Custom Needle Minders

We work with the factory to create a digital proof for you to review before production is scheduled. If you approve, the full run is scheduled, but if not, we request revisions until you approve. Physical samples are available on request but they double the turnaround and must be tied to a full order.

Most needle minders take about a month from proof approval to your door, including express shipping. If you have a rush order, please email us and we will find out if it is doable for you.

We do not charge rush fees. We will either confirm we can hit your date or tell you up front that we cannot.

e will email you back confirming all details work as intended and then submit the order to the factory. Within 1-2 business days, we will send over a digital proof. Once you approve, we schedule the full production run.

It is a factory math thing, not a quality stance. The factories we work with charge a labor minimum that covers setup, mold use, proofing, and the production run itself. That floor barely changes between a 25-piece and a 50-piece order, so a 25-piece run costs almost the same as 50 with half the output. We can run smaller hard sample runs if you really need to, but it is not financially viable for most orders. Larger orders scale efficiently.

Soft enamel pins have flat metal and inks are at a lower profile/recessed.  Hard enamel pins are buffed down flat.  They cost more because they have additional labor steps.  Soft enamel with epoxy has a clear coating of epoxy added (free to do) and creates a flat surface, like a mock hard enamel.  This can be great if you have thinner details in your pin, want to use a soft enamel metal, etc.  We are big fans of soft epoxy here.

Our needle minders are made in China, as almost all needle minders are (there are some factories who claim to produce them in the US, but it's false advertising. They have a US-based team just like us, but hide the fact that they make the actual products in China).

Many people think that Chinese factories are "sweatshops" or that they employ child labor or other unethical practices, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Chinese manufacturing is a sophisticated, high-tech industry that involves competitive local wages and teams of skilled engineers and artisans. It is akin to (or in many cases more advanced than) manufacturing processes and facilities in the US.

Our owner has personally visited our pin factory(same used for needle minders), met the owner, and even tried his hand at fabrication. Most of our other products also come from Chinese partners, except for stickers and wooden products which are made in the USA.

We are making handmade products and things can go wrong.  A color mixed up, the plating having small issues, etc.  Any order made wrong or with issues can be either re-made or refunded with the bad product returned.  We never want this to happen, but when it does, we have your back and it won't cost you anything.

Yes! On enamel products, you will save $50 on subsequent orders of the same design because the mold is already made. (On products that don’t use a mold (like washi or acrylic charms), the production price stays the same.)

We can always get an exact quote for you and when you have a lot of enamel pins being made at the same time, they will benefit from shared shipping that will bring down your total cost.

We are happy to get quotes for any order directly from the factory. The pricing on this site has to assume it ships on its own, but like any shipping, when you have more shipped together, it averages down per piece.

Yes! Our needle minders are Prop 65 compliant for sale in California. If your company needs its own testing, we can arrange it for you as well.

Strong enough to hold an embroidery needle through standard cross-stitch canvas, aida cloth, evenweave linen, and most embroidery hoop fabrics.

Each needle minder ships with two neodymium magnets. One is embedded in a recessed well on the back of the pin, one that comes loose to sit underneath your fabric. The two-magnet sandwich grip is significantly stronger than a single magnet would be.

N52 strength are avaiable as an upgrade.

When you sit down to stitch, you place the loose magnet under your work, set the needle minder on top, and the two magnets pull together through the fabric. Your needle clings to the metal pin face while you're stitching, so it stops disappearing into the fabric. When you're done, separate the two magnets and put the loose one somewhere safe.

Because zinc alloy is non-magnetic. We glue a magnet into a recessed well on the back of the pin, and the body of the pin needs to be non-magnetic so it doesn't interfere with the embedded magnet. A standard iron pin wouldn't work because iron itself is magnetic and would conflict with the magnet's pull. Zinc lets the embedded magnet work cleanly through the fabric.

We can make them as large as you need. Most are 2" or smaller, but we can get an exact quote for any size.

Yes. Simple variants (different colorways on the same mold, or different prints on the same shape) are no problem with at least 50 per variant. Lots of variants or specialty inks add labor cost. Email us for a quote on specific splits.

Needle Minders arrive packaged in small individual zipper bags. This is primarily for protection during shipping. They have a long way to go and could scratch each other if not separated. The individual minders are then placed into larger groupings of 50-100 depending on their size.

You can also opt to have your needle minders packaged on custom card backers, which are then slipped into cello bags (either regular, or "retail ready" with a hang tab on top). This can be a great time-saver and is surprisingly affordable.

We have a close relationship with our factories and they have a lot more to lose than gain by using anybody's designs for their own purposes. At our request, they don't even show our designs in their portfolio. Sadly, most times when a design is stolen, it's actually done by stealing an image online and tracing it, so we can't promise your design will never get copied, but we can promise our factory won't be the one doing it.

Yes! We can print them using UV and it is very popular for needle minders. Capture intricate details and vibrant colors with direct-to-metal UV printing. UV has a thin clear coating which makes a hard enamel appearance and can achieve the smooth, polished look without the color separation limitations. This option is ideal for complex designs with gradients and fine details.