Why use flower head pins?
05-18-2015, 10:47 AM
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I ended up ordering 2 boxes. I was making a small quilt the other day and pinning my paper pieces to them to show which row/column each block goes to and realized I could write on the flower head pins and do it that way.
05-19-2015, 01:57 AM
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We were discussing this the other day and a friend reminded of another reason I don't like these pins -- the shiny peels off the shaft part of the pin. After this happened I tossed all my pins like this.
05-19-2015, 05:18 PM
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05-20-2015, 11:05 AM
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I don't buy anything but flower, or button, or butterfly headed pins. I do stack and whacks and they are the most accurate, it seems to me, to keep fabric aligned and straight. I particularly have liked the button headed pins. There is a noticeable difference in brands re: sharpness, etc. And yes, I have had the shiny part peel off. And I have had the heads come off and poke me. But still I don't buy anything else. MOF, I was given two boxes of large white headed pins and they seem like clubs so I re-gifted them.
05-20-2015, 02:38 PM
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Pins can be funky. I do some heirloom sewing and bought Iris pins years ago. Used them to make a special satin flower girl dress, and noticed blackish marks by the pin holes. The coating was rubbing off the pins. They hadn't been used and were in the original tight tin.
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