The curved safety pins I use are a full 2" long. I don't like the 1" ones. That's just too short for me. I had the LQS order them for me..... probably 200 pins or maybe 250. It was several packages. I use that many if I put together a queen sized quilt. And if I have a pin that doesn't want to go through the fabric, I run it through one of those sand filled strawberry thingys that are on the old red tomato pin cushions. That sharpens them right up.