15+ Cute Needle Minders That Will Keep Your Embroidery Needles in Place

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One of the most help­ful embroi­dery sup­plies was some­thing I did­n’t know about until well after I start­ed stitch­ing. Nee­dle min­ders are sim­ple tools that do exact­ly what they say: they mind your nee­dle when you’re not stitch­ing or chang­ing thread. The mag­ne­tized designs are attached to your fab­ric and the nee­dle is drawn to it. Think of them like an enam­el pin (many times they dou­ble as one).

These sim­ple and inex­pen­sive tools are easy to find on Etsy. Here are some of my favorites; pick up one or a few to put them on all of your cur­rent projects. (Hav­ing one for 1 Year of Stitch­es will cer­tain­ly be handy.)

Keep track of your sewing needle when you use one of these cute needle minders.

Enam­el Cactus

Kiri­ki Press

Crafty Snail

Crafty Snail Shop

Flo­ral Sewing Spool

The Kitschy Stitcher

Fine-Art Mas­ter­pieces (Set of 5)

Rebel Stitch­er Designs

Mon­stera Deliciosa

Flo­rals and Floss

Daisy Dres­den Sun

Flamin­go Toes

You’re Flos­some

Alum & Ink

Plan­et Narwhal 

Alum & Ink

Moun­tain Minder

Leia Pat­terns

Kit­ty With an Orange Bow

Flamin­go Toes

Heart Paws

Snarky Crafter Designs

Iron­ic “I Nev­er Fin­ish Anything”

Snarky Crafter Designs

Birth­stone Inspired Glit­ter Crystal

Har­ti­ful

Cute Lla­mas

Jes­si­ca Long Embroidery

Stitch­ing Octopus

Snarky Crafter Designs