Yes, I put a jeans needle in my machine and had no problem. The bird patches I was attaching had shiny satin stitching on the edges, so I SLOWLY stitched around the inside of the patch right up next to and sometimes on... the satin stitching. I did this before I sandwiched the quilt though so not sure how it would work with actually quilting through them.[ATTACH=CONFIG]562752[/ATTACH] I'm sorry I don't have a close up for you of the patches, but hopefully this will encourage you to try it.