Thursday, July 31, 2008

It's been a while - tips on needles again

How is your summer going? Depending on where you live in the country, you're either getting a lot of sun like in Manitoba or a lot of rain like in Quebec.

We certainly didn't intend to be so silent but we've been quite busy. Now that I have a few minutes, I figured I'd drop it for a quick blog fix! My topic today is about needles. No doubt most of us are guilty of not changing our needles often enough (or at least I was) . Sure I'd stick my finger under the needle and it felt "sharp" enough to but that test is not a good one. You see, as your needle wears out, it dulls and shortens slightly so your machine pumps harder to get the job done. Now that I know all that stuff, I change my needles every 8 hours of regular stitching or 100,000 stitches of machine embroidery.. (Note to self, it's about time to change needles on the embroidery machine).

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BTW, have you visited our website lately? We just got in SIX new metallic colours. Shhh don't tell my boss I told you but there are a few more colours coming out soon. I'll blog about those when we get them in as we don't know what the colours are yet either. Needless to say I'm anxiously awaiting the shipment to see what I can add to my already voluminous thread collection.