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  • Sewing Needles

    What's the best brand? The ones I'm using are bendy, frustrating garbage.
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    What are you trying to sew? And are you hand sewing or machine sewing.

    These are very important questions!

    I don't think brand matters. But if you are trying to sew denim with a quilting needle, for example, it won't work.


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    • #3
      I'm hand sewing some heavy American flag patches on shirts and coats. I'm trying to use a needle that's burly enough to poke through the materials but thin enough to be able to push through.
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      • #4
        The wife won't let me near her sewing machine.
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        • #5
          American flag patches? That sounds communist!

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Trout View Post
            I'm hand sewing some heavy American flag patches on shirts and coats. I'm trying to use a needle that's burly enough to poke through the materials but thin enough to be able to push through.

            Hm. A denim needle might work. Get a thimble, too, that will help push it through the fabric.


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            • #7
              Originally posted by Trout View Post
              The wife won't let me near her sewing machine.
              Why not? You do the dishes and vacuum, why not sew, too?


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              • #8
                Originally posted by mossrose View Post
                Hm. A denim needle might work. Get a thimble, too, that will help push it through the fabric.
                She got me a sewing kit for Christmas. She didn't want me rifling through her stuff I guess. It has a fifty needle selection. Is it trial and error until I find the right one?
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                • #9
                  She gave me this hoop looking thing that's a life saver.
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Trout View Post
                    She got me a sewing kit for Christmas. She didn't want me rifling through her stuff I guess. It has a fifty needle selection. Is it trial and error until I find the right one?

                    Did you ask her which is the best needle to use?

                    And what do you mean, "hoop thing"? An embroidery hoop?


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                    • #11
                      Use a nail gun to get the process started.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by mossrose View Post
                        Did you ask her which is the best needle to use?

                        And what do you mean, "hoop thing"? An embroidery hoop?
                        One side of the hoop goes on either side of the fabric and keeps it taut.

                        And no I didn't ask. Men don't need help
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by mikewhitney View Post
                          Use a nail gun to get the process started.
                          I was using the stapler to hold the patch in place while I tacked it. It just left me open to scorn apparently.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Trout View Post
                            One side of the hoop goes on either side of the fabric and keeps it taut.
                            Yes, an embroidery hoop.

                            And no I didn't ask. Men don't need help
                            And. Hence this thread.


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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by mossrose View Post
                              Yes, an embroidery hoop.
                              You just made that up.


                              Originally posted by mossrose View Post
                              And. Hence this thread.
                              I asked for purchasing advice. I know wimmenfolk are good at spending money.
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