the quilt police may never knock on your door about sewing over those pins ... BUT IT IS A VERY VERY DANGEROUS THING TO DO AND NOT RECOMMENDED!!! it only takes once to hit a pin, break a needle and put out an eye... and this is no joke. my mother hit a pin, broke a needle which part of flew up and went right into her eye... it didn't kill her, or blind her...but it was a very very bad thing and took a long time to recover from; and i still didn't learn...thought, well can't happen to me, i wear glasses...then i hit a pin...broken needle stuck right in my glasses...and threw the timing out on my machine which cost me over $200 to get fixed...not removing pins before sewing over them can be a VERY COSTLY EXPENSE ALONG WITH THE DANGER INVOLVED.
Originally Posted by leatheflea
I leave my pins in, sew right over them. The quilt police has never knocked on my door. I think in all my years sewing I've only had 2 pins get hit by the needle. And it caused no damage to my machine or project. But of course some will say never ever ever, but its like all rules, meant to be broken.