Change of needle
#21
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Twin Cities, MN
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I watched a Leah Day video in which she says she changes her needle after every other bobbin change. Do you think she'd send me her 'used' needles? I use mine much longer than that. Seriously, I was FMQ yesterday on a queen sized quilt and I used about 6 bobbins in just a few hours. It wasn't a new needle to begin with, and I have no intention of changing it now. I think it still has lots of stitches left in it. I'll change it when I notice that it's dull.
#24
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 335
I use the Superior top stitch needle...they last a long time. When you hear an unfamiliar clack, clack, clack..it is definitely time to change. I usually change after quilting several handbags or a large quilt. i do not throw that needle away if it is not bent or broken. I save it marked used and keep it for emergency projects like ...if you break a needle trying to topstitch a very thick tote...I don't want a new needle for that because it might break again.
#27
I know there are a lot of recommendations as to when to change a needle. My machine makes a different sound when it needs a new needle, so I change it then, or when I accidently tap a straight pin when sewing, Sometimes I change it when using a different fabric weight. There are really no "rules" that I am aware of, so I would recommend that you change needles when you feel like you need to,.
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