Storing Sewing Needles

Having your needles readily available makes all sewing machine projects easier. This guide is about storing sewing machine needles.

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Pencil Lead Tube for Sewing Needle Storage

Pencil lead tube with a variety of sewing needles.

I buy mechanical pencil lead in these cute four-sided hard plastic reusable tubes. They are the perfect size for storing sewing, quilting, and embroidery needles. I love to find ways to reuse containers, especially plastic ones that I can't recycle curbside.

By Barbara from Bremerton, WA

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Storing Needles

I used an empty mechanical pencil lead container to store needles in. I lucked out and had one that was a good size and had a magnet on the back to stick to the fridge. I always know where a needle is.

By Tawnda

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Keeping Stored Sewing Needles from Rusting

When we lived in Hawaii the salt air would make my needles and pins rust in the pincushion. To keep this from happening my husband soaked the pincushion in kerosene. Set it on some newspapers to let it dry out for several days. Then I put the pincushion in an empty tuna can to keep it from leaving an oily residue anywhere on my sewing table. No more rusting needles or pins!

By DeBushe

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