Quality sewing needles from Milward:• The best carbon, hardened, tempered steel is used to maximise resistance to corrosion. These needles are long with round eyes and are ideal when used in the art of pleating and creating fancy decorative needlework or commonly known as smocking. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The Milliners Straw needles feature a sharp tip and long shaft, that is the same thickness as the needle eye. Tulip have made a large part of their range of needles with a superior polished finish (their ‘gold label’ needles) which is unique and, in my opinion, makes a huge difference to their use, stitching through fabric like a knife through butter, even through layers and heavy padding.

Cloudflare places the _cfduid cookie in an End User’s web browser after the user has met certain security requirements, such as solving a Captcha challenge. Tudor Rose Patchwork has a huge range of patchwork fabrics, accessories, kits and patterns for you to select from. The needles are packed in lovely little, clear acrylic tubes with cork stopper and anti-tarnish paper, displayed in their beautiful colour coded cardboard packets which are too lovely to throw away. These beautiful quality needles are made in Hiroshima, which for over 300 years has been the needle making centre of Japan.The _cfduid cookie collects and anonymizes End User IP addresses using a one-way hash of certain values so they cannot be personally identified. Our EPP tutor, Val Q, and Becky - our avid EPP loving staff member - love these needles for English Paper Piecing. I have tried many, many types and brands of needles over the years, my preference being for the glorious packets of antique needles, which are of course tricky to source in sufficient quantity.

Tulip Hiroshima hand sewing needles are of the finest quality, made to exacting standards which include more than 30 different manufacturing processes to ensure each needle is safe and finished to supreme excellence. The name of John James is recognised by needle crafters around the globe and is renowned for quality and reliability. Prym Millinery needles are comparatively longer than conventional hand sewing needles and are perfectly suited for sewing firmer materials such as those found in costume-making and millinery. Traditionally used for sewing hats, they are also suitable for preparing pleats, decoration on fabrics and some types of beadwork.These needles are long with round eyes and ideal when used in the art of pleating and creating fancy decorative stitching or commonly known as smocking. Similar to Sharps but longer, Straws are fine hand sewing needles with a short round eye and a sharp point. We hope to be an inclusive company and strive to create an environment that is welcoming and embraces diversity, both with our online presence, the makers we represent, our physical pop-ups events and our collaborations.

The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report.Until I tried Tulip needles, I had not been able to find any to replicate the smoothness, accuracy and delicacy of antique needles. Milliners needles are sometimes referred to as Straw needles and are traditionally used in hat making. These needles are used for embroidering the perfect bullion knot, cast-on bullion or drizzle stitch. Needles feature a strong and smooth polished body made of steel which glide through fabrics easily, with a beautifully made needle eye that prevents snagging and facilitates easier threading. It helps us understand the number of visitors, where the visitors are coming from, and the pages they navigate.