Originally Posted by
quiltingcandy
I have a variety of pins - the long thin pins with the tops that withstand the heat of the iron is what I have bought the last few times. They are a bit more expensive but found they work so much better and the iron does glide over them better. They are called Magic pins at the MSQC.
Those pins sound great - will check them out. I also go pinless quite a bit, but I use the flower headed pins whenever I do pin mainly because my older hands can handle them more easily. I have glass-headed fine pins but they aren't as easy to manipulate any more.