is there a perfect pin?
 

Im looking for a really fine pin. I like the length of a flat flower head but find the shaft too thick. I want a long pin that is fine. I find the finer pins much easier to work with. Anyone have any suggestions?

This is one of the best pins I have found. It's the only ones I use for pining matching seams. now:http://www.clover-usa.com/dyn_prod.php?k=8710&p=CLV2507

They are super thin and very sharp. They glide in the fabric.

http://www.amazon.com/Clover-Patchwo.../dp/B0016825RG

These pins were recommended by Sally Collins in her video on Precision Piecing. Everyone who has tried them thinks they are the best pins they have ever used.

I have found that the flower head pins from fons and Porter and the ones from Dritz fall apart. The heads come off.

those clover pins are the best i have ever used

I just bought Harriet Hargrave's Quilter's Academy Vol. 1 book last week. She recommends the Clover Patchwork pins (mentioned above). Although we are told not to sew over pins, she says these extra fine pins are the exception to the rule....just go slow.

The Clover pins are the best. Long and sharp

I am going to invest in some of these pins and give them a try. I have always used long silk pins but i forget what brand they are. I have had them for years. Rark red glass heads, long and thin but strong and flexable.
peace

no perfect one size fits all the perfect to me is only if it works best on what you are pinning. different pins for different fabrics and uses.

The Clover fine pins are on sale at Joanns.com right now.

Clover makes a flat head flower pin with a very thin, sharp, long shaft. It's my preferred pin, but, boy, can it be "pokey" if you happen to let it stick you!

Jan in VA

These are my favorite too and the only pins I use for quilting.

There is another one by Clover that is very thin and 46mm long

I use these pins too. Love them. And the colors make me happy.