So glad to hear I am not just nuts - I do that!!

I love the longer thinner pins with yellow daisys on the end. They always go in fabric easier for me and are worth the extra money.

Brings back memories - watching my mom sharpen the diaper pins!!

My dog, an all-white Akita, blows her coat. Should I save her fur? It's really pretty, except on the floor, and I could bake it first.

I remember learning this trick too when I was just a child, hadn't thought about it in ages. Love this board when we get threads like this going.

yep, my Granny taught me that and it does work every time.

Yep! my grandma taught me that many many many years ago.

why not just save the hair from when you get a haircut? LOL

You need the oil from the hair.

Thanks for the refressher. After reading Amandasgrandma's suggestion I remember that was something my mother taught me. That is what makes reading this board so enjoyable - ideas brought back from the great recesses of time

Good tip!

Next time you go to the hairdressers and get your hair cut, bring home the surplus. (Smile.)

amandasgramma, it was called a rat.

Every night I brush my long haired cat and get a big pile of hair off of the brush. I wonder if his hair is full of oils too. If so I could just make a fat pincushion with it and keep all my needles & pins stuck in it.
(KIDDING!) I think.

I have always used this when I am hand quilting with my needles. Someone said it was natural lanolin.

Save that dog hair... Once took a rug making class from a lady at the local Jr College. She collected her dogs hair and had it spun into yarn and she made an afghan which was actually very pretty. She took a blue ribbon at the county fair. Maybe we could save some long human hair and make a neat purse.....

I remember the hair trick from when my boys were little...what an interesting thread this has become...history lesson and pet hair yarn....This place is amazing!

This is absolutely true. We toured an historical museum/repository in the west a couple years ago, and women's long hair from brushes was prized for all kinds of things, many hairfilled pincusions were displayed. We even saw some arts/craft pictorial sceneries made from hair, very detailed work, and preserved all this time in glassed frames like artwork. Stunning.

Also saw some wedding clothing made with couched hair on the embroidery work, for good luck. I might think it was pretty special to have my mom's or granmom's or even great granmom's (several generations lived together oftentimes) worked into my wedding gown.

Thanks.

Funny how most think that saving our own hair is gross, but we always save that first lock of hair from our children's first haircut!!! :)

This is a non quilting idea that I heard of years ago, but collect hair from a beauty shop and scatter it around your garden. Human scent that close will keep the critters away. Have not tried it yet, so can not verify if it works or not.

What an interesting hint....I learned a lot on this thread, mainly what that little jar is that I have with my gg grandma's dresser set... :lol:

and what if you don't have hair? I'm sure some of us male quilters also suffer from male pattern baldness and don't have the hair necessary to try this. LOL, just thought I'd say...

that is what I was told years ago. God bless. Penny

I'm afraid some of us are showing our age but I can't begin to imagine how many diaper pins I ran through my hair when my girls were babies!! Still do it with my quilting needles.

Neat! I never heard of that ! Thanks

Ummmm...gulp.....I ain't goin' there..... :lol:

I've never heard this but it makes sense. Thanks!

nice tip, my grandma taught me that years ago, bless her heart, I sure miss her

this site is so awesome, we all learn something every day by reading the messages, we are all addicted to Quilting Board site

technically your hair past the scalp is dead already on your head... so i really dont see much difference when its off the head...
that being said, i doubt id want to use it for stuffing though, hair tends to be itchy, and thin random stray hairs will poke out of fabric..
besides, once its off the body, the follicles producing oil wont be attached either... so not sure how it would still work after its been washed

"Now, I really do think I'm going to "barf!!" LOL

I just read, if you have trouble pulling your needle thru fabric, use a fabric softner sheet. This sounds better than all the hair stuff.