Just order some of these needles. Wow, a boon for poor vision.

I looked at the site and the needles are in sizes 4 6 and 8. For my hand quilting the largest size I use is a 9 and usually 10. Have you done any hand quilting with these??

Mim

i have found that regardless of what kind of needle ( hand or machine) i use, i cut the thread(?) on a slant

I bought some large eye hand quilting needles by Roxanne for $10 (50 needles) through MSQC. I needed to spend a few more dollars to get a deal on something... I really like them.

I like things from both. The only thing I have had trouble with was the needles you have and the ones I bought was from a company that I had never heard of and I have the same problem you are having with yours.

Sue of doghousemom, thank you for the link. I just placed an order and also got the fish baiting needles for husband,
one for him and one to give to a friend.

Me too! Can't wait to try it out.

Crafty Pat - maybe you'll want to try what I did. Take a steel wool pad and wrap it in two layers of cotton fabric and sew the folded seams so it's covered. Use it like a pin cushion for the needles that don't work well and they get a little sharper. I picked up this tip on Nancy Zieman's site.

Maybe you have steel wool pads in the garage like I did. If I didn't, I'd use a Brillo pad.

I have used two brands of easy thread needles, one brand is Fons and Porter's. I forget what the other brand is but I get them at JoAnn's. I find the needles of both brands to be thick and hard to pull through the fabric if I try to use them for hand stitching, like sewing down the binding. So I only use them for burying thread tails after machine quilting. They're great for that.

Mim- I looked on the website at all their needles. The way I hand quilt (rocking motion, getting a few stitches) won't work for those needles. But if you do one stitch at a time I think they would.