I just finished my first Edge to Edge quilting project using an embroidery machine. I had a REALLY tight deadline on this quilt and finished in the nick of time for a fund raiser. In other words, if things hadn't gone smoothly, I wouldn't have completed the quilt in time.
I used a new kind of needle (for me): the Schmetz 130/705 H-Q Stepp-Nadel Quilting Needle, size 90/14. This needle performed like a champ. Not a single stitch skipped in a project with 64 hoopings. I did change once in the middle of the project simply because I hit my 40,000-stitch-change-your-embroidery-needle mark. But I only did that under an abundance of caution.
So, of course, nerd that I am, I had to find out what Stepp-Nadel meant, but the Schmetz web site didn't say. I kept digging, and still couldn't find anything.
Then I thought, "Well, 'nadel' could be German for 'needle,' " and Googled "translate German stepp." Guess what? "Stepp" is German for "quilt"!
I guess I should have asked my question here on M*, because our German members could have told me much more quickly!
Anybody know what the "130/705 H-Q" means?
I used a new kind of needle (for me): the Schmetz 130/705 H-Q Stepp-Nadel Quilting Needle, size 90/14. This needle performed like a champ. Not a single stitch skipped in a project with 64 hoopings. I did change once in the middle of the project simply because I hit my 40,000-stitch-change-your-embroidery-needle mark. But I only did that under an abundance of caution.
So, of course, nerd that I am, I had to find out what Stepp-Nadel meant, but the Schmetz web site didn't say. I kept digging, and still couldn't find anything.
Then I thought, "Well, 'nadel' could be German for 'needle,' " and Googled "translate German stepp." Guess what? "Stepp" is German for "quilt"!
I guess I should have asked my question here on M*, because our German members could have told me much more quickly!
Anybody know what the "130/705 H-Q" means?
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