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a2z: The letter is ‘N’ for Needles

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Diana Brandmeyer

                                                N is for Needles

 I love to sew, stitch pieces of fabric into quilts or shirts. To do that I have to use a needle. What many nonsewers are unaware of is–how many kinds of needles there are!



For hand sewing there are betweens, sharps, applique, darning, short, long and even curved ones used to repair a special stuffed animal or a rip in your couch.

And the choices don’t stop there.


There are so many types of needles for my sewing machine that I need an organizer. 


Physical hurts are fixed with needles. Sorry no photos of that! I’m squeamish. Some needles are used to give us healing medicine or to check out blood levels.

I have learned the easiest way to get thread through fabric is to use some Thread Heaven.


This stuff coats the thread helping it glide through tightly woven fabric making it easier to join edges together.


The one thing I dislike about all needles is that they hurt when they stick in your finger. Too bad the Thread Heaven doesn’t help with that.


for more a2z check out Patty Wysong.


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17 thoughts on “a2z: The letter is ‘N’ for Needles”

  1. Barbara Lynn Culler says:
    August 25, 2011 at 7:30 am

    Sewing is “against my religion” and I tend to acumalate a pile of mending before I even consider the task. Shudder.

    Cute post!

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  2. Sparrow says:
    August 25, 2011 at 2:26 am

    I need to get back to work on my quilt! I find it hard to make energy for both writing and crafting, though.

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  3. Shelley Ledfors says:
    August 24, 2011 at 8:02 pm

    Needles! What a creative take on the N post. I used to sew a fair bit, but haven't done any except for a bit of mending in a long time.

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  4. Diana Lesire Brandmeyer says:
    August 24, 2011 at 11:33 am

    Laury! I don't like mending or sewing on buttons. I've tried to think of it as editing but it doesn't work.
    Diana

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  5. Diana Lesire Brandmeyer says:
    August 24, 2011 at 11:33 am

    Niki,
    Mine disappear too, then I realized they were sinking into the pin cushion or just being absorbed in the mess of pins on the magnet pin cushion. I try to leave thread in them now so I can find them.
    Diana

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  6. Diana Lesire Brandmeyer says:
    August 24, 2011 at 11:31 am

    Patty,
    Those curved needles are hard to use but what they fix –worth it!
    Diana

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  7. Diana Lesire Brandmeyer says:
    August 24, 2011 at 11:31 am

    Rita,
    Making time to quilt and sew is hard for me too. Sometimes I just sit in the middle of my 'stuff' and dream.
    Diana

    Reply
  8. Diana Lesire Brandmeyer says:
    August 24, 2011 at 11:30 am

    Marji,
    I like that!
    Diana

    Reply
  9. Laury says:
    August 23, 2011 at 7:40 pm

    I sure wish I had someone around that could fix some things for me – someone handy with those needles! I could do it but just don't like to… 🙂

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  10. Jay says:
    August 23, 2011 at 4:37 pm

    Now I know more on needles!

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  11. Jay says:
    August 23, 2011 at 4:35 pm

    Now I know more on sewing needles!

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  12. Patty Wysong says:
    August 23, 2011 at 4:13 pm

    GREAT letter N!! Coming from a family of quilters, needles abound. =] And yes, I even have curved ones and use them. They're sweet for all the stuffed animals I've repaired. =] And quilting betweens… oh yeah. =]

    Reply
  13. Niki Turner says:
    August 23, 2011 at 12:50 pm

    So that's what the curved ones are for!
    I'm amazed by the way my needles disappear but pins are always underfoot.

    Reply
  14. Rita Garcia says:
    August 23, 2011 at 11:59 am

    I read this thinking about the art of quilting and doll making and how I need to make time to do a little of both! Great post!

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  15. Marji Laine says:
    August 23, 2011 at 10:27 am

    My thinking exactly, Rhonda!

    I'm reading this think how the Lord can repair the tears and gashes that we allow to come into our relationship with Him. Sometimes the sewing is a little painful, but we are better off for action and endurance when the rends are brought back together.

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  16. Diana Lesire Brandmeyer says:
    August 23, 2011 at 9:38 am

    Well said, Rhonda. I was so tired when I posted I just didn't put in the spiritual part. Glad you caught it.
    Diana

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  17. Rhonda Schrock says:
    August 23, 2011 at 9:35 am

    There's got to be a spiritual application in there…pain, needles, difficulty, Thread Heaven, smoothing it out and making it work.

    Sigh. You might be a writer when you can't help pulling applications out of the most ordinary stuff. 🙂

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