Fabric Needle Guide

Needle Guide

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Choosing the wrong needle will make a project hard or even impossible.

It's frustrating to have trouble sewing when your needle selection is fighting you the whole time—and you didn't know it. Here is a collection of the fabric manufacturer's recommendations that we have assembled for you in one convenient place. Rockywoods Home

Ball 70/10	Polartec Micro Chamois Polartec 100 single-sided Coolmax Polartec Wicking Interlock
Ball 80/12	Polartec 100 double -sided French Terry Thermal Knit Sweatshirt Fleece
Ball 90/14	Ribbing
Universal 70/10	70D Ripstop Nylon Nylon Taffeta
Universal 80/12	Ultrex Gore-tex 2-ply Supplex Crinkle Cloth Superstar Tricot Polartec Windbloc 1000 Snow Quilt Polartec Thermal Stretch 2000 200D Packcloth No-See-Um Mesh
Universal 90/14	3-ply Supplex Polartec 200 Polartec 300 Boundary Waters Fleece Polartec Shearling Bi-polar Fleece Berber Fleece Wool North Country Fleece Pacific Tech Fleece Leno Mesh Coated, open weave Mesh Jiffy Grip Starter Satins

Stretch 75/11	Polartec Power Stretch Polartec Stretch 200 Supplex Nylon Lycra Hi Tech Supplex Lycra SPANDURA Heavy Weight Nylon Lycra Nylon Lycra Cotton Lycra Jersey Lining Cotton Lycra Poly-Lycra Boomerang Stretch Poly/Rayon/Lycra Blends Stretch Velvet Macro Mesh Micro mesh
Stretch 90/14	Techsheen
Microtex 70/10	Polartec Skin Thermal Stretch Lightweight Microfiber Solarweave
Microtex 80/12	Sueded Microfiber Ultrasuede
Jeans 80/12	140D Coated Nylon 120D Ripstop Nylon
Jeans 90/14	Denim Canvas Sunbrella ToughTek 6000
Jeans 100/16	400D Packcloth
Jeans 100/18	1000D Cordura Flannel backed Cordura 1050D Ballistics Vinyl

Sewing Success Tips

Always start your projects with a fresh needle.
The new synthetic fibers dull needles faster than natural fibers. Change needles every four to six hours of sewing.
If you experience thread breakage, it could be to a worn-out needle eye. Try changing your needle.
Dull or bent needles will cause skipped stitches, machine jams and puckering.
When sewing on coated fabrics clean your needle once in a while with alcohol. Also, you may want to try a liquid Sewing Ease to help your needle and thread slip through the fabric.
When sewing on Lycra trim on Polartec be sure to change to a stretch needle.
Singer needles are best for Singer machines and no other. Schmetz needles are best for European and other timed sewing machines.

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