i'm with you , i do not like them ;-)

I love them! I don't like the short pins.

So glad you asked this . My big yellow ones are so dull they bend before going through layers. The I throw it out!! I will buy additional ones !!!

I use mine for when I'm working on binding. Have also found myself using them more often than not when piecing blocks together.

I like them, but I have also stuck one into the palm of my hand, they are very thin and very sharpe.

I like the flat headed ones because you can use them with rulers. The round headed pins don't work with your rulers because they don't lay flat.

I guess I started using them from the beginning and really like them. They are the only kind I use. Send yours my way....I always have room for one more.

I have those too but as I've gotten better at sewing and learned to pay more attention to things I don't use them when I need more precision. I use the thin silk pins. I also pin like this... / \ / \ / \ I find that the ease in fabric pushes against the pins and my seams are more even. When I pin any other way my seams are off...its what works for me.

Same here!

Like and use them, easier to spot, could use a sharpener :) on a few if they seem like getting dull or hung up on something have been known to run it across a really fine emery board, seems to smooth them out.

Great on the rollers!!! LOL have ran over them, didn't kill the machine, or needle :) (knock on wood)
JMO

I have been using the longer yellow pins in my regular sewing for many years. My older fingers need a bigger 'weapon' to hit the fabric target!

I use mine to hold quilts on the wall for 'auditioning' until I am sure that is the spot and what I want to hang them with.

Me too. For years I used the round black head sharp pins I bought at Stretch & Sew. 35 years and still sharp.

Me too. That's the only thing I use them for.

I use them to hold the patterns on the pumpkins when I carve Haloween decorations. :wink:

I use them for hand applique. One down the middle of a leaf or other item holds them in place.

Oh! I love those pins!!! That's the only kind I use. I like a nice long pin especially when pinning batting. I use them to pin my binding till I get the Elmer's school glue in place. I also use them for clothing construction. The big heads are easy to see and.....well, you get the picture.

Me too. They work great for pinning onto the leaders of the longarm. The flower pins I bought for that purpose bend too easily as they're a hair too long.

Cynthia

Oh my goodness...I love mine. I don't always use them for piecing though. I don't know...I use them a lot!
I love my tiny applique pins too! I have different pincushions with different kinds of pins, lol!
Variety is the spice of quilting!!! :thumbup:

I like the really thin ones. My favorite is silk pins with glass heads. I usually keep the yellow pins in my travel so when some has forgotten theirs I let them us mine. If I don't get them back I don't feel as if I lost anything. I also like them for pinning appliques to press bc they do lay flat.

I wouldn't know how to quilt without them. I hate the little sewing pins we used when I was making clothing and other crafty things. I've been using them for over 16 years now and am faithful to them. I use the curve pins to pin my quilt when quilting it and remove them as I sew a section of quilt. I use these pins for everything I sew now except may fine applique which I don't do that much. My hands are too stiff for that. I guess its a matter of getting used to using them. When pinning a seam, I put it at an angle catching both seam allowances in the pin. Works well for me.

I use them for everything, too. I have a few shorter pins in my one pincushion and occasional pull them out by mistake. I always put them back in and grab the long yellow ones.

Really, though, they were made for the long arm quilters. To set up you have to pin (or baste) the quilt top and bottom to the leaders of the LA. They are great for that.

I use the white headed silk pins most often now, but the yellow pins are easier for me to place to be removed as I reach them when sewing by machine. I guess its a matter of "to each his own" when it comes to pins. I must have about 10-12 different varieties.

Sorry, don't use mine either. I can deal with the length but they are as thick as nails.

This may sound strange, but I use mine to to hold my rolls of binding together.

Never bought them because they don't look like a serviceable item for me. I often use fusible tape because I hate getting pricked with pins. I also baste my quilts and rarely pin when piecing.

I use the yellow headed pins for everything. I love them because they are long and usually secured.

My mom gave me some, and I have been using them for basting. They work better than the shorter styles, but I've found that some seem to fall out when moving the quilt around, so I just ordered basting spray. I think the pins falling out is a big part of my problem.

Me too, I use them when quilting and for clothing making also. Love the glass head pins too, they are so nice to have them in and jump up and press a seam. I have the flower head pins and they are nice to use if you are making a stack and whack quilt to hold 8 layers together. I even have some flat head pins that look like small pastel colored buttons, never used them - just thought they were cute so I bought them. lol

I think I've used mine once, to hold the layers together as I tied a quilt that was flopped out on the floor. I find I prefer safety pins for basting and regular dressmaker pins for piecing.

NEED SOME OF THOSE LITTLE EARPLUGS AS I USE MY PINS AND GET STUCK A LOT where did u get them...WHOOPS..didn't know i was captalizing..someone said that was the same as yelling....lol

I use mine for garment construction, for quilting I use flower head pins.

That is what I use them for. I use the flower head pins to pin in the lining. I use corsage pins to pin the top and batting to the lining. They are very sturdy.

Those are pinmoor.The lady invented these because she had peoblems with her hands.They cost 40dollars for 100.
You can buy less but once you buy them you will never have to buy again because they self seal.She said she would never have me as a client because they last for ever.

Her web sight is www.pinmoor.com she has a video on it to explain how they work.You can do a queen quilt with the 100. Depends how many you use in it.They are made from silicone.I bought them and called her.Men are buying them to use on the end of fish hooks for flyfishing so they dont jab their fingers.Im using them and they work great.

my sisiter is not a quilter but she can sew some beautiful clothes and she loves them

All I know is with arthritic hands, they are easier to grip. I do use mine exclusively, for quilting and all other sewing.

I like the longer pins - Usually pin them in like badting pins. - work well

That's how I use them, too. I prefer the flat flower head pins.

I use them on almost every quilt project, I use them to pin the blocks together, to pin my layering together, man, I use them for all kinds of things, I have several packages and use them a lot come to think of it

Anybody who has these quilters pins and doesn't want them could send them to me. I love these pins and use them for everything. I don't even own any short pins anymore.

I love them and use them all the time. I weave them in the quilt so they hold. Their very sharp, as I get stuck a lot with them. You don't have to use so many pins with them.