looking for best pins
#1
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I need a strong, long pin. What is your favorite brand? Some of the flowerhead pins I have bend and are not heat reistant. I also bought the ones that look like buttons from dritz and the top came off several of them as I was pinning. What is your favoite brand and type. Thanks. Cheap pins don't seem to go through the fabric very well....
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Location: Org. Texas now Florida
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Yeah, I've noticed the difference between pins made 40 years ago and pins of today. Safety pins, even bobby pins are thinner. Seems like they bend in the wind.
I have been collecting those hat pins, the longer, stronger ones with the white ball on top, about 2 inchs long. I have about 50 of them now. If they were cheaper in price, I would use those all the time. I like them for the toughter jobs.
I don't like the flower heads at all.
The pins that I have the most of are the ones that have the yellow or white ball on top, 1 1/2 inches long. Can't think of who makes them at the moment.
Sylv
I have been collecting those hat pins, the longer, stronger ones with the white ball on top, about 2 inchs long. I have about 50 of them now. If they were cheaper in price, I would use those all the time. I like them for the toughter jobs.
I don't like the flower heads at all.
The pins that I have the most of are the ones that have the yellow or white ball on top, 1 1/2 inches long. Can't think of who makes them at the moment.
Sylv
#3
My DD (being a past florist) uses nothing but the big white ball headed corsage pins. I love the long flat headed yellow
pins, yes they are a little flexible but I like them and there cheap. I don't know who makes them.
pins, yes they are a little flexible but I like them and there cheap. I don't know who makes them.
#5
Have you tried IBC pins from Clotilde? There are a variety of types and lengths and they are good quality.
http://www.clotilde.com/
http://www.clotilde.com/
#8
Dritz #16980 Extra fine Glass Head pin, size 22 1 3/8" long. They're a little shorter and therefore sturdier than the Clover band glass heads. Never had a head come off and I use mine to hold up a fairly heavy quilt on my design wall.
#9
I have been reading the Art of Machine Piecing by Sally Collins. She says to use IBC Super Fine silk pins, #5004 1.25 x .50 mm. She also says to get this thread for the top and bobbin threads: 100 cotton DMC embroidery thread as it will cause less fabric in the seam allowance when it is pressed (for a more accurate 1/4" seam). I am going to try her suggestions, as I have a terrible time with my blocks coming out the right size. It is a really good book and has some very pretty blocks- I am still studying it. I have only had the book for a few days.
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