Dritz vs Clover Products
09-25-2017, 05:23 AM
#21
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Thanks for the info. Just went to the site and purchased some (you should be getting commission!) Can't wait to try them as I have a couple brands of self threading needles and they all shred the thread most of the time. Maybe it's me but this sounds really good.
If you want a good, solid, easy to thread needle try the spiral eye needle. I've had a set for years now and I love them.
http://www.spiraleyeneedles.com/
as for Dritz/clover products as a whole ... I like them both. I love Dritz glass Head pins and I love my clover ripper. So I guess it depends on the specific product.
http://www.spiraleyeneedles.com/
as for Dritz/clover products as a whole ... I like them both. I love Dritz glass Head pins and I love my clover ripper. So I guess it depends on the specific product.
09-25-2017, 11:16 AM
#23
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Please try pushing your needles through a piece of soap. It will act as a lubricant and may solve your problem. I have done this when one refuses to pierce fabric. You don't say what fabric you were stitching but if it a real batik, you will have difficulty as the fabric is really dense owing to all the very hot water baths it encounters.
I am a John James user.
I am a John James user.
09-25-2017, 11:43 AM
#24
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Crafty Pat - maybe you'll want to try what I did. Take a steel wool pad and wrap it in two layers of cotton fabric and sew the folded seams so it's covered. Use it like a pin cushion for the needles that don't work well and they get a little sharper. I picked up this tip on Nancy Zieman's site.
Maybe you have steel wool pads in the garage like I did. If I didn't, I'd use a Brillo pad.
Maybe you have steel wool pads in the garage like I did. If I didn't, I'd use a Brillo pad.
09-25-2017, 11:47 AM
#25
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Thanks, Suz. It was regular cotton I was trying to sew. I believe the Dritz needles are made from inferior metal. I've read good things about John James needles so I could try them. I'm waiting to try the new spiral eye needles I ordered.
Oh, and I had forgotten about the soap bar tip. That would work I'm sure.
Oh, and I had forgotten about the soap bar tip. That would work I'm sure.
09-29-2017, 04:29 AM
#26
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Location: Tennessee, UC area
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I ordered needles from 'spiraleye' on 24th, they arrived in the mail yesterday. Fast shipping, and reasonable. A while back I considered the self threading machine needles at Joanns on line, but the shipping was $8 and I would not pay that! Have not used the spiraleyes yet, but anxious to check out the performance of the machine needles in my vintage machines.
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