tip of the day

Self-threading needles. Why have I not known about these?

Being a sometimes perfectionist, I have been known to interrupt my quilting or top-stitching to correct wayward, imperfect stitches. And then I am left with loose ends to to tie and bury in the inner layers of whatever I am making. Often, those threads are short or slightly ravelled and it’s a major pain to thread them into the eye of my favorite, thin, hand-sewing needle.

Enter the self-threading needle! Just insert the needle into the fabric, slip the thread ends into the slot, and pull those tell tale ends into the interior. Dang, that was easy.

hallelujah choir of self-threading needles