Newly added to our store – Jeana Kimball’s sharps needles size 11.
I have found this size and type of needle works beautifully when doing hand appliqué. Small, neat and fine – it slides through the fabric easily.
Made in England.
Jeana Kimball’s Foxglove Cottage Sharps Needles Size 10
As a replacement for our favourite Jean Lyle hand needles from England we have found these little tubes of 16 needles from Foxglove Cottage. We are now out of the Jean Lyle size 10A appliqué needles and they are being replaced with Foxglove Cottage sharps size 10.
Sharps needles are best known as all purpose hand sewing needles. They are longer and finer than the Betweens /Quilting needle. They are also shorter and finer than Straw needles. Some prefer them for simple mending tasks, others like it for hand appliqué and hand quilting.