Ben wrote:
> Very basic question from someone who knows nothing about sewing...
>
> I want to put a patch badge onto the front of a bag, but since it is
> padded I have to do it by hand, as I can only get to one side of the
> material. I asked a bloke in town, but since it wouldnt' go on his
> machine he wouldn't do it. It sems to me that while doing this with a
> straight needle on a mchine is almost impossible, a curved one and
> doing it by hand would make it easy. Unfortunately needles are made of
> hardened steel, so I can't just bend one...
>
> Can someone wise in the ways of needles give me some advice?
>
You need some of these: http://www.hwebber.co.uk/needles.htm
You can get them all over the place: any decent haberdashery outlet
should have them. Try John Lewis's, if you have one near you.
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