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VILLAGE
NEEDLEWORKS
Omaha's Premier Needlepoint Shop

About Us


Village Needleworks Omaha's full-service needlepoint shop Village Needleworks was purchased by Mary de Souza in February 2007. The bay it first occupied, at Countryside Village, is the same one where two previous needlepoint shops existed. I guess you could say it's destined for needlepoint.  In 2012 the shop moved next door adding an additional 300 square feet which was quickly utilized.

Previous to her needlepoint life, Mary worked as an educator with the Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service for thirteen years, helped her husband, Euclid, build a successful urology practice and raised three daughters and a son. Always ready for a challenge, the opportunity presented itself to continue the needlepoint tradition in Omaha.

Mary was exposed to needlepoint the summer before her senior year in college while a counselor at a summer camp in Colorado. Self-taught, she tackled many projects until children began demanding her attention. Years later, while sitting at numerous tennis lessons and tournaments, she realized she could watch tennis and be productive at the same time. It's been all about needlepoint since then.