projects with wing needles. Thank you and God bless. Elizabeth de Souza.

Don't feel bad I have never used a wing needle because I do not know how.
Lenamae

This site has 3 pages of freebies there are 2 wing needle designs on page 3

I love learning.....this is such a great site to come to, to learn......thanks so very much.

Like the others I have used a wing needle for what are called 'open seams' in the Netherlands, the well-known heirloom stitches, and I like the results.

But wing needles are sometimes used in machine embroidery as well. Husqvarna has a couple of cards, a.o. # 193 and I suppose they are not the only ones.
I never tried one of those, so I don't know how they stitch out. I did try and digitise a couple of test designs especially for a wing needle (for part of the design) but I'm not quite satisfied with them: the tension needs adjusting and I have yet to figure out how I'll do that.

Wing needle will look great on the hem of a piece of linen or cotton. It can be made to look like 'old fashioned' pin-stitch or similar on the hem. Has other applications in needlework, and leaves small holes as in pulled thread work.

Your sewing machine probably has stitches that are ideal for the use of the wing needle. Look in your handbook for the sewing machine. As gerrvb said they will most likely be referred to as heirloom stitches.

Old Dummy here asking questions again, what the heck is a wing needle? And what is it used for?

4 comments

by nualaa 26 Jul 2010

A wing needle is just like a regular needle, but just above the thread hole the needle is flattened out, looks like a bulge each side of the needle. When the needle goes thru the fabric it leaves a hole on either side. Makes stitches look pretty and is usually used in Heirloom sewing.
Hope I have this description right.

by clawton 26 Jul 2010

It looks like a needle with small elongated wings on both side of it. It makes small holes in the fabric as it stitches.

by rwalden 26 Jul 2010

I learn something new here almost everyday. Thanks.

by honeychyle 26 Jul 2010

Thanks! I learned something new too!

Look for heirloom files. They usually have wing needle in them somewhere. Not ALL heirloom now! But if it looks like tiny little holes in it with thread around it, it's usually done with the wing needle.