Best hand quilting needles
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Best hand quilting needles
I've used many different brands of needles to hand quilt, but the Clover Black Gold needles I'm using right now break very easily. I would much rather have a needle bend than break. Please let me know what your favorite hand quilting needles are and why you like them. Thanks for your help.
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I like the John James 11, but I suggest you try as many different brands as you can. What works for me might not work for you.
I have tried the Roxanne's. Many quilters like them, but they seemed to slip for me.
Janet
I have tried the Roxanne's. Many quilters like them, but they seemed to slip for me.
Janet
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I love Roxanne needles! For me personally, not a John James fan. I use Roxanne #11's usually. Sometimes 10's and sometime 12's (but those eyes are a killer in more ways than one!) I generally use Guterman hand quilting thread and on the 10's & 11's have no issues threading the needles without a threader. For thicker thread/or the #12 needles you definitely need a Roxanne threader. The wire on other threaders is too thick to get through the eye of a #12 Roxanne.
I like them because they do not bend easily; thread easily; readily available at reasonable cost from Colonial Needle. Colonial Needle also has good customer service in my experience.
I hand quilt almost exclusively. Regular quilting cottons; batiks; flannel. Use W&N batting. Have no issues with the Roxanne needles on any of these materials.
I've tried JJ; Clover and a few others. Roxanne's for me.
I like them because they do not bend easily; thread easily; readily available at reasonable cost from Colonial Needle. Colonial Needle also has good customer service in my experience.
I hand quilt almost exclusively. Regular quilting cottons; batiks; flannel. Use W&N batting. Have no issues with the Roxanne needles on any of these materials.
I've tried JJ; Clover and a few others. Roxanne's for me.
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Another John James user here. I use 12's or 11's. Lately I tend to stick to the 11's. I've preferred John James throughout my years of quilting although I have tried others. Rosanne's are too slippery for me,too.However, that could have been just me and the cotton material and batting on that particular quilt.I used Piecemakers 12 once on a quilt due to being out of John James. While I would use them again if need be, they did tend to bend too often.Since I have not quilted on batiks yet,(soon next quilt in fact) I can't say how I will do with any of these! LOL.It will be interesting since I am probably the only one in the world who hasn't made quilts with batiks.
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