Originally Posted by rosiewell (Post 6048968)

My friend Susan, a master quilter just sent me this message: "I took the cork from a bottle of wine, cut it into 3/16" slices (approximately), then cut the slices into 4 pieces. I no longer have to use safety pins to baste a quilt, I use these straight pins and push the cork pieces into the ends of them. These stay put and at times you can quilt right over them, but if you can't, you pull the head of the pin and they pop right off. The fake corks work best, although the natural corks also work. You can baste a quilt saving 1/3 of the time it would usually take, and certainly much easier to remove while quilting. This is a GREAT invention. Cheap too. Susan" I think it's brilliant!