Originally Posted by
Beginner10
Hi...well I am just about to embark machine piecing my first top...nervous as everything.
Anyway....as I am reading different posts here and articles, I find I don't have "quilting" needles, just the everyday (I guess they are called "universal") needles.
So my question to all you veteran machine piecing people...is it BAD if I DON'T use a quilting needle?? I am using all cotton fabric.
All help appreciated.
Thank-you
Define "bad." Who knew there were a gazillion different kinds of machine needles! I use universal needles for everything, unless I'm using the double needle, which probably is just two universal needles in the gizmo that holds them. I do declare that the simplest things can be made impossible by too much emphasis on what seems to me to be a minor proposition. If they work, don't break your thread, make bird nests on the back, etc., sew with them. froggyintexas