I hate it when I loose a needle
03-09-2011, 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by BETTY62
And my husband is usually the one who sets it off. I keep telling him he needs to always wear shoses. LOL
03-09-2011, 06:56 AM
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I have an extra magnetic pin cushion it is about 5x5 square. It is strong enough to hold a several hundred pins ,sow it is very strong and wide enough to make fast searching.They are only about 3 bucks. I love them for pin cushions and finders!
03-09-2011, 07:00 AM
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My dad took a heavy duty magnet and glued it to a long dowel and gave that to me. The dowel was too long and so I broke it off some and that way, when I drop a pin, I just grab it and run it over the floor in my area that I am working and will find it every time AND without me having to get up and risk stepping on it.
03-09-2011, 01:56 PM
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The worst is when you're quilting in bed and lose needles or pins. Thankfully I've always found them just in time.
I'm not so bad these days, but when I first started I kept on losing needles while piecing. Once I lost five in an afternoon. We started to wonder whether I was eating them!
I'm not so bad these days, but when I first started I kept on losing needles while piecing. Once I lost five in an afternoon. We started to wonder whether I was eating them!
03-09-2011, 02:05 PM
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I agree losing needles is not fun but finding them is worse sometimes. As soon as I drop one I get my magnet wand and get to looking for it. Just like those little burrs that DH brings in on his shoes, my feet find them. I still have some MIA in my recliner somewhere. :(
03-10-2011, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Lobster
The worst is when you're quilting in bed and lose needles or pins. Thankfully I've always found them just in time.
I'm not so bad these days, but when I first started I kept on losing needles while piecing. Once I lost five in an afternoon. We started to wonder whether I was eating them!
I'm not so bad these days, but when I first started I kept on losing needles while piecing. Once I lost five in an afternoon. We started to wonder whether I was eating them!
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