the "official" answer is that we shouldn't sew over pins. even if your machine can take the lickin', hitting a pin can damage or break a needle. and, as somebody already pointed out, it's a serious safety hazard.

i'll give you three guesses who sews over her pins anyway. and she has two fancy shmancy machines.

i'll give you three more guesses who has gotten very good at digging bent pins out of the bobbin area.

three more to figure out who has knots in her stomach every time - wondering if this will be the time she has to take the baby into the shop.

:roll: :lol:

I had a nice viking machine and use to sew over pins but I do not do that anymore after hitting a pin and twisted the shaft. For the cost of the repair it wasn't worth fixing it.

Yeah - I sew over pins. 1936 Singer 221. Yes, it can be dangerous to me and to the needle - but not to the machine. Following the rules really isn't as much fun as it's cracked up to be. I keep extra needles handy and remove as many as I remember to.

If it's a tricky seam, I may "walk" the machine over the pin, but I don't sew over them. In a class I recently took, the lady said that you can also dull your needle by barely scraping past the pin. It's not worth it.

I sew over pins all the time on my Janome Excel all the time I've hit the occasional pin. I dont on the Janome 9700 but thats more cause I dont use it that often for normal sewing. I actually was told I couldnt/shouldnt use interfacing as backing on my embroidery because it would damage the machine .. funny cause its also a sewing machine so how come I can use it in collars and such but not with embroidery.. Me thinks there is a lot of myths going around :)

I try not to sew over pins, it breaks needles and harms the machine. Like someone else said, one of the few I accidentally went over broke the pin and it hit me in the forehead. Not worth it.

People who sew over pins have two eyes so they don't mind losing one...

I wear glasses ;)

I try not to sew over them. Today, however, I sewed a flower head pin to the fabric, I mean several stitches! Didn't even break the needle! Of course, I had to pick all the stitches out and get it....

Ditto all of the above so I quit doing it on my last quilt. I had already started drying out but had a 5" strip pinned, was tired and just wanted to be done. Pop goes the needle! The straight pin was inserted at a slant. The walking foot hates them too, I think. No, I quit. I will hand crank if I have a tight spot but that will be my exception.