Karen Kay Buckley

I have never before worked with a pin that is this thin.  It is very, very skinny and very sharp.  You can see the size in the photograph.  Because the head on these pins is so small I find that I like to spill the pins onto a piece of felt, making it easier to pick them up. There are 45 pins in each little plastic tube.

When the original Perfect Pins were being manufactured I requested a small size.  The answer was no, we cannot do that.  Sometimes it pays to keep bugging them.  I love this smaller size.

 Retail price is $8.95.

I have never before worked with a pin that is this thin.  It is very, very skinny and very sharp.  You can see the size in the photograph.  Because the head on these pins is so small I find that I like to spill the pins onto a piece of felt, making it easier to pick them up. There are 45 pins in each little plastic tube.

Retail price is $8.95.

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 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.   

I love these needles for hand applique.  They glide through the layers easily, even batiks.  There are 10 needles per package.  They are a size 11.   Very thin with a nice sharp point. 

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.

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.