Tulip Big Eye Bullion Needles-Size Regular (2) & Long (2)

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I’m a quilter, not an embroiderer, but goodness I can tell you the quilting needles are even sharper – super sharp! html I don’t do it for all embroidery projects, but when I know the stitching will be heavier or denser, or if I’m working with a more loosely woven linen and I need support for the stitches, or if I’m working with a fabric that’s somewhat sheer – or if I’m doing goldwork or beadwork on silk fabrics or something similar – I’ll use a backing fabric. Thanks for sharing your views on Tulip needles with us and for the photos, I can’t wait to try them. I’m hard on my needles bending and pushing them that extra mile and have a graveyard of severely bent needles.

TULIP Bullion Knot Needle, Regular | Sue Spargo Folk Art Quilts

I succumbed to the temptation to try Tulip needles many months ago, despite what my Prudent Self told me.For some reason, it just kind of slipped out while I was writing, and though corny, I couldn’t help leaving it! It was suspended by a little folded paper inside the little blue box with the little piece of paper that is stuck in the tube with the cork to know that no one has opened it. But when switching between the two brands off and on to see if there was a noticeable difference, I kept switching back to the Tulip needles and sticking with them.

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She couldn’t trust herself to pick something in Needlecraft I’d be sure to enjoy and opted for “tools” instead. My personal favourite is a Milliners 10 Big Eye, which is our most popular style as we specialise in English paper piecing (traditional hand-sewn patchwork) so this needle works wonderfully for that purpose. Tulip Tapestry Yarn Needles-The needle point is rounded to keep the yarn from breaking, making it great for wool embroidery and finishing up knitting projects. I also have a nice collection of bent needles and believe it’s all due to the extra effort in forcing the needle through the fabric. I have tried to separate my needles in a “homemade” needle envelope, but seem to loose the plot in putting them back and don’t know one kind from another, other than size and size of eye….I always seem to be stitching with a slightly bent needle so, perhaps, I will eliminate that in future. When you put the Tulips into fabric, they slide in like it was butter and compared to the pushing and pulling that you have to do with regular needles…the Tulips are far and away superior. If I am going to spend a little more for the needles [and I do believe you get what you pay for] they may as well have their own little home and start out with a system. Re the Tulip Hiroshima needles, a friend brought me back a tube of tapestry needles from Japan recently and although I haven’t yet used them for canvas work, I have found them superb when doing applique and using wool felt. Often, you even get slippage on linen threads that are stretched taut, if you don’t put some effort into getting that needle into the fabric.