Why Your Sewing Needles are Hard to Thread (and the Best Solution)

The Struggle of Traditional Sewing Needles

We’ve all been there. You have the perfect fabric and a quiet hour to finally work on your project. But then, it happens. You spend ten minutes squinting under a desk lamp, trying to …

The US Patent and Trademark Office featured the Spiral Eye Needle

The Spiral Eye Needle

The Spiral Eye Needle

Pam Turner Reinvented the Sewing Needle

For over 50 years, the Minnesota Inventors Congress has had an inventors expo in Redwood Falls, Minn.

Counterfeit knock-offs

I saw an ad by FirstDailyDeals on my facebook page and almost threw up. Here on MY personal facebook page was an ad for The One Second Needle (which I used to get royalties from but Telebrands discontinued selling the …

Surviving the Minnesota State Fair

The Minnesota State Fair gets over two million visitors during the last 12 days of summer, ending on Labor Day.  12 hours. 12 days.

In 2008 I sold one needle on a stick. That was my first year with …

How to thread a sewing needle.

BY PAM TURNER

Search through the umpteen packages of needles you have had since high school to find one with the largest eye. Carefully cut the end of the thread at an angle. After three tries, put a quarter in …

There Are Many Ways to Thread a Side-Threading Needle!

I put this short video together to show you a few different ways to thread a side-threading needle. Some methods work better than others for some people! Give them all a try.