Originally Posted by
ccthomas
After watching many of the quilting shows lately, I notice the trend is not pinning. Butt up, lock, snuggle...no pins. Made me want a new sewing machine. I fear the needle in the eye and remove pins.
You don't need a new sewing machine to do this, I rarely pin and when I do I remove them before the needle, I butt up, make sure the stretchy (off bias part) is on the bottom and let the feet dogs eaise it in. Most of my quilt piecing and quilting is done with my 1934 White Rotary and Singer Featherweight, both of them do a far better straight seam and more dependable then my new sewing machine.