We offer a variety of high quality, affordable, common and unusual pins, hand needles, machine needles, and those ever-handy needle threaders. |
Pins, Needles & Threaders |
last update: 13 Jul 2008 |
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| Collins Glass Head Pins #C103 |
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Size 22 (1 & 3/8") .5mm steel shaft with a heat-resistant white glass head. You can iron over these! Head is slightly smaller than C106. 200 pins in a reclosable clear plastic box. |
$5.50/box |
| Collins Quilter's Glass Head Pins #C106 |
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Size 22 (1 & 3/8") .5mm steel shaft with a heat-resistant yellow glass head. You can iron over these! Head is slightly larger than C103. 200 pins in a reclosable clear plastic box. |
$5.50/box |
| Collins T-Pins #C117 |
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Size 28 (1 3/4") nickel-plated steel shaft (1.16mm). Fine and extra-sharp. 60 pins in a reclosable clear plastic box. These are the ones I use for corset fittings! They don't break and it takes a lot to bend them.... |
$4/box |
| Dritz Sequin Pins #D8S |
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Size 8 (1/2") .5mm nickel-plated steel shaft. Use for pinning sequins and trims, hand-applique and crafts. 350 pins in a reclosable semi-clear plastic box. |
$2/box |
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| Hand Needles | |||
| Normally, needles are sized from smallest (low number) to largest (high number) diameter. Thus, a pack labled 3/9 contains a variety of needles ranging from a size 3 (small) to a size 9 (large). One also has to take into consideration the particular type or class of needle - a Quilting 5 is shorter than a Sharp 5 which is shorter than a Milliner 5 but they're all the same diameter. | name | picture | description | price |
| Dritz Needle Compact |
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Handy if you're just starting to sew or if you need a compact to throw into a traveling sewing kit. Contains a variety of sizes and thicknesses for a total of 30 needles. One needle threader included as shown. |
$2/pk. |
| John James Cotton Darners 1/5 |
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A strong needle with a large eye generally used for darning medium-weight knits and for mending heavier fabrics but also used by bookbinders.... | $1.50/pk. |
| John James Yarn Darners 14/18 |
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Like sewing with a telephone pole? Well, here ya go! Seriously, these are for manipulating in heavy knits like sweaters or winter socks.... or possibly light- to medium-weight fishing nets? |
$1.50/pk. |
| John James Embroidery 3/9 |
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Also called 'Crewel', these are medium length with a long, oval eye (slightly over-size to take embroidery threads) and a sharp point. | $1.50/pk. |
| John James Milliners 5/10 |
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Same as Sharps but longer & slightly more flexible; frequently used in hat-making. Also called Straws because of historical and continuing use on women's hats, many of which were made of straw in the past. Extra long with a round eye and a sharp point, the eye is little wider than the shaft, allowing for easy manipulation of bullion wraps, medium beads, & passing through fabric (or straw) leaving a hole that's smaller and closes easier on the thread. | $1.50/pk. |
| John James Quilting 5/10 |
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Also called Betweens, these are the same as Sharps but shorter, possessing the same sort of oval eye and sharp point. Their small size is very good for rendering short stitches quickly and accurately. Experienced sewers can sew faster with a shorter needle. | $1.50/pk. |
| John James Sharps 5/10 |
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The benchmark for needles, Sharps are the most commonly used - a general purpose needle with a medium length, a small, round eye and a sharp point. | $1.50/pk. |
| John James Tapestry 18/22 |
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The blunt tip of the Tapestry needle is excellent for cross-stitch or for tapestry on canvas or anywhere you want to slide _between_ the threads rather than pierce them. While medium length, they have an over-long, oval eye for carrying multiple threads or even yarns. Three sizes in a pack - 18, 20, 22. |
$1.50/pk. |
| John James Tapestry Petites 22 - 24 - 26 |
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Like regular Tapestries, these are blunt-tipped with an over-long eye but these are shorter and, oddly enough, are numbered "backwards" like the Twin-Points and Double-Eyes! The higher the number, the smaller the needle..... One size to a package so please specify. |
$1.50/pk. |
| John James Twin Pointed Quick Stitch Needles and Twin Pointed Stab Stitch Needles |
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This remarkable needle style possesses a point on either end and the thread eye in the middle. Using a hands-free frame, keep one hand above your work and one hand below at all times and stitch straight up and down through your fabric without turning your needle. Loop the thread over a finger if necessary to keep the tension right. Produces an more even stitch with less twist and tangle and less wrist/hand strain. The Quick Stitch needles are larger and accomodate almost any thread while the Stab Stitch is finer being intended for quilting. The Stabs would also work well for silk thread embroidery on silk gauze. Please specify (left to right): Quick Stitch - 22 (coarse), 24 (medium), or 26 (fine) or Stab Stitch - 10 (extra fine) |
$2.25/pk. |
| Clover Double-Eye Needles |
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Embroider with two different threads at the same time! For threads and divided flosses, use the finer needles; for ribbons, yarns, and undivided flosses, use the heavier needles. Both are available in sharp and blunt versions. Please specify (left to right): Sharp - 22 & 24 Sharp - 15, 17, & 20 Blunt - 22 & 24 Blunt - 15, 17, & 20 |
$5.50/pk. |
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| Machine Needles | |||
| Different needles for different uses - Sharps for most natural fibers & weaves... Universals for knits... Leather for ... well, leather .. and fake leathers, too... Double needles for perfect double lines of stitch... Smaller numbers are for lighter weights, higher numbers for heavier and if it says "Jeans" - yep, that's for heavy-weights... Topstitch needles have a wider thread groove for heavier sewing threads to fit in - good choice when using anything heavier than a #40 thread. | name | picture | description | price |
| Schmetz Sharps |
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Also called 'Microtex'. Pack of 5 Available in several sizes - 9/70 & 11/80 - lightweight fabrics, silks, voiles, batistes, etc. 14/90 - mediumweights, cottons, linens, satins, etc. 16/100 - Heavy fabrics, denim, tweeds, canvas, etc. |
$2/pk. |
| Schmetz Universals |
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Pack of 5. Available in several sizes - 9/70 & 11/80 - lightweight fabrics, silks, voiles, batistes, etc. 14/90 - mediumweights, cottons, linens, satins, etc. 16/100 - Heavy fabrics, denim, tweeds, canvas, etc. |
$2/pk. |
| Schmetz Quiltings |
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Pack of 5. Available in several sizes - | $2/pk. |
| Schmetz Jeans/Denim |
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Pack of 5. Available in several sizes - Bayonet-point for heavy denims, canvases, and other densely-woven materials |
$2/pk. |
| Schmetz Leather |
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Pack of 5. Available in several sizes - Bayonet-point to pierce leather, both smooth and suede |
$2/pk. |
| Schmetz Topstitch |
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Pack of 5. Available in several sizes - | $2/pk. |
| Schmetz Twin |
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Two needles on a single shank. Pack of 5. Available in several sizes - for stronger seams, fine doubled topstitching, or decorative work. | $2/pk. |
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| Threaders | name | picture | description | price |
| Collins Needle Threaders |
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Handy for threading both hand and machine needles. Aluminum wire and handle. Cheaper than messing up your eyesight trying to hit that ridiculously small hole with that impossibly fine thread..... ;-) |
$1/pk. of 3 |
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