MaryStoaks

I can't believe I waited so long to change out my quilting pins. I had used the same pins (the yellow tipped ones) for several years. The last quilt back I pinned to my frame took me forever and hurt my thumb. The pins were mostly bent and dull. The worst part is that I had 2 new packages of pins in my drawer. I tossed the old ones and used new today, what a difference! Pinning took half the time and didn't hurt.
When was the last time you tossed your old pins?

sawsan

I am using ordinary ones not 4 quilting but for sewing i can tell years and years others r stored in a shoebox :oops:
which i use are curved, dull, bent as u tell and i am lazy enough to change them :oops:
But not any more Thanks 4 reminding :-P

Shemjo

Yes, I throw the old dull ones out and replace them with new often. If one gets bent, it goes in a jar with bent or bad needles, and when it is fuller, I will fill it with plaster and discard it. I don't want anyone to get poked by them.

Quilter7x

I replaced my yellow tipped ones with glass head pins so I can press over them. I also went from 1 3/4" to 1 1/2". Just that little 1/4" is nicer for smaller stuff.

littlehud

I have way to many old and bent needles. I just got some new ones and they are so much better. Why didn't I do it sooner.

BellaBoo

I like the flat flower head pins and the Clover glass head thin sharp pins. Fons and Porter's pins are really sharp too. The yellow head Quilter's pins are okay but try the thin sharp pins to see a big difference.

May in Jersey

Do you gals use straight pins for pinning your quilts? Don't you find that they often get caught on each other and pull out of the fabric? I use quilting safety ones, they are a pain in the butt to close sometimes but once they are they stay where I put them. May in Jersey

sewnsewer2

I just changed my pins a few weeks ago. I discard the old ones in pill bottles before throwing them out.

grammyp

We use the long straight pins to pin the quilts to the leaders in the frame. They don't go in the middle of the quilt, just along the edges.

I replace mine when they get bent, I just can't stand getting stuck. I did that once and bled on the quilt, not good.

For piecing I just love the Clover piecing pins, but they are very thin and flexible and bend easily. But boy, are they easy to use.

BellaBoo

I don't baste with straight pins. I use water soluble thread for basting or the curved straight pins. For my floor quilt frame I use the big diaper pins to pin to the leader cloth.