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Do you have a favorite brand of pins?
Tonight I opened a new box of pins that I bought several months ago. They are terrible. These are Collins Color Ball pins. 350 pins. Fine, Sharp 1 1/4". .65mm steel shaft. Size 20. On the back is this paragraph: "These very fine, sharp color ball pins with .65mm steel shafts are the answer to every home sewer's dream. The color ball heads make them easier and faster to find among the various fabrics of today."
This pins are thick and dull. I could hardly punch them through the fabric. I paid $8 for them and I'm very disappointed.
The only thing I like about these pins is the color ball heads!
Do you have a favorite brand and size pins?Tags: None
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I use Flat Flower pins By Clotilde. They are 1 7/8 inches long, very fine, sharp, and strong. The flat flower head allows the fabric to lay flat too. Do not confuse these pins with Clover flat flower pins which are big as nails, dull and the heads fall off. (voice of experience) You will find the correct pins at Clotilde.com Item #215054. Betty Ann
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http://forum/hand-and-machine-piecin...d-for-piecing-
is a prior post that members dicussed their preferences.
Hope this helps.
Coast of South Carolina USA
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My favorite pins are available from Clotilde or some shops. They are called IBC Glass Head Silk Pins 1 3/8" Sharp. Super Fine .50mm Steel Shaft 250/box.
They are amazingly thin, very sharp and slide in the fabric with almost no distortion. You can sew over them, altho if you hit one, it will bend into a U shape! Even with hard use, they bend. I keep them in their own pincushion and try to be gentle with them. They are the best pins I have ever used!
And, yes, they are expensive but I am worth it! Retail is about $7-8 per box. I buy a new box every year or two, so I really don't think that is too much to spend.
Michelle
Coast of South Carolina USA
Sewing/Quilting on my Viking Sapphire 870
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I love IRIS pins. They come in a little round blue metal container. Sharp and super thin. I use them for everything. They are fairly hard to find, but I have found them in a few quilt shops, at quilt shows and through Clotilde.
Taree NSW - Australia
My motto in life: live by the three GGG’s - be Grateful, be Gracious, be Gorgeous to yourself
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I agree -- the 0.5mm pins are the best! I haven't lately been able to find the long ones, but have found regular-length ones in this super-fine, glass-head pin.
Clover (I think) makes some blue-headed flower-head pins that are also ultrafine -- maybe even a little finer than the glass-head ones. Don't iron over them (despite what they say).
Look closely on the pack for the pin size. If the package doesn't say 0.5mm, the pins are probably thicker ones -- there are some glass-head pins that look like the fine ones, but they ain't.
Taree NSW - Australia
My motto in life: live by the three GGG’s - be Grateful, be Gracious, be Gorgeous to yourself
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I'm not sure if I will add anymore embroidery....
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I finished my magic garden. This was not my usual colour palette and I am not fond of gnomes so I took creative license...
-
Just lovely! I like your flowers too. They fill up the background nicely.
-
Beatuiful choices of colors. Fun and whimsical. Nicely done!
-
Really fun embroidery choices. It looks great!
-
I LOVE the black additions to your piecing. They really attract attention and look great.
-
I still have many fans to finish as I’m hand piecing the outside curve. My preference is appliqué and embroidery. For...
-
Helen, Thank you so much for your ideas! You have great EQ8 skills! I have 2 Becky Goldsmith books that I have been using...
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Nice work ! Can I ask, did you use stem stitch on the bluebells ? Or have you whip stitched over a back stitch?
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Not a question, but wanted to share the Kona solids I picked out today for the summer version. Excited to start work on...
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I did not use a stabilizer, nor a hoop. Just be cognizant of the tension of your stitches.
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