Well done! I recently discovered your lovely and inspiring tutorials and could listen to your kind, patient voice for hours. For the first time in my 65 years, I made a paper piecing project. It was your hexagon needle book and I thank you for that. I will give it to my mother who turns 85 tomorrow.

💐 Your calm spirit is very soothing! I also love hand sewing and this is very informative. 😊❤️👍

I found this so helpful and enjoyed your sweet, soothing voice. A lovely way to begin my morning!

Once again Emma a lovely and very well done video. It is so much fun to watch you sew and even though I have been hand sewing for 60 yrs now you are still teaching this old dog new tricks. LOL One thing I just recently discovered is I went to a vintage sewing shop near me and they had a couple of packages of needles from the 1940's and 50's. No one was buying them and I decided to try them. Oh my they are so wonderful to sew with they are much smoother than any other needles I have used, I don't think they will bend - they are beautiful and they just cost me $.25 not sure what he conversion is on that but it is just a few pennies. My 92 mom then cut open her 60 yr old pin cushion and there were about 125 needles buried in it. Boy did I hit the jack pot with those too.Thank you again for taking the time to do these videos

Hi Emma I've just come across your site. What a gem!!! I love your outlook on sewing & being comfortable to do things your own way! Most of us seek perfection but stress when that doesn't happen. So I'm going to put that into practise & just enjoy the whole process that you speak about.

Thank you - this was very informative: I learned a lot! So pleased that you are doing the same with threads - you are a lovely teacher!

Good evening Emma! What a fabulous episode! I learnt so much, you are so clear and to the point (ahahah!) in your explanations and your voice is truly soothing! I also very much appreciated that there was no judgement and that you were careful in saying that all this, was what works for you. No “ put down” in disguise ... I shall start catching up on your other offerings since I discovered you only recently and already look forward to your next one! With warmest thanks from North Yorkshire 🍄🍂🍁

I love milliner needles and i used them for almost everything handsewing.

Thanks Emma I had my answers about needles! Very informative!

Thank You, Emma!

I love watching you. You inspire me!!!

Thank you very clear and simple comparison of all the needle thank you!

Thanks for this! Excellent video.

Excellent, thank you. Can’t wait for the thread information!!

Thank you for sharing this video. It was very helpful!

Thanks for sharing that information Emma

Helps me and I am looking forward to learning about hand sewing threads.

Thank you Emma, your video was sharp and clear at the close ups. I enjoyed all the information you shared. I just found this video and now I want to try to do english paper piecing. :)

This was very useful information to me , Thank you .. 😊

What a wonderful explanation! I'll admit that I got a little lost with all the different types of needles, so I ended up getting a starter kit that comes with everything to try out first.

Thank you I needed to know. God bless you and your family

Thanks Emma. Great lot of helpful information re needles. 🥰

Thanks again for a great video! You are such a joy to watch and great information, I totally agree with Jill Cooper I have been sewing, quilting and embroidery for many years now but you bring fresh new ideas to us old dogs. I tried the hexi forms that you mentioned in a previous video and they are great!

This is very helpful! I’ve been ordering new needles and had no clue between the different styles of needles. I understand the difference between sizes, but the different types of needles was confusing me. We have the John James brand here in town, but no clover or tulip or Bohin or other brands I prefer.

Thank you Emma, I found this most informative, off shopping for needles now :)

Thank you for the informative sharing .. actually I confuse with needles now with your sharing giving me confident selecting my needles .. loving it so much 😘😘

Excellent as always my dear friend. I couldn't help but notice what you have hanging in the background. looks lovely as always!! Hope you are well and staying safe. Things are so out of hand over here across the pond... due to the election and covid. I'm just staying home and sewing. Take care babe.

Just found your channel today. I subscribed right away. I am getting interested in sewing again and your channel will help me get started. Thank you for sharing.

Great job Emma🥰

This was very helpful. The most helpful thing you said was choose what feels best for me. The only one I would recognise before is a tapestry needle.

This was really helpful, I love your videos,thankyou 🧵

Very helpful, Emma - thank you - all the differences make hand sewing much easier- i'm gonna listen again and dont I confuse the various needles with types of threads

Emma - thank you so much for going over the various types of needles. I plan to watch your video on different kinds of threads too. I am in the US so I hope I can find some high-quality needles here.

yippee skippee so happy i stumbled upon your channel.....fabulous. thank you thank you thank you. be well and safe

Thank you! Very helpful! I have some serious nerve problems in my wrists, hands and fingers. I always use what feels right in my fingers. Tyfs!

Thank you, very informative and I love your relaxed manner, Jayne from Poppy Patchwork

Thank you Emma. I have lots of needles. It’s keeping them identified that I need help. hand. Machine. Etc

I'm always lost when it comes to what size to use I,do a lot of quilt binding for friends. Finding needles is still a problem in 2022. I do have a wonderful needle threader.

Awesome video great informations thank you for sharing!!! Liz x

Love yr videos

Really good info. I love how sharp the black gold needles are, but find the serrated point particularly painful if I accidentally poke myself (much more painful than a regular needle stick). I also prefer milliners needles. I've only used Hemmings brand thus far, but enjoy them a lot.

Interesting!

I enjoyed learning about the types of needles- Lots of good information! I’m looking forward to threads, too. Thank so much!

Very interesting😁

Thank you for the wonderful information so very helpful. Have you or are you going to do a video on the hand stretches you do and anything else that helps with prevention of hand discomfort?

Thank you for another very useful video Emma. I have a lot of different needles as like you I like to do many different hand sewing projects. I wonder if the gold plated ones are any easier to use than ordinary ones? I have small hands and find I can manage short, fine needles more easily. The only needles I haven't tried are milliners or straws so I'll get some of those to see how I can manage those. I have severe arthritis and my hands hurt a lot these days so if you have any advice about hand care I'd be very grateful. God bless from Northern Ireland.v

Hi Emma, I am from a small city in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. I watched this video regarding needles and was wondering what the needles are that have the colour circle close to the tip. Thank you for all your wonderful videos, very enjoyable.

Wonderful information about needles. Your channel is wonderful. I really enjoy it. I have a question about single French knots. Mine don’t always stay tight and when I knit them on the back it just looks untidy. Do you have a way that you do French knots that stay tight and how do you tie them off?thank you very much.

Very helpful information. I am new to EPP and was just exploring which needles to use for the stitching and embroidery work to embellish my hexi pieces. Thank you so very much! I'm looking forward to your video on the types of thread.

Thanks Emma for a wonderful video! A have a question which I have yet to find an answer to but with the Black & Gold needles, what is the difference between the Quilting and the Quilting Between needles? Without having the packets in front of me, they look identical!

Emma, got my order and will be ordering again soon. But I noticed you have a cottage/house pin cushion. Is there going to be a pattern?

Do hand sewing needles ‘wear out’ like machine needles do? I use my sewing machine regularly and routinely change my needle every month or so and sometimes more frequently if I’ve been using particularly thick fabric or layers. I’m new to hand sewing - the packs often have many needles in, so presumably similar rules apply? When or how often do you discard needles and change for a fresh one?

I am new to all this sewing and I have sewn pieces of fabic to a foundation piece of calico and I have written a name on it to lrarn how to embroider around the name. I am using a crewel needle and I cut a piece of thread and I am having all sorts of trouble.the needle seems blunt and getd stuck and hard to pull through and the stem stitch is not gliding to its finish very well.I have to tug it .what am I doing wrong. the thread does not look like the type that we unstrand,more like the size of perle thread. had no trouble a few months ago doing around a flower.

What types of needles would you recommend for sewing (not embroidering) tightly woven fabric?

I'm confused. Does the size indicate length or just thickness? Can you have the same needle size in different lengths?

Thanks for sharing that information Emma