Those yellow quilter's pins?????
#52
Originally Posted by BellaBoo
A machine needle can sew through the flower heads with ease. I have had to remove a few stitches from them before!
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Originally Posted by Janetd
I bought those "quilter's must have" yellow quilter's pins many years ago and never used them. I've been quilting steady for years now. They are so long and unreasonable for piecing 1/4 inch seams. So what are we supposed to be using them for, does anyone know? I use them now to hold fabric to the back of my little fabric bolts.
#57
Originally Posted by Mariposa
I use mine to pin my quilt tops and backings onto my LA rollers. They work great!
Cynthia
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Originally Posted by Janetd
I bought those "quilter's must have" yellow quilter's pins many years ago and never used them. I've been quilting steady for years now. They are so long and unreasonable for piecing 1/4 inch seams. So what are we supposed to be using them for, does anyone know? I use them now to hold fabric to the back of my little fabric bolts.
I love my tiny applique pins too! I have different pincushions with different kinds of pins, lol!
Variety is the spice of quilting!!! :thumbup:
#59
I like the really thin ones. My favorite is silk pins with glass heads. I usually keep the yellow pins in my travel so when some has forgotten theirs I let them us mine. If I don't get them back I don't feel as if I lost anything. I also like them for pinning appliques to press bc they do lay flat.
#60
I wouldn't know how to quilt without them. I hate the little sewing pins we used when I was making clothing and other crafty things. I've been using them for over 16 years now and am faithful to them. I use the curve pins to pin my quilt when quilting it and remove them as I sew a section of quilt. I use these pins for everything I sew now except may fine applique which I don't do that much. My hands are too stiff for that. I guess its a matter of getting used to using them. When pinning a seam, I put it at an angle catching both seam allowances in the pin. Works well for me.
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