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Old 10-23-2011, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Raggiemom
Usually the holes disappear when I wash the quilt. I just use the straight pins with the Pinmoors though so it's not generally a problem. I have a terrible time making the curved quilting pins close! :)
Thanks Raggiemom! I'm not familiar with Pinmoors - what are they? My quilting teacher's husband makes a tool (see pictures below) that are a great for closing pins. I understand that these are also available commercially. And I think I read here in another thread that some people use the pick from their nut cracker sets to close pins as well. I have rheumatoid arthritis and there's no way I could pin baste without this handy little gadget!

Tool for closing safety pins.
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