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
John James needles?
--- On Wed, 6/24/09, Lynn Downward lynndownw...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Lynn Downward lynndownw...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Buillion braid for a tricorn hat
To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 10:09 AM
Hi Cynthia,
The straws
YES!! That's it! Had a momentary brain fart there.
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Cactus shirleyjho...@yahoo.com wrote:
John James needles?
--- On Wed, 6/24/09, Lynn Downward lynndownw...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Lynn Downward lynndownw...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Buillion braid
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
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
...and while I'm on this milinery thing... is there a special needle
or technique required for sewing real metal buillion braid The #8
needle I'm using leaves gigantic holes.
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
cinbar...@gmail.com
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Try a beading needle? They're pretty tiny.
...and while I'm on this milinery thing... is there a special needle
or technique required for sewing real metal buillion braid The #8
needle I'm using leaves gigantic holes.
--
Carolyn Kayta Barrows
--
“The future is already here, it is just
When I do beading I use a big eye needle, the needle is 75% eye and is double
pointed.
It looks like someone drew a line with silver ink.
Katheryne
- Original Message -
From: Käthe Barrows
Try a beading needle? They're pretty tiny.
...and while I'm on this milinery thing... is
