I don't care for flower head pins. I bought Clover Patchwork Pins Fine. They are the best pins for piecing I have found. I tend to press most of my seams open. These pins are so fine I can put one in each side of the seam I have matched and with a small stitch length and going slow I can sew right over them. If I do hit one they are so fine they just bend and don't hurt the needle at all.