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Originally Posted by MinnieKat
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I put them in a prescription bottle and toss them in the trash.
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I had my DH drill a hole in the top of a medicine container and all my needles, pins, etc go in there. When it is full I just have him make me another one.
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Originally Posted by MinnieKat
Silly me -- I went to the store and bought a container of mini M&M's, ate the M&M's, and use the container for my sharps...
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I love the excuse to eat even more M&Ms! Not that I need one, but, here I go dating myself - I used to put stubborn diaper pins into a bar of soap to keep them going (pre Pampers days) - I do that with the pins. Gives new life to most of them, but, I had a few safety pins that had no sharp point at all!! I closed them up and put them in the trash.
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Yes, I'm going to throw myself under the bus and go the M&Ms route. And, of course, I'll be doing it for all the right reasons 8->
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Originally Posted by grammy Dwynn
If you have a 'strawberry' pin cushion, the little strawberry has something (I'm not sure what it is) that will sharpen your pins. When I have a stubborn pin, I stab it a couple of time in the little strawberry and lo and behold it works so much better. If that does not work, then into the container(trash) it goes.
I never throw pins or blades in the trash, without them going into a 'safety' container first. I keep a old altoids box next to my sewing machine just for them. And you're all correct, old pins/needles should go the way of a "sharps"bin, be it at the local doctors office, hospital or dentist. Over here, we are fined if there are any sharps in our garbage bins. |
Thank you for the ideas - esp. the M&M one...
I was putting them into a piece of paper so I could put it in the recycle bin, but maybe it's better that I just put them in the trash. I don't do the "living green", but I can't abide waste. Must be a leftover from my grandparents who lived through the Great Depression. ::shrug:: |
I was told this by my Mom, long gone. Stick the pin, needle, etc into a bar of soft soap. It makes it glide through the fabric like new!
I have found this to be true and keep a bar of soap in a plastic bag whenever I am hand sewing. That way, I know it will always glide! |
I use an old pill container too. I never thought of taking them with me to work and disposing of them there.
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Originally Posted by mzsooz
Originally Posted by sharon b
If they are straight pins and such I rub(?) the pointy point against my scalp and that usually gets them going again :thumbup:
Maybe I'm picturing this wrong? |
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