Originally Posted by
grammyp
<cut> I place a small marble under the back to help with sticking the pins through. It raises the sandwich just enough you won't scratch your floor or pin to your carpet (yup, done that more than once). <cut>
What a great idea!!!! Thanks grammyp.
Carolyn - I use 1 inch curved safety pins. I think I had to buy 3 set of 100 so that I had enough for some bigger quilts. I started out with 100 and that might be enough for the baby quilt. I too pin using the width of my palm to space the pins (and put the pins where I won't be stitching.) Thanks to Alex Anderson's Simply Quilts show for recommending this method of using plenty of pins. I've done several quilts this way and have never had a pucker.