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OneMoreQuilt 06-25-2011 07:47 PM
I used to always hold pins in my mouth until one day I saw my grandbaby mimic me!!! Now I use a magnetic pin cushion attached to my wrist --- works great.

MissQuilter 06-26-2011 03:55 AM
Originally Posted by bearisgray
I put the pins on my shirt - instead of a pincushion -
Me too :)

BarbZ 06-26-2011 04:01 AM
I HAVE BEEN SEWING 4 DAYS IN A ROW AND ONLY PUT ONE PIN IN MY MOUTH. DON'T THEY SAY IT TAKES 21 DAYS TO BREAK OR MAKE A HABIT? IT IS SO FUNNY NOW I AM SO CONCIOUS OF IT AND THATS A GOOD THING.

QuiltingMia 06-26-2011 06:17 AM
Thanks for the information. I do hold pins in my mouth, sometimes, but now I will have to learn to stop!

madamekelly 06-26-2011 06:44 PM
Originally Posted by bearisgray
I put the pins on my shirt - instead of a pincushion -
Me too, but I have to put a string on my finger to remind me to remove them before I pull it off over my head. :oops:

vickster 06-26-2011 07:07 PM
Originally Posted by featherweight
My Home Ec teacher told us many years ago that if she caught us with a pin in our mouth she just may give us a whack on the back.. That has stuck with me all my life. I never do that. She said that if we have one in our mouth and got startled, we may swallow it. OUCH!!
my home ec teacher said she use to always put pins in her mouth until she hiccuped and swallowed some ende up in the hospital to have them removed so i never have put them in my teeth or lips as that would be really scary

sewtruterry 06-27-2011 05:54 AM
I broke myself of the habit after I started working for a sewing machine company where I also taught sewing and realized that if I put the pins in my mouth and everyone else did too it was a great way to catch the swine flu that was going around. End of story end of putting pins in my mouth.

Originally Posted by BarbZ
I was having my teeth cleaned the other day and my hygenist new I sewed a lot over the years, and she asked me if I held pins between my teeth much. I said yes I do a lot, knew it was a bad habit. Well she told me she could see the wear on one of my front teeth from it. I thought they were starting to just crack (with age LOL) and she said no, she has seen this happen to other clients. Also cutting thread with your teeth is a bad habit. Soooooo I am trying very hard to stick the pins in a cushion from now on. Thought I would pass this along. :-D

misseva 06-27-2011 11:02 AM
I sewed some wide elastic on a small tomato pin cushion for my left wrist. Works great and always right where I need it. Only have to roll my wrist a little to reach my pins. My daughter puts pins in her mouth even tho I made her a tomato wrist pin cushion. Aghhhhhh.

Olivia's Grammy 06-28-2011 01:58 PM
That's good info. Because I teach out of my home I've learned to be very careful about putting pins in my mouth. I sometimes have to share with my students and those kind of germs I can do without.

Annya 06-30-2011 01:29 AM
Originally Posted by donnajean
I would be afraid of swallowing the pin if I put it between my teeth.
i never used my teeth but had pins in between my lips so I would not swallow them. It is hard to break the habit after all these years but I will definitely try. Thanks.


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