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    Old 08-23-2012, 01:56 PM
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    too pricey for my budget Iwent to lowes and in the hardwaredept purchased a 20 foot roll of rolled insulation for $2.79 cent cut into half inch pieces (200 of them) and still have over half of the roll left. Works great.
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    Old 08-23-2012, 03:42 PM
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    I've never seen or heard of these. I'm gonna have to check into them and maybe give them a try.
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    Old 08-23-2012, 07:03 PM
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    I use the "cork" out of my Chardonnay bottles. One cork will yield about 8 pieces. I use a sharp knife, cut cork in half from top to bottom, and then cut each half in 4 sections. Girls if you drink wi e this is a win/win! If you don't drink wine
    Ask a friend to save them for you. They stay in place and don't crumble. emily
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    Old 08-23-2012, 09:47 PM
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    I love it when a new product comes out and we figure out way cheaper way to go!
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    Old 08-24-2012, 03:33 AM
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    Originally Posted by Handcraftsbyjen
    You can also buy caulking backer rod at the hardware store for around $5 and cut it into pieces and you get about 300 homemade pinmoors.
    Does it eventually get holes too big to work?
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    Old 08-24-2012, 07:04 PM
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    Originally Posted by mandyrose
    has anybody tried these and how do you like them I use to spray baste but its getting so pricy.[ATTACH=CONFIG]357027[/ATTACH]hope this gets posted im kinda new and still learning my way around the board
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    I bought a pkg. of them and they are much easier on arthritic fingers than unfastening safety pins. One pkg. isn't enough to do a larger quilt. I was at Dollar Tree and they had foam "counting blocks" that they use in preschool. I cut them into small pieces with scissors (not my quilting scissors. lol) I got 8 from each block. I actually like them better than the Pinmoors because it is easier to get the pins into them. Much less expensive too.

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    Old 08-24-2012, 08:43 PM
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    Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
    You can also buy huge tubs of foam earplugs in many stores including Wal-mart that work pretty well as cheap Pinmoors.
    This is what I did and It works great for WAY less money about five bucks for a big container of ear plugs and you only need one

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    Old 08-25-2012, 05:44 AM
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    I'm clueless.What are those?
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    Old 08-25-2012, 04:15 PM
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    I tried them once and have never been stuck with pins more in my life. Maybe I wasn't putting them on right, but I gave them away.
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    Old 08-25-2012, 09:15 PM
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    I bought a garden kneeling pad at the dollar store and cut pieces 1/2"x1/2" -- they work great too.
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