Schmetz Universal Needles

For all general sewing of most woven and knit materials. For use in all household sewing machine brands and types for which needles with a flat shank are required. Five needles per card.

Needle Sizes:

• 1724 - Size  8 / 60
• 1708 - Size 10 / 70
• 1718 - Size 11 / 75
• 1709 - Size 12 / 80
• 1710 - Size 14 / 90
• 1778 - Size 16 / 100
• 1711 - Assorted
  (2-10/70, 2-12/80, 1-14/90)

Use this product to try these techniques on your project!
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(Click on the individual links below for information on each technique)

• 3-D applique
• Blanket stitch applique
• Blind applique
• Broderie perse applique
• Corded applique
• Decorative stitch applique
• Mola applique
• Padded satin stitch applique
• Reverse applique
• Satin stitch applique
• Shadow applique
• Ultrasuede applique
• Bias binding
• Beaded edge finish
• Corded edge finish
• Edge-stitching
• Fine edge finish
• Hong Kong edge finish
• Lettuce edge finish
• Picot edge finish
• Rolled edge finish
• Wired edge finish
• Designer hems
• Hand-picked hems
• Hems on knit fabrics
• Hems with attached lace
• Bobbinwork
• Brush or loop fringe
• Chain stitch
• Chenille stitch
• Charted needlework
• Couched threads
• Couching elastic
• Couching sequins
• Invisible couching
• Cutwork
• Decorative buttonholes
• Directional sewing
• Drawn threads
• Eyelets
• Corded fagoting & bridging
• Corded fagoting & bridging with lace
• Fagoting & bridging, lace to lace
• Traditional fagoting & bridging
• Attaching beads free-hand
• Free-hand stitching, corded lace
• Fringe
• Gathering & heirloom puffing
• Gathering heavy fabrics
• Gathering with elastic
• Attaching lace to entredeux
• Attaching lace to fabric
• Attaching lace to lace
• French seams
• Making lace
• Battenburg lace
• Mock-piping/welting
• Needleweaving
• Passementerie
• Piping
• Patchwork quilting
• Crazy patch quilting
• Ruching
• Ruffling
• Corded scallops
• Off-the-edge scallops
• Satin stitch scallop edge
• Double-stitched seams
• Flat-felled seams
• Lapped seams
• Seams in leather or vinyl
• Seams using Seams Great™
• Taped seams
• Tucked and topstitched seams
• Twin needle seams
• Shirred piped bands
• Shirred piping
• Shirred with elastic
• Free-motion elastic shirring
• Silk ribbon machine embroidery
• Smocking
• Stitch-in-the-ditch
• Topstitching
• Saddlestitch-style topstitching
• Traditional edge-binding
• Tubes
• Bubble tucks
• Centered tucks
• Corded tucks
• Cross tucks
• Lace tucks
• Picot or shell tucks
• Scallop tucks
• Traditional tucks
• Wave tucks
• Centered zippers
• Invisible zippers
• Lapped & hand-picked zippers