Whew At Least Its Not A Sewing Winged Needle.
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Let me tell you a story of how I learned about the most important part on my sewing machine. I had just finished teaching a beginning sewing class to a group of eight year olds. The words were still ringing in my own ears.

Never never put your left hand behind the needle. Never never pull your fabric through. Just let the machine move the fabric.

It was only an hour or so later and I was in a big hurry to finish a job for a customer. I quickly sat down and started to sew at top speed. Someone called from the other room and I looked up. It was only a second but it was long enough.

There I was my left hand was gripping the fabric and starting to pull it through when suddenly Ouch! Pain. I mean Pain brought me back to what I was doing. Everything stopped for at least an hour although the clock only clicked a second or two. When I looked down there my finger was under the needle bar and on top of the presser foot. The needle stuck all the way through my finger. As soon as I got my wits about me I grabbed the hand wheel and turned it forward pulling the needle out of my finger.

Never Never Never Never. I knew right then why I said those words.

With ice wrapped around my finger I sit back down at my sewing machine.

What a relief there is no blood on the customers project.

Whew At Least Its Not A Sewing Winged Needle.

As I sat there I started thinking about that needle. It is a pretty amazing little part. Oh yes it is shiny and pretty but it is also sharp. That needle so often forgotten deserved my full attention. Indeed it is vital to everything I sew. I would say that needle is perhaps the most important part on my sewing machine.

Here is a list of why I think the needle is the most important part on my sewing machine:

1. It carries the upper thread to the right place to form a stitch.

2. Without the needle no stitch could form.

3. It interacts with the hook to create a loop and wrap the thread with the bobbin thread to form a stitch.

4. Without the needle no stitch could form.

5. The needle punctures the fabric without leaving a trace (usually).

6. The needle moves in harmony with the stitch selection to form hundreds of different stitches just by the way it moves.

7. The needle comes in special forms: sizes points and eyes.

8. Specialty needles achieve special results: Sharp needles for wovens Ball points for knits Quilting Needles Embroidery Needles Leather Needles

9. When the needle gets dull the stitch is messed up but you can change the needle to get perfect results right away.

10. My $8000 sewing machine depends on my fifty cent needle for every stitch.

It is important to appreciate the little things in life because they usually are the most important. Like the needle which is the most important part on my sewing machine.

My finger healed. The customers project was finished on schedule. The children in my class the next day learned painlessly if not somewhat humorously why never to pull the fabric through the machine or even put your hand behind the needle. Of course I have this story to tell again and again my own special sewing treasure.

Knowing needles is a vital part of sewing and quilting. A sewing machine needles guide is a helpful tool to understand the many different kinds of sewing machine needles and their uses. Choosing the right needle for the project makes the whole project go quicker and easier. Pictures of needles can also help the user to better understand why one needle is preferred over another. There are a variety of specialty needles the user will find useful including twin needles and the sewing winged needle. Sewing is a very safe hobby but there are some important safety tips for sewing machines like the one in this storykeep your hands in front of the needle at all times.

In my new book Sewing The Worlds Greatest Hobby I have included pictures of needles a practical sewing machine needle guide and discussion of specialty needles like the sewing winged needle. It also includes safety tips for sewing machines and over 200 pages of useful information for sewing and quilting. My new book is available at Sewing Answers. Com or Sew And Quilt Store. Com.

RESOURCE: David and Donna Trumble are sewing professionals authors of Sewing The Worlds Greatest Hobby and other related books. They own and operate a chain of Sew And Quilt Stores in central Texas. Websites: http://www.sewinganswers.com and http://www.sewandquiltstore.com.

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