Owner of one of Sewickley’s oldest businesses, The Porcupine Needlepoint Shop, she guides customers on how to select a hand-painted needlepoint canvas and use tapestry needles and fibers to ...

The shop specializes in everything needed for a needlepoint project, including hand-painted canvases and the colorful threads in silks, cottons and wools that bring a scene to life.

Those supplies, plus hand-painted canvases and more, fill up the store. "I’ve been needlepointing for over 50 years," says Redleaf. "I started when I was a teenager and became serious about it ...

In her cozy, 800-square-foot space, “I offer a full array of largely hand-painted canvases that you stitch on as well as a wide variety of different fibers to stitch with, including pearl cotton ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. DORSET — Maria Timmerman sometimes gets customers who qualify as outliers at In Stitches Fine Needlepoint, which she owns. These patrons only make one ...

She started with a $7,000 investment, a Shopify site, and a few hundred hand-painted canvases. Today, she leads a team of 34 people and is opening a 5,000-square-foot retail space.