I hate pinning, but I do it for the accuracy. I guess I am getting used to it. Anyone who can have something turn out right without pinning is either very good or very lucky.

This was interesting to read, Shelly, as I just came across a "ruffle" when sewing on my last row of the baby quilt I'm working on. I wondered how that happened. Thought I was going to have to rip the whole row but somehow I managed to smooth it out, but I thinking it could come back to haunt me, don't know. I had pinned, but maybe not enough?

In the case of the picture I showed, she just took a length of fabric, sewed it on, then whacked it off. If you measure across the middle, cut, then sew, you won't end up with the waves. As your feed dogs grab the fabric, they can slide the lower fabric more than the top, if they are not held securely, as what happened here. This is how you get ruffles.

When you are making garments and want to ease in fabric, you put the larger under the smaller to ease it in.

LOL...I agree. I guess I need to be more confident. I hate to rip anything out.

Shelley..Thanks for the tip!

I pin to match seems and I pin for long seems, such as borders. For small piecing, I do not.

I use to pin EVERYTHING but no more LOL points didnt match you name it went wrong.
SO I am trying a jelly roll and we shall see what happens LOL

depends on what I am sewing if I pin...:)So, I'd say 50/50:)Skeat

I pin 95% of the time. I have also taught my 11 year old daughter to pin. She has made 8 or 9 quilts already--started when she was 6.