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08-29-2011, 04:38 PM

#11

mandyk

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I use magnifying glasses in order to thread any needle.

08-29-2011, 04:39 PM

#12

susie-susie-susie

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If I am having trouble getting the thread through the eye, I turn the needle around. Works every time.
Sue

08-29-2011, 05:00 PM

#13

patski

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bj riley

Sometimes I can thread my machine and some times I can't. Colored thread is easier, but even then it often takes me many tries. I have tried handicap needles but they don't stay threaded. Both my machines have needle threaders on them but they have gone out of alignment and I have been told it would cost 40.00 to repair. This would be ok if it would STAY repaired but they both stopped working with in a very short time. Some times I have to wait for hours for my husband to get home and thread the machine for me. Any suggestions?

Go to Catheys, I bought a needle threader there for about $3, you slide it down the needle and it works every time!! I sure miss living there

08-29-2011, 05:05 PM

#14

QuiltingJaguar

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Thanks for asking for that help, got great ideas for me now also.

08-29-2011, 05:46 PM

#15

tealady

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I also use a white card behind the needle. The one other thing I do is to cut the thread at an angle.

08-29-2011, 06:33 PM

#16

QUILT4JOY

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Use the dental floss thingies. They are made of plastic and look like a needle with a BIG EYE. For flossing: you thread them with dental floss and voila. Just thread them thru the front of the needle with sewing thread in the BIG EYE !!! :XD: :lol: 8-)

08-29-2011, 06:37 PM

#17

bluteddi

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I will have to have DH thread my machine if my threader goes out!!!! I didnt know they could get out of alignment!!!!

I sew with a lighted magifier and bifocals as it is!!!

08-29-2011, 06:38 PM

#18

NanaCsews2

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When I have to, I use a needle threader too. I put the threader hole through the back of the needle hole, put on a pair of reading glasses, slip the freshly cut thread end into the big hole of the the needle threader and pull the threader back out of the needle. Ta-dah!

08-29-2011, 07:11 PM

#19

NJ Quilter

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Prism99

There are small manual needle threaders you can buy (Walmart probably has them), usually 3 to a package for a couple of dollars. Basically you thread the needle threader, then place the wire in the groove of the needle (near the top of the groove) and slide down until the wire goes through the eye.

Placing a card behind the needle helps too. Bernina feet have a white coating on them for this purpose -- to see the needle eye better. You could use a colored card for white thread, a white card for colored thread.

Here's what they look like:
http://www.amazon.com/Prym-Dritz-R-N...dp/B001HZSK5Y/

I use these as well. Bend the wire 90 degrees to the threader and it fits into the needle much easier. My machine needle threader has never worked to my satisfaction. I find the cheap needle threaders much easier to use. Along with 'cheater' glasses, of course.

08-29-2011, 09:45 PM

#20

AliKat

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If a LQS doesn't have these ... the try to order online @

www.thecolorfulworldofsewing.com

I got mine years ago and love it. I think 35th ave sew & vac here in Phoenix has them too.

ali