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Wow, great idea! Great DIY money saver. I plan to get some the next time I'm in Home Depot.

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Originally Posted by tilliestotes (Post 5097052)

I am new to this quilting, so what are the pinmoors used for?

used for basting a quilt sandwich using straight pins instead of safety pins

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Originally Posted by SittingPretty (Post 5092771)

One day I was in my DH's workshop and saw a bag with a roll of caulking backer rod in it. This is a 1/2" X20 ft. roll of a spongy plastic like material that is used to fill large gaps before you caulk so you don't have to use so much caulk. Since we had had it for a long time, he said I could have it. I chopped it up into
1/2" to 3/4" pieces. Out of a 20 ft. roll I figure I got about 320 to 480 pieces. Not nearly as pretty as Pinmoors, but at $3.48 for a 20 ft. roll of backer rod vs. 50 Pinmoors for $19.48, well, I figure "pretty is as pretty does." I checked Home Depot's web site, and $3.48 is what they charge for a 20 ft. roll. Here are some pictures so you know what I mean:

I can do 'ya one better. when I saw the price of the Pin Mores, I said no way will pay that much - just on principle!!! I came up with a couple of ideas. I cut up some pencil top erasers. They worked well. Then I tried a cork from a bottle of wine. I got about 20 cuts from 1 cork. The cork was free and the wine terrific!! emily

Well, aren't you the clever one! I've been eying the pinmoors for quite a while. Gotta do this!

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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok (Post 5093166)

I was going to show this as well...made mine months ago! BOY you get a TON of these things for your $3.00!

I was wondering if they worked as well ask the Pinmoors. I was going to "bite the bullet" for some Pinmoors but I think this great idea will save me a whole lot of $$.

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Originally Posted by BellaBoo (Post 5093933)

DH had some of the Baker Rod in the garage so I cut some this morning to compare to the Pinmoors. The Pinmoors worked so much better for me.

Never heard of PINMOORS,,what do you use them for??? dumb me. .cmaras

So do these protect the ends of the pins to keep the points sharp? What is a pinmoor?

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Originally Posted by CMARAS1234 (Post 5098472)

Never heard of PINMOORS,,what do you use them for??? dumb me. .cmaras

Not a dumb question. Instead of using safety pins to baste a quilt sandwich you can use the long flower headed straight pins. The Pinmoors are pushed onto the point of the straight pin. The last quilt that I helped DD pin baste with safety pins took over 300 of them. Using the straight pins and the Pinmoors or the substitutes suggested sound so much easier, quicker and less strain and pain for those of us with "older" fingers and hands.

Sounds like a great idea, it is ridiculous what they expect us to pay for little pieces of plastic because it is for sewing!

How clever! Thanks for sharing your idea!