Getting Straight in 2013
#1
Getting Straight in 2013
New straight pins, that is. I went through all my pins and discarded all those bent ones that, I'm convinced, are responsible for all my not so straight sewing. At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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Earlier this month, I ordered new straight pins. I just dumped the mess that I had, and found new ones on sale. I like the somewhat shorter pins (size 17 - 1 1/8" long) for my pining of quilts and clothing. And the price was right - 2 pkgs, qyt 350 ea for $4.25. I was having so much trouble with my pins not wanting to go through and things that I decided that replacing them and starting over was the best thing. And it is been easier. I am figuring that it is like replacing you machine needle with your project and regularly replacing your rotary cutter blades.
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The best pins for piecing are very fine pins, because they cause minimal or no distortion. I like pins made by Clover which are .4 thick and have clear blue and yellow (in the same pkg) glass heads. Clover also makes identical pins in the .5 thickness, which is thicker, and the size commonly called "thin" by most manufacturers. Don't buy .5---buy .4 thickness. I have to buy them at quilt shows because they aren't sold locally. The closest I can get locally are flower head pins which are light blue on one side and dark blue on the other side and are .45 thick. I'll use those in a pinch, but prefer the thinner .4 thick pins. They are so fine I sew right over them---slowly---and have never broken either a pin or a needle. If you sew slowly, the needle seldom hits a pin, and if it does, it usually will just push the pin a bit. On the rare occasion that the needle does hit a pin, the pin is so fine that it just gets bent. These pins are so thin I have to remember to be gentle in placing them or they will bend slightly. They're the best!
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