Oh yes, I have terrible trouble with the bending of needles and have found that the Roxannes bend the least for me. I use an 11 or 12 needle. Have tried all sizes and those seem to work the best for me size wise. I strive for tiny stitches and some days do okay on them and on other days can't make a tiny stitch at all. I am also a very slow quilter, guess more practice would make me faster. Unless it is something pretty special most of my things get machine quilted now if I can afford to do so.
Happy quilting to everyone.
themachinelady