basting pins
 

Hello, quilters! I am in need of new basting safety pins. (The ones I have been using don't slide easily through my quilt sandwich and leave holes in my fabric.) Which pins do you prefer?

I use the curved quilter's pins also, the small ones.

I also used the little curved pins.

I used the larger curve (quilters') safety pins . . . until I started using Elmer's School Glue.

I like Dritz the best. I have a box with two kinds and I can feel the difference when I pick them up. Some are stronger than others. Also some have sharper points. About the holes left behind, I just scrub my finger nail across it and it goes away.

same for me. i still have some, though, for when i birth smaller wall hangings and such

Same here. I've been practicing with the Sharon Shamberg method. I can't do the spray basting. I choke on the fumes.

I used to use the curved pins, but since I learned about glue basting I never use them.

Believe it or not, I prefer to hand thread baste.
But the pins I still use occasionally are brass, about an inch long, They are softer to close and very sharp.

Jan in VA