It’s 4:00 on a Thursday afternoon in June at The Nimble Needle in Sandy Springs. The needlepoint shop usually closes at 3:30, but not today. On Thursdays, it stays open until 7 p.m. for what has been dubbed “late-night stitching.”

Thursday nights at The Nimble Needle might as well be ladies’ nights at the local bar. The place is humming with 20- and 30-something women (and the occasional husband or boyfriend), each with a needlepoint canvas in their hand. Some crowd around tables. Some sit in overflow folding chairs in the middle of the store. Some are on the floor, leaning against walls filled with colorful, cheeky canvases. All are working on individual pieces, directing a needle and thread in and out while catching up with friends.

Caroline Baer-Novajosky and Renee Brown cochair St

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