What to do with old sewing machine needles?

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03-20-2015, 04:42 AM

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citruscountyquilter

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I keep mine in a cute jar than jam came in. It will never be filled during my lifetime so when my kids are cleaning out my things they will have confirmation that their mom did indeed save the craziest stuff. I can hear them talking about it now...

03-20-2015, 06:02 AM

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maviskw

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Originally Posted by VaQuiltgal

Some I throw away. Others I use to hang odds & ends in my quilt room. The point is sharp and the top part is thicker to hang things on. Read this hint somewhere and using old needles is better than hunting up a nail!

This really works well for anything light. But you don't need a point on the needle. In fact it's better without the point. I use a pliers and snap the point off a dull needle. You only need it to be about an inch long.

The little points go into my sharps container with a little hole in it on the window sill in my sewing room. It won't get "lost" there.

03-20-2015, 06:03 AM

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sulyle

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I keep mine in an old pill bottle.

However, one time in a gallery I saw an "art" piece that was nothing more than two sewing machine needles with two lifesavers having on them looking like eyes so I guess I'm throwing away the ingredients for great art work.

03-20-2015, 06:41 AM

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annette1952

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When we first found out that my dog was diabetic & I had to give her shots a couple times a day I started putting the needles in a empty laundry detergent bottle. That is where I put my sewing machine needles too. I used a pill bottle before that just for sewing machine needles

03-20-2015, 06:48 AM

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fivepaws

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I love this idea. Oh my, I have a pill container full of needles and bent pins. Now, I can reuse the needles. Hang blocks etc. Thank you

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Originally Posted by ShannanMN

I have this old pin box full of used sewing machine needles. Does anyone out there have any clever or brilliant ideas on what can be done with these needles? I don't just want to throw them in the trash (hence why I've been keeping them in the old box). I have bathrooms at work that have the needle disposal boxes (meant for diabetic syringes, etc) so I could always throw them there too I suppose. What do y'all do with them?

03-20-2015, 07:14 AM

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ShannanMN

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Originally Posted by AlvaStitcher

I put mine in a test strip container. It has an attached lid that snaps shut. Then throw in trash when filled.

Ahh... why didn't that occur to me?? I knew there was a reason I save them.

03-20-2015, 07:35 AM

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Auntie V

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When I was cleaning out my Aunt's house we ran across lots of "sharps" type items. I found out that our local fire department will take them for proper disposal. What they told us is that it is better to go the medical "sharps" route than expecting a pill bottle to survive in a land fill. The companies that collect the sharps containers are usually fair with them when they know they are helping keep dangers out of the land fills.

03-20-2015, 07:59 AM

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tmw

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i would not float my down the river, or any body of water, where would they end up?? I put mine in a pill bottle and mark it bad needles, then let it fill up and put in trash,