Small binding clips--do you use them?

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02-25-2011, 04:00 AM

#41

kuntryquilter

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I use them, I love them. Keeps my fingers from getting stuck with straight pins.

02-25-2011, 04:05 AM

#42

barney

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me too

02-25-2011, 04:06 AM

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MerryQuilter

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Every quilt I bind just like them bought at Wal Mart, they neaten the binding I am tacking down.

02-25-2011, 04:20 AM

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grann of 6

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Quote:

Originally Posted by janecat

Does anyone use the little binding clips that kind of look like hair barrettes? You use them to hold your binding in place while you blind stitch.

Clips
http://www.connectingthreads.com/Too...ng__Hem_Clips_(30_ct)__D80347.HTML

Clips
http://www.nancysnotions.com/product...lips+30-pkg.do

If you do use them, do you like them?

No, don't use them, use glue baste and sometimes a couple pins. Clips are just another thing to have to store.

02-25-2011, 04:20 AM

#45

Ellie'sNana

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I always use them and find them very helpful. I buy the clips in Walmart in the 'Hair' section.

02-25-2011, 04:21 AM

#46

Alice Woodhull

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I don't use them, nor do I use pins. I just fold it over as I go. Much simpler that way.

02-25-2011, 04:32 AM

#47

DeeBooper

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I have always used them and I really like them...no pins. I put them about every 2 to 3 inches and as I take them out I feel like I'm really moving along. I buy them in the department where they sell brushes,etc in walmart...much cheaper and the same thing ( I have even seen them in the dollar stores). Now,Mom,she wouldn't use them all...she likes to get pricked with the pins,I guess....LOL

02-25-2011, 04:34 AM

#48

Eliebelle

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I was taught to use them from the beginning so I always do. I LOVE them because I don't get stuck with pins and I can 'train' my binding until I get to it. I've even started using them on circular hems for my daughter's skirts!

02-25-2011, 05:00 AM

#49

pieces

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I use pins. Seems to me they are another notion to buy that is
not a necessity. And somehing to take up more space.

02-25-2011, 05:15 AM

#50

supergma

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I don't know how I ever lived without them. I have used them (hair clips)for many years, even before I ever saw them in a quilt shop.I have a bit of arthritis in my hands and they save me a lot of pain in my fingers.