I just read what she posted about the needles for handquilting batiks and agree. I'm actually handquilting a batik quilt and found that the John James Gold n' Glide size 11 are perfect for it. I've been using these for about 9 months now and highly recommend them. They slide through batiks like butter! Only downside is they are slippery little devils and found that wearing a finger cot (get a box at a pharmancy) is the best way of grabbing ahold of the little sucker. LOL