Karen Kay Buckley

I love these needles for hand applique.  They glide through the layers easily, even batiks.  There are 10 needles per package.  I believe they market them as a size 10 but they sew like a size 11.  Very thin with a nice sharp point. 

This needlethreader from Clover has to be the best needlethreader I have ever used.  You simply place the needle eye down in the marked location, push on the lever, release and remove your threaded needle.  It is simply amazing.  I love this little threader.

These wonderful little pins come in a handy closable case.  In addition to the small size the heads have a tear-drop instead of the traditional round head.  You might be thinking....so what.  Well, actually that tear-drop really helps.  Often times during the hand applique process my thread gets wrapped around the pin and I have to remove it.  Where the thread gets lodged is where the head connects to the shaft.  With the tear-drop there is no place for the thread to get caught and it just rolls right off the pin.  Now that is handy and a real time saver.  

These extra-fine and very sharp pins pass smoothly through the fabric.  These pins are useful for pinning applique and piecing.  The head is made of an iron-proof glass.  They come in a handy closable case.   

For machine sewing there is nothing I like more than Microtex Sharp needles.  They have a thin, sharp point and give me a perfect stitch.  I use the 60/8 for my machine applique along with the invisible thread from Sew-Art International.  I use either 60/8 or  80/12 for machine quilting.  It just depends on the thickness of the thread.  For thinner threads you'll want 60/8.  For medium threads you will want the 80/12.  I also use the 80/12 for piecing.  Love these needles.

For machine sewing there is nothing I like more than Microtex Sharp needles.  They have a thin, sharp point and give me a perfect stitch.  I use the 60/8 for my machine applique along with the invisible thread from Sew-Art International.  I use either 60/8 or  80/12 for machine quilting.  It just depends on the thickness of the thread.  For thinner threads you'll want 60/8.  For medium threads you will want the 80/12.  I also use the 80/12 for piecing.  Love these needles.

These needles are wonderful for hand appliqué.  They do just what the title says; they glide right through your fabric.  I am always looking for things that make my hand appliqué easier and these do just that.

These needles are wonderful for hand appliqué.  They do just what the title says; they glide right through your fabric.  I am always looking for things that make my hand appliqué easier and these do just that.