sewingpup

I only use pins in rare occasions. I prefer to finger pin most of the time. I just align the seams properly a short distance before and stitch. When I use pins, I find I generally have to finger pin anyway after I align the seams. Now when I am sewing long seams, such as attaching a border, I will pin the beginning and the end, then the middle, then halfway down each half and so further until I have pin as much as I think is necessary, then I ease in the seam as I stitch. oh, and I do have a large assortment of pins, every thing from those big eavy white head pins I use to pin my quilts to the leaders, to yellow flat head ones, the yellow ball head ones, finer black, white, and read pins down to the tiny ones that are about 1/2 inch long and then the two pointed ones. Yep, set up for whatever pin I may need. OK, I like my gadgets almost as much as my fabric stash.