What do you use your wonder clips for?
 

I have just treated myself to some Clover wonder clips because I wanted free delivery on an Amazon order and needed to add something else to my basket.

What do you use them for, other than the obvious suggestion of using them when you are attaching your binding to a quilt?

I'm sure they have many many uses as I have seen them mentioned several times on this forum!

I feel like I would probably use them when basting hexies, as I used to use paperclips to keep the fabric in place while I basted.

I look forward to hearing your suggestions :-)

I use one to hold the embroidery thread I'm working from, after it's cut from the skein I can't tell which end to use, (if you work from the back end it tangles more) I hang it on a magnet connected to my lamp so it's easy to find and not tangeled. When I'm floating a quilt top and don't want it on the floor, I clip it up with them. When I get my binding ready to attach I clip a couple on before I through it over my shoulder, that way if I have to stop before I finish it doesn't get all messed up.

I use them to match seams, hold fabric pieces, use instead of pins to ease in borders, hold strips together when sewing, anyplace I use a pin if I can. I detest straight pins, I always get pricked.

I use them when I am basting my EPP hexies!

I use them alot for counting groups of blocks. Love my wonder clips. I've got the little reds and bigger greens. Also for the other uses mentioned.

I do a lot of paper piecing. When sewing the segments together the Wonder Clips are much easier to use--there is too much bulk to pin through fabric & paper without distorting or twisting the segments. I also like using them when sewing long strips of fabric together. Again there is no distortion and as you approach each clip it just slides off the fabric without having to stop sewing to remove the pins.

I also use them instead of pins - to hold borders onto quilt; to hold the next piece when piecing a block; to hold maching seams together at the matching point. And I use them to hold the edges together when I have a large piece of fabric that needs to be folded straight to cut strips off the edge.

I wanted to use mine to hold some pattern pieces together, but haven't seen them since I moved a year ago!

Don't know if other quilters do this...but I like to do a preliminary layout with my binding all the way around the quilt. I want to know where to start so I am certain none of the joining places in the binding end up on a corner of the quilt. Then the binding is all in place when I'm ready to stitch it on. I leave a little extra in the corners and just keep working the extra ahead of me as I stitch. I place extra tables around my machine so the quilt is pretty much off the floor. The wonder clips beat pins hands down when doing this. They are easy to move if I need to adjust my start point. And no getting stuck with pins as I'm sewing on the binding.

I use them to hold my hexies together when I'm whip stitching them to each other.

I also use them for binding. Another use is when I am cutting the fabrics for a project and identify by writing on a sticky note where the piece or section is to be used by clipping the note to the piece of cut fabric such as: top pocket on a purse, front panel, etc.). Another use is when making the windows for IDs on billfolds and you aren't able to use pins on the clear plastic window in assembling the billfold or purse.

I use them for MANY things. I have 4 small and 2 large clipped
to my purse in case I need a clip.

Another use I have is for my iPod ear buds I like the kind that has
the on/off mic built into the cord, and I only use one ear bud most
of the time so the other is tucked inside my shirt. I use the clip to
keep the button at the top of my shirt so I can easily start/stop my
audiobooks that I am listening too.

So many uses that I have found them to work great for, but my brain
is still sleep foggy and I can't think of them all right now.

I'm not at all creative. I only use mine to hold the binding in place for hand sewing. I do love them for that purpose. I now have 200 Wonder clips. My LAQ usually returns 3 quilts at a time. I have almost enough clips to get them all ready for hand sewing.

When matching difficult seams I glue baste with Elmer's school glue. A dab of glue at the matching point, then clip with wonder clips till dry. Works better than pins for me.

I use mine instead of straight pins - holding pieces in place while sewing, and sewing the binding. I have even used them to keep piece of a block together before I sew it. You never know when you will need them - so I keep them handy.

Like Silver Needle I use them to attach all of my binding to be sure the binding seams dont fall at the corners. Haven't used them for anything other than binding so thanks for your post, I got some good ideas.

I only have the tiny red ones. I use them to hold my hexes in place when hand stitching them together. Also I use them when I am hand stitching my binding to the back of a quilt. LOVE them!!

I was given a quantity as a gift, but have found no use for them in my quilting. Consequently, I use them to hang lingerie and nylons to dry.

I use them for binding or any other thick seams that are hard to pin through. They are a lot easier to use than the hair clippies I used to use.

They're great when you make a purse, with all the extra thicknesses what would bend pins.

Daffy

I had a red set which seem to disappear. I'm sure they have legs and end up helping friends at classes. They always run back. I use for most jobs mentioned also to keep my paper pieced pattern sections before or after glueing to fabric in applique.

I have the small red ones. I had only used them for binding until one of my grand daughters was using them in place of pins. She informed me they were flat on the bottom and she pulled them off like she pulled pins out. I'm learning from a 10 year old.

I pretty much use them for everything. I only use pins now if wonder clips or washable glue won't work.

Almost any place i used a pin. My fingers love them.

If you are incorporating plastics or other "stuff" into your sewing/quilting the Wonder Clips work well to hold the layers together so you don't poke pinholes in the plastic, like for lunch bags. etc. or plastic lining for make-up bags.

I never thought about clipping the binding together so it doesn't get tangled. Thanks for the idea.

I use them when sewing down my binding.

I like the embroidery thread idea - hadn't thought of that. I use them for things like holding felt doll pieces together before I sew them. I just reach for them for a lot of quickie things when pins just won't do. I still use the silver hair clips a lot, too. And years ago learned to use hair pins (bobby pins) when turning up hems to sew.

Marysewfun

Some fabulous ideas! Thank you!

Holding the binding in place is my first choice, what a wonderful tool. I also use the large green ones to hold pieces together as I cut them for a project so I don't lose any. Just about any place I used pins the Wonder Clips work and avoid getting stuck.

I use them to hold a length of binding while stitching it to the back. No more pin pricks--they're wonderful!

So many uses already mentioned here, plus....bills that are to be paid, clip them together so they stay in one place until I get to them. Coupons I've just clipped from the newspaper until I can get them in my coupon folder. Pages which for any reason need to be held together but not necessarily stapled. Letters sitting at the door waiting to be mailed, no more falling in back of the little table I have there. When using a cookbook, clip the page you're using and even if the book closes, which it will, it's easy to find. I have the jumbo size pack of small red ones and also have the large green ones. Best invention in years IMO.

If you use the iron to heat set the area where you used the glue it will dry quickly and be stabilized until you can sew it. I love using Elmer's school glue.

I glue baste my binding to the back, press to dry & use the clips on corners & binding seams for a little extra hold when I machine sew my binding. Especially on baby & kids quilts. Works great!

I love my wonder clips and have a box of them at both cutting table and sewing machine. The other day I needed something to hold my cheesecloth in place on my large funnel while I strained my deep frying oil. I thought of the clips and placed some around the rim. Worked wonderful, no slipping. I know have a few reserved for "kitchen duty"!

I use mine for organizing blocks into sets. I don't use them all around my binding, but I do sometimes use them on a pressed mitered edge before I sew it down.

I use the small red ones on binding when handsewing to the back of a quilt or table runners.

I ran out of bag clips and used them to close a bag of potato chips and frozen peas. Of course I use them for qui;ting, I never use pins any more. They are wonderful

You'll get a kick out of this, but we use our clips to hold our pool 's sun cover clipped to the top ledge of our pool, and this past winter my husband clipped the winter cover to the ledge of the pool instead of winding the wire all the way around. During the summer, it is far easier to get the cover off than it used to be, and also easier to put the cover on daily than it was in the past. So they can be used for something besides sewing.

Not only do I use them in quilting, hand stitching the binding, but also in my alterations. Work great to mark how much to take in, red for the smaller amounts & green for the larger. They are also good to use for hemming pants, skirts etc.