A New Nifty Trick
 

As most of you know I recently got a Grace machine quilting frame, and I LOVE it ! The one thing I DON’T love, is pinning everything to the leaders. Pins HURT, and I ALWAYS poke myself , ALWAYS ! So the other day I was looking at my Dritz basting gun, that I used at times to baste my quilts before I had the frame, and I had an idea ! I wonder ….

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I used the needle just like I would use a pin, I went through both layers ( fabric and leader ) and then brought it back through, like I would have done with a regular basting needle !
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Now I had a nice even hold …
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I spaced them evenly ….

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and whalla ! No poked fingers and a great hold !

Now I know you might be saying to yourself , those little barb thingys get expensive to use them that much like that, and they do, if you buy them in packs of 500 from say joann Fabrics or something like that , BUT, You can purchase them by the box on ebay or most office supply stores. Wherever you get them from you just want to make sure that you get 1/4 ” barbs.


Another alternative is to buy longer barbs, but you would need to purchase a gun with a longer needle to accommodate them. I am looking into this myself , and when my dritz gun bites it I am sure I will, but for now, this works wonderful and NO MORE POKING MYSELF !


And removing them just takes a pair of dollar store kiddy scissors to snip the plastic !

Great use of one of those things that we bought and didn't really work out.

Colleen

Good idea!!! I use the red snappers now, so no more pokies, I used to have blood on every quilt I did!!!!

You might want to try the QuilTak gun and plastics. The hole made is much smaller. It is what they use for fine clothing.

Red Snappers are great....been using them about 2 months...well worth the price and no more pokes with a pin...and so much faster...loading a quilt...

is that Dritz thingy the same as an apparel tagging gun? You know, the thing they use to put price tags on clothes.

Clip and Seal Mondo Clips are less expensive than red snappers and work awesomely. Also, I needed some more, so getting the idea from another board, I bought some tubing at Lowe's and some u track from Home Depot and they work also. I

Cheryl222 - could you please post pics of what you purchased at Lowe's and HD or post a url for the other board where you read this idea? I am interested in the concept but need visuals. Thanks, AK

Yes, please. Cheryl, I would love to see a picture or some more information about this idea too.

thanks for sharing your idea