I went to Discount Embroidery Supply online to check prices on needles. By purchasing 50 needles @ $19.50 (their price) for a single needle it would be .39 each. Pretty impressive!! N/A with Discount Embroidery Supply.

I change mine when I hear it crunch!!

Yep thats about it. A crunch, a ping, a ding, a snap. All those horrible sounds that tell me either I just went over a pin, or onto my foot. :roll:

My needles don't last long enough to get dull!! :lol:

That make two of us.

I change my needle when I hear a popping sound on the fabric.

Where can you buy sewing machine needles by the 100s ?

Usually with a new project

can you do that? I never heard about buying needles by the 100s.

Sorry I am in the UK and I use to get them from a supplier that supplied a pack of "Organ" needles for only £10.90! but they seem to have stopped stocking them :evil: I did a search on EBay and there are a number of suppliers for them at the same price, phew :thumbup:

If you do a search ebay.com you will find a number of suppliers in the US for them at really good prices.

Superior Threads sells needles in packs of 100, both for longarm and for domestic machines.

I have read in several magazines that you should replace it after each project. I wonder if these suggestions are made by the people who make needles. lol. I change mine when it seems to be getting dull or breaks.

Is there a web site for Superior Threads?

Sure is! http://www.superiorthreads.com/

I really love the way I can call Superior Threads and have Bob, the owner, answer the phone! I've also gone to their warehouse in St. George, Utah...ooooohhhhh so dangerous! Their thread looks great online, but in person they are even harder to resist!!!

No need for the embarrassed face. Good for you. You're the smart one. If it works why not? I change mine haphazardly and keep a pin cushion for different sized needles I haven't used much to save for future use. I learned somewhere to mark off sections of the pin cushion for the different sizes. I even sub divide sections by Universal needles and ballpoint. I pretty much change a needle when it 'feels' like its time. This is for my domestic machine. When I use my long-arm I change the needle for each customer quilt but will do several small-medium quilts with one needle if they are my own and usually don't have a problem.

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i'm bad and don't change mine terrible often. i did make a bench pad cover out of rather thick decorator fabric, so after that i did change to a new needle.