Thanks a lot for that Lotti I am sure that we could arrange some swaps or exchanges, rather than having you 'sell via the internet'

Lotti, you are awesome. I can wait but I'm so happy to see this needle coming closer. I hate it when the others just cut your thread into pieces.

I'm not allowed to sell via Internet, so 'orders' technically not possible, but as I placed this as a joint 'European quilters' order, so I'm just doing the transport service for myself and my quilt sisters in Ireland, the UK, Denmark and ???

That was really nice of you, Lotti!

Good for you Lotti. Can I place an order with you?

Ok, I just made a wholesale order of the spiral eye needles... Apparently I'm bringing a whole bunch home with me for the European quilters

I'm always happy to help out. I have ordered a few things and had them shipped here without problems. Or on my rare trips to the states I will pick up a few items that I need. I might be going to a conference the last week in June.

Ladies, if anyone can wait till the end of June... I'll be bringing as many as we can find and there is interest in back from Canada. I can use my friends us post box to have them shipped to, and then I'll post them to you in a letter.... Will check out those sources with sales right now...

Rosemary, thanks for explaining. I'm obviously new to such considerations! I hope you all get an opportunity soon to try these needles.

Last night I ordered the needles from the manufacturer and they have free domestic shipping. In the website it said until March 31, 2013 but my order got processed with no shipping or tax charges. If you need help I'd be willing to order locally, send them to Lorna and she can then send them to you or I can ship them to each of you directly or one of you and you distribute/ship them to the others, whatever works best for you, just let me know. Not sure how much longer they'll honor the free US shipping but we can try.

I don't know if they ship overseas, but Hobby Lobby has an assortment of sizes for $9.89 USD, regular price:

http://shop.hobbylobby.com/search/?keyword=spiral_eye_needles&perpage=12&match=AND&F_Sort=2

(for what it's worth, I use the size 24)

And, if you have a local Hobby Lobby, you can print out a coupon for 40% off! http://www.hobbylobby.com/weekly/weekly.cfm?page=1&menu=1

I just ordered some of the spiral needles from Nancy's Notions. They are on sale for $10.99 right now. I had a problem placing the order online so I called them and learned that they had price point shipping which means if I bought 3 packages of those needles about the same cost as 3 yds of fabric I'd have to pay the same price shipping for either order even though one is comparatively weightless to the other. I complained. Price for shipping 3 pkgs of needles at pricepoint was $7.99. They agreed to send it to me for $4.95. Just wanted to share this information. I couldn't find these needles in the local shops. Have a great day everyone.

Reetzbobeetz wrote: I just looked them up on her Nancy's Notions and they're on sale for $10.99 right now.

I was having a look at them from various websites this morning and Nancy's Notions have them for $14.95 which is a good price but then the shipment to Europe is $15. I think Rosemary is right about the domestic 'gift' as opposed to a business order.