I just found out about them last year and I've been quilting over 50 years.

These are the ones I use, and they are expensive so I only byt the packs with the smaller quilting needles in it and I keep these needles stored separately so I can keep track of them.
Pat

I love these needles, Leah Day calls them cheater needles. The actual name is Quilter's Self Threading needles. I use them to bury my quilting thread ends, and it is so much fast, especially if you are changing threads a lot on your quilt, due to color or design. I have used them as regular needles, only using the hole in the needle, not the self threading part. This is one of my "I can't live without" quilting supplies.

I've learned so much from Leah Day, but learning about these self-threading needles is one of my favorite tips from her. Now, I don't know that I'll ever be able to live without them.

I to use that needle-as we get older our eyesight gets less, so it is hard to thread.

Emma----I use Connecting Threads most of the time. I buy the cones for my longarm, it is a thin, strong poly. Then started using it for piecing and it is my favorite. The spools of cotton are good, too, but like the thinness of the poly. I have not used it for FMQ though. I am hoping eventually they will have more color selections and make some varigated. Longarm thread is extremely expensive and CT is very afforable. Just wanted to share my experience in case you decided to order.

Lynnefaye: Thanks for the information. It seems to me that if you use it on a longarm it would work for FM. Seems the problems I am having, fraying and breaking, would only be worse on a longarm. Since you use it for piecing, I won't be afraid to order it because it can always be used. I have never been disappointed in CT.