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Re: silk pins? 27 Jun 2013 12:14 #105794

pennyhal OFFLINE Posts: 68	Nancy, it happens to me too!
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Re: silk pins? 13 Jun 2013 14:23 #104979

Zarah OFFLINE Posts: 1526 Thank you received: 30	Nancy, it sometimes happens for me too. I have several types of pins and use the ones that fit my project best
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Re: silk pins? 13 Jun 2013 06:54 #104946

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As with most quilting choices, different pins work better for different people. For me, the silk pins are too thin and I have problems with them sliding out of the fabric when I am sewing long seams like sewing a border on a quilt. Part of this depends on the tightness of the weave of the fabric I'm using and the number of fabric layers the pin is going through. I have two sets of pins in my pincushion, a thicker set and a thinner set (but not as thin as the silk pins). The thin ones work well at seam intersections where I have extra layers of fabric and for batiks. The thicker pins are needed for commercial cottons. But even with the thicker pins, I often poke them through the fabric an extra time so that they will stay in until I get to them. I've never heard of anyone else having this problem so this may just be something about the way I sew or something.

Nancy

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Re: silk pins? 13 Jun 2013 05:31 #104942

Patchworkjill OFFLINE Posts: 652 Thank you received: 71	I love the silk pins and they are the only ones I use, and they are worth the extra cost, but as suggested check out on-line.
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Re: silk pins? 13 Jun 2013 01:37 #104936

Zarah OFFLINE Posts: 1526 Thank you received: 30	Funny, I have both the long and the short pins, but I like the short ones most. I just bought a new packet because mine are disappearing. The glass heads on the short ones have a very light color and they are hard to find when you drop them, but mainly I loose them because they bend so easily and when it's too much I throw them away.
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Re: silk pins? 13 Jun 2013 00:41 #104931

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Alex as many including me using those pins from clover silk pins glass heads, you can find them in amazon.com

they are expensive but they worth the price.

why - i like they are long and thin - there are pins that are the same thickness - very fine or ultra fine they call it but
they are shorter, it can works as well.

only thing that you need to remember they are in a way geting funny shapes if you force them. dont use them on design wall.

buy one package and i am sure if you will take care of them as they will take care of you, you will need only one package for life time.

* i use different pins for different goals so you can find it very useful as well.

good luck

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silk pins? 12 Jun 2013 20:33 #104926

Disneygranny OFFLINE Posts: 24	Saw Alex on a show and she mentioned silk pins and they were expensive. Does anyone know what she uses? Are they really better than other pins?
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