Do you pin?
#41
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I use pins to put sashing and borders together for most quilts. The only time I use pins for piecing is if I have curved seams such as Drunkards Path. I get far more accuracy matching seams than I ever got with pinning.
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#44
Originally Posted by yetta
I pin ...I pin...I pin...and use elmers glue to attach the binding, sharon shambler has a tute on attaching a binding, there are no pins used on the binding,and I like that.
#45
Originally Posted by Momma_K
Originally Posted by yetta
I pin ...I pin...I pin...and use elmers glue to attach the binding, sharon shambler has a tute on attaching a binding, there are no pins used on the binding,and I like that.
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#48
Originally Posted by bj
I'd like to try the Elmer's glue trick, but I haven't gotten up the nerve. I bought some, but that is as far as I've gotten.(O:
#49
This is part of a lecture I give! Does Jenny Beyer pin? does Elly Sienkiewicz pin? Does Carol Fallert Pin? All award winning quilts, and the quiltmakers that made them all used pins. I use pins in everything I do and every piece is pieced perfectly.
#50
I am a pinner most of the time. I trust it for bias seams, easing curves, and anytime straight lines are longer than about 5". I am very picky about matching intersections and hate to rip out the bulk in multiple seams' for a "little off" intersection. I stab pin at the intersection, then pin on both sides of the intersection through the quarter inch allowance. I pull pins just as the needle approaches them. I find that pinning can be an art form. If not done carefully, it can make accuracy worse. That is for another time ;-) . Obviously, I am not a speedy sewer most of the time!
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