Argument over sewing over pins!
#31
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It's expensive these days to get the timing fixed on a sewing machine, and hitting a pin can do that to a machine. Plus I have had a broken needle hit my eyeglasses also.
It's simply not worth the potential damage. Even if it's fine 9,999 out of 10,000 times!
It's simply not worth the potential damage. Even if it's fine 9,999 out of 10,000 times!
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I sew over them all the time. I started out sewing garments and there's really no way you can avoid sewing over pins when you are easing in a sleeve. When I got my new machine and went to the overview class the instructor said not to do it, so I try and remove them as I go, but still seem to sew over them about half the time. I sew very slowly.
#38
I seldom sew over pins in my quilting life. However, in my garment sewing life, I've sewn over a lot of them. In my "youth" when I learned garment sewing, there was no issue made about sewing over pins, so we just did. Now in my quilting, I'll often not pin at all unless matching seams. I just "finger pin" it as I go along.
#39
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I pin parallel to the seam most of the time to avoid running over them. Sometimes on curves and with "Y" seams, I do pin perpendicular to the seam. I always take them out because, as many have said, I've had broken pieces fly around, too.
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