Originally Posted by dunster

Several ideas. 1 - switch to Red Snappers and save yourself the aggravation of pins and getting stuck. 2 - get a second, third, and fourth pincushion - as many as needed. 3 - get a larger pincushion. I have one of these that I just love, but I use the pins for piecing, not for pinning the quilt to the frame - http://www.ewesful.com/ewesful.html


Oh yes, the magnetic ones will hold the pins in the same direction if you're very careful, and if you don't overload them with pins, and if the pins themselves don't get magnetized. Then it creates a mess.