spiral eye needles
#21
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Piedmont Virginia in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mtns.
Posts: 8,562
I ordered from the member here, and have to say I am so disappointed. They are either not sharp, have an invisible burr, or are thicker than expected. I don't even use mine now.
Jan in VA
Jan in VA
#24
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: North Central, NC
Posts: 2,741
I have the "H" needles and I, like others, use them for popping the top threads through to the back and then bury them in the batting after quilting. I did have to get used to "working" them so that I wasn't cutting the threads.
#26
I am VERY disappointed in them. The are too thick to be useful, they are not sharp enough, and - most important to me, when you are trying to bury threads, the fabric can get caught up in the slit for the thread. I feel hoodwinked. I ordered them, they were very expensive. The order included a "free" sewing kit was a piece of cheap junk.
Otherwise I am very satisfied. :hunf:
Otherwise I am very satisfied. :hunf:
#27
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Org. Texas now Florida
Posts: 846
How I thread my needles
Holding the thread in my left hand, I cut a blunt end.
I pull the thread back down between my thumb and forefinger so that I can just barely see a dot of thread.
I set the eye of the needle on the dot and slightly press down.
I then roll/pulling my finger and thumb UP, pulling the thread along with it.
Works every time.
Syl
Holding the thread in my left hand, I cut a blunt end.
I pull the thread back down between my thumb and forefinger so that I can just barely see a dot of thread.
I set the eye of the needle on the dot and slightly press down.
I then roll/pulling my finger and thumb UP, pulling the thread along with it.
Works every time.
Syl
#29
I wrote to Pam who invented the spiral eye needles about my needle that was cutting the thread. She asked me to return it, which I did and she replaced it with another. This one works GREAT!!!! She is a gracious lady and a good business woman!
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