I don't think it matters how slowly you sew. If your needle hits a pin, it can break the needle. If you don't want to sew over a pin, sew slowly until you are a stitch in front of the pin, then remove the pin. And rather than using the expensive double pins, just use single pins, one on each side of the seam, and pull them out individually.
I am a gadget person, but could never justify buying the double pins when I have 5 different kinds of pins in every pincushion I own.
And I like the tip about turning the glue bottles upside-down. Makes sense. I store all my markers upside down, so that there's always ink on the tips.
Last edited by mckwilter; 03-14-2014 at 07:21 AM.