Thanks for watching Native by Criss and visit me on the blog! Hey, you’ve reached Native by Criss and this is my tutorial on how to change the needle on a brother SC 400 embroidery and sewing machine so as you can see I have My needle in the up position and I’m using the tool that came with it and there’s a screw And I’m just gonna get it started to where I can pull it out so they’re very good so you can see I always change my needles about um 10 times after 10 projects so you can see that’s the needles still pretty pretty strong so what I usually do, I have like an old medicine bottle that I put all my needles in so that way Little cats and dogs and children do not get them stuck in their seat very good and usually I get a pair of pliers to hold the needle in place cuz I wanna make sure it’s Steady And so I’m just gonna use just the regular Embroidery needles that I picked up it in my local Walmart, and they say seventy-five a living So this is for most projects. I will post a link on A chart that tells you different sized needles for different projects so this is my new needle I picked up and I’m going to Hold it in place and Then I’m going to warm my foot just to get it in there. Oh wait Drop it So you’re saying that winning they’re really smooth and I’m just gonna hold it while I tighten it back up And you just want to make sure if it’s really snug in there You know reposition my grip on this oh There we go, and I have that in there. So I’m just gonna parade it to make sure my needle is in the right spot And sometimes if the needle is in the right spot, your machine will not do the automatic trader. I Had one time where my needle was Too far down and so So yeah tah-dah I have threaded my embroideries in sewing se 400. So thanks for watching and I will put that link in the comments about The different size needles that you need. So for this tutorial, all I needed was my Screwdriver that came with my machine in the needles. Okay. Thanks for watching
Sewing Needle Sizes and their uses.
Needles are sized in metric and imperial. The smaller the numbers the finer the needle. The size of a needle is calculated by its diameter, thus a 90 needle is 0.9mm in diameter.
Size 10 = 70
Size 11 = 75
Size 12 = 80
Size 14 = 90
Size 16 = 100
Size 18 = 110
Size 20 = 120
No 60 = Silks, cotton lawn, organza and sheer fabrics
No 70 = Cotton lawn, lining fabrics
No 80 = Cotton shirting, quilting cotton,
No 90 = Linen, linen union curtain fabrics, cushion fabrics, cotton sateen curtain linings,
No 100 = Denim
No 110 = Upholstery fabrics and canvas weight fabrics, leather, pvc and vinyls
No 120 = Thick Denim and Heavy Canvas, thick leather
Within the different sewing needle sizes are different types of needles.
Machine Embroidery Needles
These are again available in a variety of sizes and are generally used in the top end embroidery machines. These machines produce intricate designs at a significant speed. The needles enable the machine to sew dense designs without snagging at the fabric or breaking the needle. More recently Titanium needles have become available. The titanium needles are able to cope with the intense heat that is created by the rapid movement machine to create these designs and not break as an ‘ordinary’ needle would. Embroidery
needles also have larger eye’s to accommodate the slightly thicker nature of embroidery thread.
Microtex Needles
Why is my needle breaking? And other sewing machine needle queries
These are usually the cure all for all problems! Either with stetchy fabric or embroidery or waterproofed fabric, it is the get out of gaol needl
You did not state where the flat side of the needle goes, is it to back or side or front? Every machine is different. So please state where the flat side of the needle goes as that would be most helpful. I came to this video because I have never changed a needle on this type of machine. Thank you.