Machine Quilting/Cheater Needles
09-13-2013, 11:13 AM
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Machine Quilting/Cheater Needles
While watching one of Leah Day's videos, she mentioned something about cheater needles. I'm currently working on machine quilting paper pieced block, using the QAYG method. I start in one section and end in the same section. This means I'm threading and cutting all the time. Would a cheater needle help with this?
I hope this makes sense.
Dorian in Iowa
I hope this makes sense.
Dorian in Iowa
09-13-2013, 11:20 AM
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The only cheater needle that might fit that description, is an easy thread HAND needle. There are a couple of kinds, the golden eye and easy thread. If anyone knows of a cheater needle for machine quilting maybe they will enlighten us both.
09-13-2013, 11:21 AM
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The cheater needles on Leah Day's site that I am familiar with are hand sewing needles, not machine needles. They are used to hide machine quilting thread stops and starts after the quilting is done.
I don't understand, with machine paper piecing, why you have to re-thread so often. Does the thread come out of the needle? There are machine needles that have an opening in the eye that makes threading easier. You do not have to get the thread through the eye; you can slide thread down the needle until it goes into the eye. Usually they are used by people whose vision and fine motor coordination are no longer good. I don't think these are called cheater needles, though. Not sure what they are called.
I don't understand, with machine paper piecing, why you have to re-thread so often. Does the thread come out of the needle? There are machine needles that have an opening in the eye that makes threading easier. You do not have to get the thread through the eye; you can slide thread down the needle until it goes into the eye. Usually they are used by people whose vision and fine motor coordination are no longer good. I don't think these are called cheater needles, though. Not sure what they are called.
09-13-2013, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Prism99
The cheater needles on Leah Day's site that I am familiar with are hand sewing needles, not machine needles. They are used to hide machine quilting thread stops and starts after the quilting is done.
I don't understand, with machine paper piecing, why you have to re-thread so often. Does the thread come out of the needle? There are machine needles that have an opening in the eye that makes threading easier. You do not have to get the thread through the eye; you can slide thread down the needle until it goes into the eye. Usually they are used by people whose vision and fine motor coordination are no longer good. I don't think these are called cheater needles, though. Not sure what they are called.
I don't understand, with machine paper piecing, why you have to re-thread so often. Does the thread come out of the needle? There are machine needles that have an opening in the eye that makes threading easier. You do not have to get the thread through the eye; you can slide thread down the needle until it goes into the eye. Usually they are used by people whose vision and fine motor coordination are no longer good. I don't think these are called cheater needles, though. Not sure what they are called.
09-13-2013, 11:58 AM
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If you want to tie and bury your threads, a self-threading needle will help. One type has a notch in the end and you force the thread through the notch into the eye. The other (very expensive) has a kind of spiral opening that lets you get the thread into the eye.
09-13-2013, 12:19 PM
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Did you watch the video on Leah Day's site? Here is a link to her demo on using cheater needles:
http://www.leahday.com/shop/product/cheater-needles/
Hope that helps!
http://www.leahday.com/shop/product/cheater-needles/
Hope that helps!
09-14-2013, 07:05 AM
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I had the same problem as nabobs. The thread kept breaking and I couldn't get it to go through the notch on the top. I went back to the LQS and they popped the the thread right through. I decided that they were not for me, and I didn't want to spend so much on the spiral threading needle. I bought a inexpensive needle threader and some needles with slightly larger eyes and that worked great and only cost a couple of dollars. Worked for me.
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