New Sewing gadget
06-11-2011, 08:35 AM
#71
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I can't believe all the nay sayers about this product. How many have actually used one? I can see a value to it once you get passed the HUH? first reaction. The price isn't jaw dropping, no cords, keeps pins in a non spill no tangle container and easy to use. I haven't seen it in person yet but I can see possibilities of this being something very useful to many. I'll certainly give it try.
06-11-2011, 08:35 AM
#72
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Geez, what a waste. This thing has no redeeming value. I use the container my pins come in, keep them to my right when pinning fabric. When sewing, the container is flush against my machine (to the right) and as I sew I put the pins right back in the container.
Plastic, batteries, noise - is there anything environmentally friendly with this device?
Did I mention the cost of tylenol to get rid of the headaches from the clicking of those darn pins rolling around in the cement mixer
$20-30 to further pollute our planet - I think not.
Besides, think of all the sale fabric you can buy at Fabric.com or Connecting Threads for that money
Plastic, batteries, noise - is there anything environmentally friendly with this device?
Did I mention the cost of tylenol to get rid of the headaches from the clicking of those darn pins rolling around in the cement mixer
$20-30 to further pollute our planet - I think not.
Besides, think of all the sale fabric you can buy at Fabric.com or Connecting Threads for that money
06-11-2011, 08:37 AM
#73
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Location: Houston, TX
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Originally Posted by peaceandjoy
I don't see what the advantage is, but I do see some disadvantages. Besides the cost and size, it's noisy! You've got to use batteries, which aren't cheap and aren't good for the environment.
And what the heck do you do with the pins as you sew and remove them? Lay them on that oh-so-convenient paper funnel next to your already crowded workspace until you've got a pile of them and then load them back into the barrel?
Honestly, I am a gadget lover, sewing and in the kitchen. But I just don't see any positives for this thing.
And what the heck do you do with the pins as you sew and remove them? Lay them on that oh-so-convenient paper funnel next to your already crowded workspace until you've got a pile of them and then load them back into the barrel?
Honestly, I am a gadget lover, sewing and in the kitchen. But I just don't see any positives for this thing.
06-11-2011, 09:29 AM
#76
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 282
Originally Posted by peaceandjoy
I don't see what the advantage is, but I do see some disadvantages. Besides the cost and size, it's noisy! You've got to use batteries, which aren't cheap and aren't good for the environment.
And what the heck do you do with the pins as you sew and remove them? Lay them on that oh-so-convenient paper funnel next to your already crowded workspace until you've got a pile of them and then load them back into the barrel?
Honestly, I am a gadget lover, sewing and in the kitchen. But I just don't see any positives for this thing.
And what the heck do you do with the pins as you sew and remove them? Lay them on that oh-so-convenient paper funnel next to your already crowded workspace until you've got a pile of them and then load them back into the barrel?
Honestly, I am a gadget lover, sewing and in the kitchen. But I just don't see any positives for this thing.
06-11-2011, 10:08 AM
#79
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Cross Timbers area, TX
Posts: 250
Another gadget!!! Holding pins between my lips is a big no-no for me. Around 40 years ago, I had a friend who was holding a pen between her lips while she and her friends were signing a card which went with the flowers they were taking to a friend who was in the hospital. They went over a dip in the road as they were going into the parking lot, she gasped and down went the pin into her throat and on down, down, down. Fortunately, they were right at the hospital and they immediately exrayed her to see the location of the pin. It was very near where the stomach empties into the intestine. They went down with something like a magnet and brought that pin right back up. She was told it the pin would have entered the intestine they would have taken her into surgery immediately. Luckily the pin went down head first as she was told the pin point could have caused problems on the way down. I haven't put a pin in my mouth since then. You never know when you might quickly gasp such as before a sneeze, a cough, etc. She might have been told all this as part of the scare tactic but I'd rather play it safe!
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