I use a serger threader and that really helps. right now that is the closest I've come to a Serger but I can dream!

These are like the handicap needles that keep coming unthreaded (for me, might work for you

get a really really big magnification glass - you'd be suprised how much easier it is to thread anything when you can actually see it! Shine a light on the needle from a lamp you put near the machine, hold the glass in one hand and thread with the hand you'd thread with! I gave up trying to thread anything, then used a magnifying glass. (I have one of those big magnifyers you put around your neck for X stitch to thread needles when I sit and hand sew) sharet

On one machine I had I painted the back of the pressure foot with white out. Also I find that lowering the pressure foot when threading the needle helps.
I like the tip about putting chap stick on your lips. I use chap stick all the time so that one will be easy to remember.

I do mine the same way as Scissor Queen. It works great.

I BOUGHT A NEED THREADER AND YOU JUST SLIDE IT DOWN THE NEEDLE OF THE MACHINE AND IT WORKS GREAT......WOULD NOT GO WITHOUT IT NOW

take the needle out of the machine, thread it and then put it back on the machine

Thanks for the chap stick trick

On my machine the needle has to be all the way UP to the TOP before it will thread with the needle threader. On my older machine I used white out to paint the shaft behind the needle eye so it would be easier to see. Also, make sure you cut the tip off of the thread so it is blunt, "hairy" tips make it harder to thread.
For hand sewing I blunt the tip of the thread, hold the thread between my fore finger and thumb and Pull the thread all the way down so that only a small dot is showing. I set the eye of the needle on the dot with slight pressure, then roll my thumb and finger up catching the thread. This way the thread can't go anywhere except through the eye. Good Luck
Syl

Tee hee. Your needle must come out and go back in a lot easier than mine. I'd hire an eagle eye before I'd so that.