Have you ever done THIS?
#11
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Yes, I've done this. Since it was a quilt for a child, I opened a seam and removed the pin, then closed the seam again. That taught me to check for the pins!
The ball of the pin won't hurt anyone. What I would do is work the shaft of the pin out of the fabric, get as close to the ball as you can with a wire cutter, and clip the shaft of the pin off the ball. If the ball of the pin bothers you, then go through the trouble of opening a seam and removing it. If it doesn't bother you, you're done.
You could also try pulverizing the ball on the pin with a mighty hammer blow after you take the shaft of the pin off.
Good luck!
The ball of the pin won't hurt anyone. What I would do is work the shaft of the pin out of the fabric, get as close to the ball as you can with a wire cutter, and clip the shaft of the pin off the ball. If the ball of the pin bothers you, then go through the trouble of opening a seam and removing it. If it doesn't bother you, you're done.
You could also try pulverizing the ball on the pin with a mighty hammer blow after you take the shaft of the pin off.
Good luck!
#12
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Wis
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No that's a new one! It will bug you until you take it out, I think.
I HAVE left a pin in the front of my tshirt, gone to bed, woke up and it's still there the next morning. (When I'm hand sewing, I put the pin in the front of my shirt while I re-thread. Yes it's dumb.)
I HAVE left a pin in the front of my tshirt, gone to bed, woke up and it's still there the next morning. (When I'm hand sewing, I put the pin in the front of my shirt while I re-thread. Yes it's dumb.)
Last edited by Doggramma; 08-16-2014 at 05:28 PM.
#13
I've never found a pin in anything I quilted; but when my granddaughter was a toddler, she found a straight pin in the hem of a dress I had smocked for her. Fortunately, she did not get hurt and I was able to remove the pin. After that, I always checked hems for stray pins; but never found another.
#18
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Location: Central Wisconsin
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From the original post, I understood that the ball and the shaft of the pin might be separated. A few snips of thread used to sew on the binding would get rid of the ball, but the shaft is going to be hard to find, especially since you really don't know if it is in there or not. But how would the ball get in there with out the shaft.
A lot of careful squeezing all over will be needed to find the shaft, and then it will come out easily.
A lot of careful squeezing all over will be needed to find the shaft, and then it will come out easily.
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