ok folks, here is a funny story. I think it is anyway. I was new to quilting about 4 years ago and I started out sewing on quilts for the church quilting group. One year I sewed 186 quilts. No joke using the same needle. When I heard that I should have been changing the needle between each quilt, I darn near died laughing. 186. That was sewing the squares together for bed sized quilts. LOL I'm still in awe at my lack of knowledge back then. LOL