Colonial Needle Big Eye Quilting Hand Needles-Size 10 12/Pkg

It’s my favorite for hand piecing and hand quilting. The larger eye helps with threading when you are using this small needle.

These needles arrived very early and are as described. I am in a quilt group and this week we will be getting together and doing some hand quilting. I always have a hard time threading the usual hand quilting needles so decided to try these large eye needles. I hope they come up to my expectations and will edit this review later and give my opinion on use. A few days later, 08/07/2024: We had our class on hand quilting and I was able to give the instructor one of my new big eye needles. She used it all through the class and was happy with it. I also found it was quite a bit easier to thread than the standard quilting needle of the same size, but not as easy as I thought it would be-. I am happy with my purchase and would definitely buy from this seller again.

I do a lot of hand sewing, as I am a quilter, and sew the binding by hand on each quilt that I complete. (No, I do not use these for the quilting; that I do on the machine.) I purchased these needles based on a recommendation from the Missouri Star Quilt Company, and have never bought a different hand sewing needle since. While these are tiny needles (don't know how someone thought they had big eyes), they are strong, and just glide through the material. They are a joy to use.

These are the best needles I have ever used!!!! . I use these to hand sew and to quilt with, and they are a joy.. I have tried many other brands, but these are the only ones I am happy with. Yes, they are very short and small, and have a slim eye, but they glide through the fabric without having to tug, as with a lot of inferior needles I have tried. I was so glad to see these on Amazon, as can't find these at my local stores anymore.

My eyesight isn't what it used to be, so I was glad to find these. However, when I first started quilting with them, the thread would come out of the needle while quilting. Added to this, was the fact that often, when the thread came out of the needle, it snagged or shredded the thread, so I would have to cut the thread short and thread the needle with new thread. Very frustrating and such a waste of thread! BUT, with experience, I discovered that instead of using the needle to pull the thread, if I pulled on the thread itself, I didn't have the problem stated above.

I am a longtime quilter. Based on experience I wouldn't buy any need except the James brand. They really are a class to themselves.

These quality needles are a dream to use- makes sewing on quilt bindings so much better. No dragging through the fabric, much less effort involved. Previously, I always just used store brand needles to do hand sewing but will never use anything else now.

I don't know if the problem is me (a 60something) or the needles, but I can only thread one in three of these needles, despite glasses and bright light. Their sharpness is fine, and they are the basic quilting needle that provides short, routine stitches. They aren't a great value to me, though, if I have to throw out 2/3rd of them. I'll not be purchasing this brand again.