Figure 1.--'Creative Needle' offered instructions for sewing green smocked overalls er like longalls, The boy is wearing a Peter Pan collar blouse and black or dark blue double buckle T-strap shoes. This was from the September 1986 issue.

The Creative Needle magazine specialized in patterns for children's clothing, especially younger children. It focused more little girls' clothing, but boys' clothing was also addressed. It contained many articles, patterns, pictures and instructions for fine sewing, smocking and embroidery. There were instructions for making blouses, button-on shorts, shoralls, longalls, and other items for yoinger boys. And there was a lot of material on embroidery and smocking for these garments. They were based near Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photographic shoots were in that area, although sometimes photographers went to places farther (in one issue the shoot was in Annapolis, Maryland. The company went bankrupt in 2008, and no longer publishes these magazines.