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

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But when you hold a needle and move it around and work it under other threads, it’s a good thing if it has just a little give to it. Tulip Chenille Needles-Sharp needle point and long needle eye are perfect for not onlywool and wool felt embroidery but also ribbon embroidery. Since then, there have been numerous improvements in terms of both product quality and production efficiency and Hiroshima Needle has become widely known as a distinctive local industry.

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From the picture of the Milliner needles the eye looked exactly like a Milliner eye should be…no bulge around the eye.Now because I am not an orthodox quilter, sewer or embroiderer I use my machinger gloves (my free motion quilting gloves) with a very snug fit and tiny finger grippers for embroidery, as my hands have lost some dexterity. I just started doing english paper piecing (working my first project) The needles did bend badly for me. I hadn’t been using Tulip needles for embroidery much because I discovered them through bead weaving.

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I was quite dissatisfied with any other needle, like you mentioned, not getting the tip of the needle to pierce the fabric precisely and hand fatigue.Eye-wise, they equate more to a sharp (small round eye), but that tip is something extra, it’s nice! One more thing, the bullion needles are totally amazing and have made a HUGE difference in doing the bullion stitch.

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Do you know anyone who works with clay like Fimo – they might be able to use them as tiny modeling tools. I don’t really like to recommend products that I consider expensive, when other products will do the trick – and sometimes, will do the trick better. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.I used other milliners needles before finding the Tulip Bullion needles and thought I had perfected the stitch. She couldn’t trust herself to pick something in Needlecraft I’d be sure to enjoy and opted for “tools” instead. I’ve actually only started experiencing finger joint pain and hand fatigue in general since going through chemo year before last. Still, I appreciate good packaging and, yes, these have a pretty high level of “cute” with their color coding and little silk thread slips. When you have a pack of assorted needles, you can pretty much eyeball the size differences – the lower numbered needle will be the largest, and then just line them up from there.

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I’m so glad that you have experienced an improvement in the fatigue in your hands and hope that it will continue. I have used tulip needles mainly for my quilting and patchwork “patchwork of the crosses” and I acquired my tulip needles from Sew and Quilt in Cornwall. I bought them to try them for the review, I use the ones that I purchased pretty regularly, but I’ve never bought them again because they are too expensive for needles. 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. I’ve been using tulip needles for several years and find the extra cost worthwhile as I replace my needles less frequently.They pull that (non-tulip) needle through the thickest of fabrics, cutting much fatigue and enhancing dexterity. With Tulip needles and their very sharp tips and ultra-smooth shafts, the resistance on entering the fabric is not noticeable. It reduces friction significantly and I might have given up on a project I was working on without it.