I bought a little needle threader called Perfect Sew. I think I got it from Clothilde catalog. It is a plastic stick about 4 inches long with a wire sticking out at right angles at the end. On the end of the wire is a little hook. You stick the wire through the machine needle from the back (holding stick on left side of machine), loop the thread around the little hook and pull the threader back. It works perfectly and only cost a couple of bucks. I love it.