WAHT? Pinning wrong for three years???
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Do whatever works for you. There's no right or wrong way, as long as you don't sew over the pins. I sewed garments for many years and I learned to pin with the pin heads to the right so it was easier to pin curves and sleeves. When I started making quilts, I found it easier to pin from the left because it was all straight sewing and I didn't have to worry about "easing" in on curves. Right or left .... is right (oops, I meant correct!). :-)
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I pin my seams left to right. I am a garment maker for the most part. And I usually, about 80 percent of the time sew over the pins, Yikes, yes I have broken needles but as far as I know it never hurt the machine. Guess I am just bad! I try to take the pins out as I go, but mostly just sew over them! I was told that hinged presser feet would sew over pins.
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Like a lot of folks, i use a 1/4 inch seam guide (stacked painters tape for me)....so my pins go in from left to right - otherwise they bump into the seam guide. Works for me....BUT if i'm working on something and not using the seam guide, i do sometimes pin from right to left. How's that for a "definite maybe"????
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Good Heavens! It must be too early in the AM. It took me two pages of reading before I realized you were talking about pinning during the piecing process and NOT pinning during the sandwiching process! I hope this is no indication of what my new year will be like
By the way my glass head pins are to the right across the seam.
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