worn out pins
08-28-2010, 01:48 PM
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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.
08-28-2010, 02:06 PM
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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.
08-28-2010, 02:21 PM
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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.
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.
08-28-2010, 03:13 PM
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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 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::
08-28-2010, 05:59 PM
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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 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!
08-28-2010, 06:58 PM
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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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