Originally Posted by Lacelady
I don't use a straw needle, as I find them too long for me, I use a quilting (no 11) needle, and I still manage to bend them. Also, I use a regular machine thread in the needle, but you will all find what will work best for you - at least it will be nice for you to watch a video, rather than trying to follow my pics.
Lesley, I saw an ad for thread at Connecting Threads but it was a lot of thread on the spools. What weight of thread do you use and how many different colors do you think we will need?