Pins and needles defined

Sewing pins are simply metal pointed rods that pierce through two pieces of fabric to secure them during the sewing process. They are also used to fasten the pattern piece to the fabric, when the fabric is cut to size for your sewing project. (some sewers also use small weights to hold their fabric down)

Pins come in a wide variety of types and sizes. important thing to remember is to always buy ball-end pins for knits and delicates, and never to buy a needle that is so big that it leaves noticeable holes in your finished garment.

Sewing machine needles are just what they sound like—they are needles for your sewing machine. Your machine uses one needle at a time, unless you are doing specialty sewing. Sewing machine needles and hand needles are not interchangeable. That’s because the eye of a sewing machine needle is by the point of the needle, whereas the eye of the hand needle is toward the opposite end. Besides, you would never be able to pull a machine needle all the way through your fabric—the end is far to blunt.

Sewing machine needles come in a variety of sizes and type of needle. The most common kinds are ball point needles, and regular pointed end needles.

Hand sewing needles are simply the needles that you sew by hand with. They are threaded by inserting the end of your thread through the hole at the end of the needled (it’s called the “eye” of the needle).

Hand needles come in a variety of sizes, the size indicates how long the needle is and how wide the eye. If the needle is too thin for the fabric, it won’t go through easily, and could break. If the eye is too big, it will leave a hole in your fabric, that shows.