madamekelly

I looked at this tool, but just went back to using a teaspoon like grandma showed me. It works and I always know where the teaspoons are.....

rryder

Safety pins work for me--they're quick and easy, though I have spray basted some. Depending on the quilt, I either STID and then remove all pins before FMQing, or I leave pins in and STID and FMQ all at the same time.

I also use safety pins to mark areas of the quilt so I don't get lost when I'm FMQing.

Rob

Msews

I saw these when they first came out and thought that they were neat however the price was a little high for me. One day I was in Michael's and they had the huge square foam mats (on sale) that look like puzzle pieces for a child's play area & my light went off. I bought a pack & used an old rotary cutter and sliced one up to try with the yellow straight pins. They worked nicely for me. I made a bunch & shared them at my guild meeting. For me, they are much easier than the curved safety pins. For large things, I do use the Sharon Schamber method basting my quilt using the boards.

Min

annette1952

I was going to try the pinmoors once until I seen the price of them. Scared me! I don't need them that bad! lol

Maureen NJ

grapefruit spoons work great too. I use Sharon Schamber's basting method but have to try glue basting sometime.

lclang

I made my own....used long quilting pins and those little foam ear plugs. They work okay but I really am not fond of them, so glad I didn't buy the expensive ones.

Onebyone

I guess I don't see the appeal of DIY Pinmoors. Makes no sense to me.

Roberta

A year or so ago someone posted her idea for what to use instead of the more expensive Pinmoors. She said to buy the wide Caulk Backer Rod by DAP that is sold at Home Depot. It comes in a bag and is used for plugging holes in windows, doors, wall joints. foundations, etc. It looks almost like the Pinmoors but so much less expensive. You just unroll and cut into the little sections to insert you pins when pinning for a quilt.

Sewnoma

I like Pinmoors, I bleed a lot less when I use them!

I tried the "DIY" version with the backer rod stuff, and it sort of worked, but the DIY versions don't stay on nearly as well as the real deal does. I would still get stabbed because the backer rod stuff would come off of my pins. Real Pinmoors grip the pin a lot better and stay put.

Someone here said that Pinmoors don't work well with the yellow-headed quilter's pins but I disagree - those are the pins I use exclusively with my Pinmoors and they work great! In my experience, the thinner glass-headed pins work OK but are prone to bending when you poke them into the Pinmoor. The yellow headed pins are stiffer and work best, IMO.

I never liked using safety pins - they're cumbersome and make my fingers hurt, even when I bought the curved ones and tried the quick clip tool thingy. Plus the shafts are so much thicker than my yellow-headed pins; it's harder to get the pins through all 3 layers.

I usually glue baste with Elmer's now, but when I do need to pin something, I use Pinmoors every time.

Bree123

I tried the Pinmoors at a guild workshop & thought it might be fun to pick some up since supposedly straight pins give a slightly smoother surface than the curved safety pins. Unfortunately, at $40/100, it was prohibitively expensive. I use around 600 pins per quilt, which would be a $240 investment just for the Pinmoors. I'm sticking to Size 2 curved safety pins for now & will use that $240 to make a quilt or two.