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I keep my spent needles in an old plastic film container.When it's full I pitch it and don't have to worry about getting stuck. My Rotary blades go back in the plastic container they came in marked with a crayon so I don't confuse them with the new ones.

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Originally Posted by quilterj

No my machine is just a domestic. I am not on it every day or week lately anyway. I do realize it has been a while since I have changed my needle. I guess I need to change it now. I just noticed a couple days ago that on the back side it looked like it was pulling a piece of fabric thread with the bottom thread.

Yes definitely time to change. If you use pins you have to be careful not to sew over them. The needle hitting a pin will often cause a nick in the needle which in turn could be the cause of the thread pulling on the fabric.