Hi Cynthia, The straws/milliners' needles I've found have been made by the English company whose name I've blanked on but it's John Something. Better fabric stores like Lacis or Stone Mtn & Daughter in Berkeley carry them; you won't find them at JoAnns. Going through all your thicknesses, I suggest you use a thimble. Best, LynnD
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Cin <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks all! I'll search out a milinery needle & have a go. And yes, > Lynn, it's pretty heavy & dense gold military style braid on a heavily > sized, wool felt tricorn, so you're right, the beading needles tremble > at the thought. I'm using gold colored silk thread as that appears to > be almost invisible on my metal braid. > --cin > Cynthia Barnes > [email protected] > > From: Lynn Downward <[email protected]> > If I'm thinking of what you'll be sewing, the metallic braid is hard to get > through and those wimpy beading needles won't go through it. Milliners' > needles, also called straws, will go through it and buckram, have large > eyes > and small bodies. They should accomodate the gold-colored thread you'll use > and still not make big holes. Don't even bother trying to sew it down with > metallic thread; it just won't hold up. > > Hope this helps. > > LynnD > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
