CindyBee

Why did you go back to pinning? Did something not work for you with the glue? Would love to try the gluing myself, but would like to know if there are pitfalls.

Thanks!

I learn so much on here. I always pin at seams but sometimes my corners would be just a hair off. Thanks for the tip of pinning a little before the seam as well. Put some 9P together and only had 1 corner that was just a tad off.
Think I might try the glue next.

I use lots of pins! I pin, pin, pin! :lol:

I don't like to pin, but if I see I have issues (like I need to ease fabric ) then I pin to help. Am really interested in the glue method. Do you just go to the school supply area and buy Elmers School glue and use that ? Would love to hear more about this method, as I REALLY hate to pin :twisted:
Sharon

Well, mostly I found the glue icky to work with, LOL. You also have to wait a short time for the part you just glued to set before you can continue. I got the glue idea from Sharom Schamber's site. Now I have two large bottles of it I'll probably never use. But you should try it if you like. It's seems as accurate as pinning.

I like the glue idea.

The trouble I have with pinning - even at right angles to the seam, is that it can sometimes move the fabric a tiny bit and distort the join.

When I join the rows in my OBWs, I'v started using little appliqué pins. I stick pin straight through the points of the triangles (leave them poking up) then as I'm sewing, just before the pin reaches my foot, I take it out. That way there's no distortion and I can pretty much whip the pins out with my right hand only slowing down rather than stopping completely the machine. Hope that makes sense! :D

In normal piecing, I don't pin square patches (4p, 9p etc) but do the seam nestling thing. For HSTs and pointy things, I pin vertically as Ninnie shows. I haven't tried my OBW stick pinning method on regular blocks yet. And I'm very naughty with borders - just slapping them on, no pins! Which is why I guess they're always waving at me! I MUST start pinning from the centre out, like Marcia says! :D