I detest basting with safety pins. I have bought two different kinds and each one has caused holes in the fabric, split threads and got caught together and with my thread when I’m hand quilting. I really prefer to baste with thread as per Sharon Schamber.
However, I recently saw a very interesting way of basting using ordinary pins and some sort of foam plugs. The system is ingenious and is called Pinmoor. I wanted to try it but they are quite expensive at US$19.95 for 50 plus postage to Australia. I wanted to see if the concept would work for me before I shelled out all that money. (I don’t think 50 will go very far.) A lady called Helen, on a list I subscribe to, suggested using Moroday Gap Filler Rod Draught which is a polystyrene draught excluder and cutting it up. I bought the 5mm diameter one for $2 and cut it up. I concede that these will not last like the Pinmoors and if this system suits me I plan to invest in the real thing. So I sandwiched my Arabesque and used my pins and the draught excluder.
Already I can see the advantage of using the Pinmoors which look more dense than the polystyrene. These ones come off quite easily and I think the denser Pinmoors would adhere a bit more to the pins. [Edit: they must as she says they don’t even come off in the washing machine!] Anyway I’ll let you know how it goes when I start quilting.
Hmmmm – I never heard of the pinmoors and I do not like what the safety pins do to the fabric so you will have to report back on how this works. I too may invest in the pinmoors if this works for you. – Annette in NC
Hmmmm – I never heard of the pinmoors and I do not like what the safety pins do to the fabric so you will have to report back on how this works. I too may invest in the pinmoors if this works for you. – Annette in NC
Hmmmm – I never heard of the pinmoors and I do not like what the safety pins do to the fabric so you will have to report back on how this works. I too may invest in the pinmoors if this works for you. – Annette in NC
I borrowed a friend’s set of basting safety pins and hating them, was glad I didn’t waste the money. I, like many quilters, am a sucker for quilting gadgets.
In fact, I just wrote a blog post on the subject. Please read and comment!
http://manhattanbutterfly.blogspot.com/
I borrowed a friend’s set of basting safety pins and hating them, was glad I didn’t waste the money. I, like many quilters, am a sucker for quilting gadgets.
In fact, I just wrote a blog post on the subject. Please read and comment!
http://manhattanbutterfly.blogspot.com/
I borrowed a friend’s set of basting safety pins and hating them, was glad I didn’t waste the money. I, like many quilters, am a sucker for quilting gadgets.
In fact, I just wrote a blog post on the subject. Please read and comment!
http://manhattanbutterfly.blogspot.com/
Judy hall, from Punch With Judy sells them in Australia, Munaiba. They look really good, so I am going to get some.
Judy hall, from Punch With Judy sells them in Australia, Munaiba. They look really good, so I am going to get some.
Judy hall, from Punch With Judy sells them in Australia, Munaiba. They look really good, so I am going to get some.
I have not heard of these before but they look great. I will have to see how you go with it and invest in some myself for my smaller projects.
I have not heard of these before but they look great. I will have to see how you go with it and invest in some myself for my smaller projects.
I have not heard of these before but they look great. I will have to see how you go with it and invest in some myself for my smaller projects.
HI, all of you down under. Yes Punch with Judy does sell my Pinmoors.
They do last forever and do stay in place until you take them out.
Thank you,
Loretta
HI, all of you down under. Yes Punch with Judy does sell my Pinmoors.
They do last forever and do stay in place until you take them out.
Thank you,
Loretta
HI, all of you down under. Yes Punch with Judy does sell my Pinmoors.
They do last forever and do stay in place until you take them out.
Thank you,
Loretta