Crocee just posted this link for how to pin in another thread on the Board, and I checked it out.
How to pin fabric
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK_79KdJVIg
This instructor pins along the seam of the fabric, at right angles to the seam, just like I do, but she does it backwards to my way:
she lays out the fabric with the seam facing right and the bulk of the fabric on the left (fine!)
but then she sticks the pins in from the right, not the left.
I pin with long thin glass-head pins from the left, and I do so that the 'meat' of the fabric is securely pinned as flatly as possible and the pinpoint comes up about 1/8 " from the edge of the fabric. Then I carefully pull each pin back to the left as I sew; the fabric generally stays pinned and there is less disruption to fabric placement than pulling out the pin entirely.
Is this my left-handedness showing, or do I have a (pin
) point?
Well, please weigh in with your thoughts. I appreciate and learn every time I read these posts!
Thanks!