Pinmoor--Has Anyone Tried These?
 

I follow Leah Day on the FMQ Project. On her blog she stated that she doesn't like using spray basting because it causes ripples in the fabric. Instead she uses rpthese Pinmoors. It's a straight pin inserted into the fabric, then a thick, spongy fabric is attached to the sharp end.

I have noticed ripples in my FMQs and wonder if this would be better.

Before I learned about Elmer's glue for bindings, I used those soft spongey ear plugs on my straight pins because I got tired of getting stuck. I had seen the Pinmoors and thought I'd try the ear plugs. They worked well on my binding. I don't know how they would do on an entire quilt because I've never tried it. You can buy the ear plugs in big tubs at Walmart and Sam's.

I have used Pinmoors. . They are plastic and I found it hard to get the pins in them far enough for them to stay in . I have carpel tunnel so that may be part of the problem. I purchased the ear plugs and they work much better for me. They stay in place much better.

I bought some and used them on one quilt. I've never been stuck so much as when I was trying to quilt with those things poking me. I gave them away.

I used them on a baby quilt today and they worked great. Didn't get stuck with pins at all. Did not have trouble getting the pins to stick in them.

If you use good sharp pins, they glide right in the Pinmoor and stay on until you pull them off. I bought a package each time they went on sale and now I have all I'll ever need. I baste a king size quilt and fmq it and the Pinmoors do not come off even when wrestling the big quilt around. I have tried earplugs, foam pieces, earring backs, pencil erasers, door sealer strips and they do not perform like the Pinmoors for me. I can't stand pin pricks and if they didn't work I wouldn't use them.

I've got quite a few as well and love them.

Cheers, K

I have been using earplugs but think I'm going to try some Pinmores and test them out and decide for once and for all if I will toss the plugs and use the Pinmores.

I have used them but gone back to the crooked safety pins because I was constantly getting poked when the pins would come lose from the pinmoors. I will try using sharper pins and see if that helps to keep them in.

There was a post about these a while ago on how you can easily make a few hundred for under $4.00. See the post (DIY pin point protectors (AKA Pinmoors))

I have used the Pinmoors and really don't like them myself. They're expensive and very bulky if you are pinning anything larger than a wall hanging. Because they are bulky, they make the top of your quilt rippled and wavy, not smooth as it should be for quilting.

I don't find that they stay put very well either. When I used them I would open up my quilt to begin my quilting only to find several had come undone in spite of the fact that I had pushed my pins into them pretty well. Then the hunt was on to find not only the Pinmoors, but also the needles which now weren't secured by anything.

I stuck myself all the time trying to push the pins in. They are fairly dense and it takes a bit of effort to get the pins in securely (and even then, as stated above, some will still come undone).

Another "con" for me is that cats LOVE them! I have three cats that are my quilting buddies and trust me, they love to try and get to these Pinmoors any way they can! Even pulling them right off the quilt. So that was another added headache, trying to keep the cats away from them. (I'm still occasionally finding Pinmoors in the oddest places. Apparently my clever kitties managed to get to quite a few of them despite my best and what seemed to be near constant efforts.)

Mine are now in a container in my quilt room waiting for my brain to think of some other use for them. I've gone back to my curved safety pins and I'm much happier. I'm thinking of trying the glue method next time on a small quilt and see how I like that, but for me, no more Pinmoors! :)

This is so odd that some come loose from a pin in quilts. My guess is the pin used? I use Clover thin sharp glass head pins or Clover flower head pins. I poke then in about 1/4" and I have to pull them out of the Pinmoor.

I use the same pins as Bella and have no problem with them coming out. I have a problem putting them IN!! I find that I have to slightly lift the quilt to be able to stick them through, and then it is not smooth. With the curved pins I can insert them and the quilt stays flat. The reason we pin is so that the quilt has no ripples or puckers. I have had my Pinmoors for several years, but I just don't like them for anything but a very small quilt, placemat size.

I have Pinmors, they work 100% for me. Now I can quilt with out being scratched and bleeding onto my quilt. I lend mine to my friends as well

I have them and like them better than using the safety pins.