Anyone else have these? I got some at the quilt show and tried to put them on my pins last night. I have size 1 and 2 pins. I kept bending the pins...did exactly like the instructions said...but kept bending them!!! :evil: Any tips would be great.

shellyp...Eleanor Burns used those I believe and there is a little tool to use w/them so you don't lose all your thumbprints and feeling:))I think they are cool. Here you can actually buy the plastic tops and add them to the pins. I bought the gizmo that is a wood handle, rounded end w/out a hook and there are 2 grooves on the end to use to guide the pins closed. I haven't picked up the plastic tops to go on the pins yet. She (Eleanor)used them real quick. Maybe someone on here can remember where that video is of her using that gizmo:))Interesting yours were breaking...I wonder if you aren't the only one??Skeat

Yep, those are it. I bought them at the Quilt in a Day booth at the Expo. I got the Kwik Klip (wood handle thingy) with them. I've tried to put my pins in the plastic and they bend. I'm pretty fustrated.

I use them, but my daughter put them on the pins. As far as I know, she didn't have any trouble getting them on.

I have them and love them. I had no trouble getting them on. I purchase both the pins and covers from Quilt in a Day. You only squeeze the top portion of the pin in the middle to get the covers on. I used needle nose pliers to do this (very fine tipped one). These covers are finger savers. I also use the Kwik Klip with them. These plastic covers are so easy to handle.
Connie

PIC of the pens.......I have 2000 of them. Yea, I thought it would take that many!

Where can I order these?

Linda

I got mine from Quiltinaday.com

I guess I need to go back with a fresh mind and be a bit more gentle. Thanks.

I never heard of these. Please explain what they're for :oops:

Connie, it may be the pins you are using, too - I find some are made out of stiffer metal than others. When I get dollar-store paper clips and safety pins, I think of them as disposable items. Since these will be used again and again, you want the best pin possible.

They go on your basting safety pins. It helps your fingers since theres more to hold onto than just the wire. Then if you get the Kwik Klip (wood handle with a metal piece sticking out the top), it helps you to fasten/unfasten the pins. All helping to save your fingers.


Here's the link to them on quilt-in-a-day

http://www.quiltinaday.com/shoponlin...0&cat=13&page=

Neat idea! Thanks!

Thank you

Linda

I have them and love them. They fit on the bent pins. I bought the clips at Joanns with a coupon for 40% off the regular price of $11 somthing.
They work very well and sure save you fingers.

I have them also and I love them, I sat one afternoon with a pair of needle-nose pliers and the bent pins and had them done in no time. They make the pins easier to handle and they don't get all tangled up. I spent more time untangling the pins, before I got these, than I did pinning a quilt.

Thanks for the picture of all 2,000 of them!! I love the color!!:))I might have to print that and put it on my wall!:))Heck...I just need 2,000 to see for real over here:))Skeat

did you use small needle nose pliers? the kwik klip isnt' to be used to load the pins into these grips. just asking.

I so wanted the quick clip. couldn't find one to buy so my DH put a screw into a 5 inch piece of dowel theb cut the head off the screw & filed it smooth. Works great.