true for me. I enjoy working with needle artists, both new stitchers and experienced ones. It’s fun to see the excitement as stitches are laid and canvases are interpreted. Choosing color and trim to compliment stitched pieces and see them in their finished form brings me great joy.

Meet the Business Owner

Saira H.

Business Owner

As the saying goes, I wasn’t born in Texas but I got here as fast as I could. I went to school at UCLA and had my own business as a nutrition consultant for several years before becoming an esthetician. Paul, my husband, and I met in Houston. We married, and I started to needlepoint about the same time my eldest daughter was born. Paul’s career with Shell Chemical took us to Europe for 4 years, and we moved back in 2011. While in Europe, I didn’t know the language, so needlepoint was my close friend and ally until I was able to assimilate! I’ve been a needlepoint stitcher for over 15 years, although I was a prolific crafter as a child. Cross-​stitch techniques were taught to me by my Malaysian mother and crocheting by my Burmese grandmother while I was growing up in California. While this sounds exotic, our family is just plain American, and my love of needlepoint stems from my time in different shops around Houston.