We're not clowning around - we're serious when we say this is going to be a great show!!!

We've been giving away clown noses. Follow us here to see where our little friends have ended up. Send your great clown nose pics to Debbie at painted.pony.designs@netzero.net and we'll post it here!

Jan Melis

A nosy tree in Phoenix, AZ

"Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey have nothing on Destination Dallas!...YOU are the greatest show on earth!"

Needles and Threads, Ruxton, MD 

You’re the Ringmaster at this year’s Destination: Dallas Spring Needlework Market! Tailored to your retail shop’s needs, Dallas has both the industry’s most popular exhibitors and its newest designers as its top billed stars, as well as free, small classes after the day’s big show.  Buyer Registration is in process for the April 1st and 2nd market. For those shops who have attended over the past eleven years, they can again expect both a fun and productive wholesale shopping experience. If you haven’t been to the Dallas show before, here's the ticket to the biggest independent needlework show on earth:

All three rings are full with wholesale and educational opportunities. Here’s what you’ll experience under the Destination: Dallas Big Top:

• New Design Program  has designers premiering 5 to 10 new products, exclusive to Dallas attendees for 60 days, making that hundreds of designs you’ll get before your competition even sees them this summer!
• Free Classes & Seminars throughout the weekend, beginning on Saturday, March 31st.
• Most Major Exhibitors, including fiber and accessory vendors.
• New Exhibitors waiting for you to discover them!
• Fun Market Themes add energy and excitement to your trade show experience.
• Centrally Located in Dallas, TX, with two major airports to get you here and an easy drive from almost anywhere!
• Great Room Rates on your two-room suite. The $109 rate includes breakfast, manager’s reception and free parking. Book your room today by calling Embassy Suites-Love Field at (214) 357-4500 and ask for Destination: Dallas Needlework Market’s Buyer Rate.
• Sunday Evening Banquet with great prizes, awesome entertainment and no boring speeches!
• No Buyer Entrance Fee.
• Show & Resource Book with wholesaler contact info and valuable coupons.
• “It Pays To Stay” on Monday, with hourly drawings.

This site was updated on 1/27/12:

Please note: in the Jan/Feb issue of Needlework Retailer, the magazine accidently published last year's dates on the bottom of our first of three ad pages. The correct show dates are:

April 1st and 2nd

for market days. Our education begins Saturday evening, March 31st.(1/27/12)

Our exhibit space is FULL. Register early for your Buyer's Badges - and don't forgot to book with the hotel now! (1/27/12)

See our new photo of the Melissa Prince class piece as t now shows the almost completed stitched model. (1/27/12)

Our first post of our 2012 vendors is on our Exhibitors page (1/15/12)

Check out 3 pages of ads and editorials in the JAN/FEB issue of Needlework Retailer!

Kristine Kingston & Perry McGarvey Needles & Threads of Ruxton, MD

Monday Morning Finishing Seminar

Shop with our Industry's top designers

Scottsdale shopowners from Be Stitched and Old Town Needlework enjoy the friendly atmosphere of the Dallas market.

The Brinkleys and Pat Delph of Designer's Desk (Historic Geneva, IL)  find time to socialize during the Sunday evening Banquet.