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rosealee 08-23-2012 01:56 PM

too pricey for my budget Iwent to lowes and in the hardwaredept purchased a 20 foot roll of rolled insulation for $2.79 cent cut into half inch pieces (200 of them) and still have over half of the roll left. Works great.

Scakes 08-23-2012 03:42 PM

I've never seen or heard of these. I'm gonna have to check into them and maybe give them a try.

Gramily 08-23-2012 07:03 PM

I use the "cork" out of my Chardonnay bottles. One cork will yield about 8 pieces. I use a sharp knife, cut cork in half from top to bottom, and then cut each half in 4 sections. Girls if you drink wi e this is a win/win! If you don't drink wine
Ask a friend to save them for you. They stay in place and don't crumble. emily

Ruby the Quilter 08-23-2012 09:47 PM

I love it when a new product comes out and we figure out way cheaper way to go!

lisalovesquilting 08-24-2012 03:33 AM


Originally Posted by Handcraftsbyjen (Post 5458441)
You can also buy caulking backer rod at the hardware store for around $5 and cut it into pieces and you get about 300 homemade pinmoors.

Does it eventually get holes too big to work?

nstitches4u 08-24-2012 07:04 PM


Originally Posted by mandyrose (Post 5456704)
has anybody tried these and how do you like them I use to spray baste but its getting so pricy.[ATTACH=CONFIG]357027[/ATTACH]hope this gets posted im kinda new and still learning my way around the board
thanks

I bought a pkg. of them and they are much easier on arthritic fingers than unfastening safety pins. One pkg. isn't enough to do a larger quilt. I was at Dollar Tree and they had foam "counting blocks" that they use in preschool. I cut them into small pieces with scissors (not my quilting scissors. lol) I got 8 from each block. I actually like them better than the Pinmoors because it is easier to get the pins into them. Much less expensive too.

raedar63 08-24-2012 08:43 PM


Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter (Post 5457349)
You can also buy huge tubs of foam earplugs in many stores including Wal-mart that work pretty well as cheap Pinmoors.

This is what I did and It works great for WAY less money about five bucks for a big container of ear plugs and you only need one :)

sherryl1 08-25-2012 05:44 AM

I'm clueless.What are those?

JENNR8R 08-25-2012 04:15 PM

I tried them once and have never been stuck with pins more in my life. Maybe I wasn't putting them on right, but I gave them away.

sewnuts321 08-25-2012 09:15 PM

I bought a garden kneeling pad at the dollar store and cut pieces 1/2"x1/2" -- they work great too.


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