A Threaded Needle

Clothing Fabrics & Patterns

dyed yarn sewing fabrics for sewing, quilting and clothing, sashiko threads, needles, wash out printed fabrics, kits, books. Visible mending supplies, hand stitching kits, boro fabrics and needles

Welcome to A Threaded Needle. Enjoy your summer shopping!

It's summer. As you might expect from this "one horse show" (I'm the horse :-) orders are taking a little longer to leave here, and more items are out of stock. That's so I can come back with new ideas and products and energy in the fall!

Enjoy your summer :-) Susan

sewing pattern made using tsumugi cotton fabric

Clothing Fabrics & Patterns

A Selection of Beautiful Tools

New

Dyed Yarn Cotton Fabrics, Quilting Weight

Sashiko stencils, boro stencils, mending stencils,

Sashiko & Boro Stencils

On Sale

These Collections are fun for shopping

but if you know what you are looking for, try the drop down menu buttons at the top of the page, or use the search button

Learn Sashiko

These 4 free Sashiko Tutorials were written for beginners but are organized so you can quickly find areas you may want to review. I hope you will enjoy sashiko stitching as much as I do!

How to sashiko stitch

Sashiko Blog Posts

How Hand Sewing Needles are Made

By Susan Fletcher

How Needles are made.

I have hand sewing needles on my mind this month, and I came across a video showing how sewing needles are made. I've put the link in this blog. It shows the process from steel wire to the finished nickel plated and gold eye dipped needle. Its pretty cool to see how it's done.

Here are two things I didn't know. Nickel plating is to stop rusting, and the gold eye dip is to make the eye easier to see (therefore to thread).

Broken Needle Day

By Susan Fletcher

Thoughts on Broken Needle Day

TC guarding needles

Look back through what you remember of your history and culture and remember all the needle sewn cloth made, needed, and used. Today is a chance to pause and give respect to the importance of this little tool!