roguequilter,
My wife has been trying to teach me how to pin seams. She puts the pins in with the head to the right so she doesn't run over them and so she can pull them out as she goes. Doing it this way requires me to sew very slow.
I like to put the pins in with the head to the left so I can pull them and put them in the dish that's sitting on my left. She gets mad at me. The thing is, if I miss pulling one there's less chance of me nailing it with the needle with the head to the left. Or so it seems.
When I do my quilts I don't pin the squares. However when I have a full strip of squares to add to the body of the quilt I do pin those. And that is a pain. Sew a bit, pull a pin, sew a bit, pull a pin; repeat till dizzy. However I do sew slow so I'm good that way.
But if she's not around and I pin them from the left I can hammer down on the machine and zip right along. Pull the pins when I'm done sewing ...
So far the only pin I missed pulling found me ..... the hard way .... ouch
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Mike,
I'll start practicing when I can actually get one to work.
Joe