PMY in QCA-IL

Although a bit awkward as I'm right-handed, sometimes I will pin seams together from left to right. That way I can leave the pin in and pull it out just far enough to clear the needle just before the stitch is made.

davidwent

I usually stop before seam and lift the piece and push the seam down flat, I know it slows me down, but I'm ok with that
David

hopetoquilt

That is how I do it. I also never sew with pins. I just line everything up and go. I also am not a perfectionist. I sew only for fun

QultingaddictUK

I never, ever sew over pins but I do have a wonderful stiletto called a "That Purple Thang" http://www.google.com/products/catal...ls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&prmd=ivns&resnum=1&biw=1016&bih=572&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=12693589998614833424&ei=jqIlTaz0OtSwhQfC_aWlAg&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CFMQ8wIwAA# I couldn't do without it :thumbup:

ckcowl

the quilt police may never knock on your door about sewing over those pins ... BUT IT IS A VERY VERY DANGEROUS THING TO DO AND NOT RECOMMENDED!!! it only takes once to hit a pin, break a needle and put out an eye... and this is no joke. my mother hit a pin, broke a needle which part of flew up and went right into her eye... it didn't kill her, or blind her...but it was a very very bad thing and took a long time to recover from; and i still didn't learn...thought, well can't happen to me, i wear glasses...then i hit a pin...broken needle stuck right in my glasses...and threw the timing out on my machine which cost me over $200 to get fixed...not removing pins before sewing over them can be a VERY COSTLY EXPENSE ALONG WITH THE DANGER INVOLVED.

QultingaddictUK

ckcowl, I couldn't agree with you more, never mind the quilt police or Health n Safety officers it is one of the most dangerous and potentially the most expensive thing you can do in Quilting. My friend sewed over a pin and it damaged her brand new Singer so badly it has never been the same since. She had to give it to her daughter and buy anther one for her quilting :shock:

deema

I leave my pins in until I'm *almost* right beside them with the needle, then pull the pin before going on. It's sometimes slow going when there are a lot of seams, but the end result is worth it, to me. But if it's not a seam intersection I don't pin and don't care if my seam allowance flips over - the only reason I care when there is a seam intersection is because of the extra bulk a flipped allowance would give in that one spot. My machine does pretty good over bulky seams, but I like to help her out where I can, lol.

so-sew

So glad to read all of this. I was lying in bed early this morning planning to start a thread on the same subject. (Do the rest of you find it hard to fall back to sleep when quilting creeps into your mind?)

AgapeStitches

I sew ***slowly***over pins, only if I cannot keep the material together myself (like trying to sew satin and velvet right sides together...uhg not again).

so-sew....I too have trouble going to/back sleep whit all the ideas flying around in there. DH finds it agravating b/c I try to bounce ideas off him.

Sandy65

I never sew over pins. I pull the pin out just before I get to it. I have done major damage when I sewed over a pin.