Pin embedded in stippling! Now what?
#11
Luckily I only had this happen once. What I did was locate the nearest seam and slit a few threads to open it. Cut only the absolutely required stippling stitches between the pin & the seam and wiggle it out through the opening. Then you only have to "touch up" with a little quilting & I just topstitched the seam I had opened, though you could handsew it for a nicer look.
#13
Originally Posted by Sadiemae
I had this happen and I was able to pull the pin part out and I left the head in. Probably not the best solution, but it worked at the time.
#14
Originally Posted by Up North
You can usually place a piece of fabric over that spot and whack it with a hammer to break the head then remove the pin part.
Breaking the top off and leaving the ball inside is a good suggestion too!
#15
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OMG, I thought I was the only one who did that. I had just finished my first quilt - it was for a baby boy. I gave hand quilting a try, and about half-way through, I felt this little round ball. It was a pin between the batting and the top. I tried working with the head, moving it around, and tried to get it back through the top. I was finally successful but it did make a little hole. I was so flustered, but I just put some liquid stitch around it, and gave it to her anyway.
#16
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I had the same thing happen twice to me, not on a stippled quilt but both finished. The first one was a needle not a pin but eh second was a pin. I was giving to my DD and future SIL at their wedding shower and my DSI was holding it up for everyone to see and he is the one who found the needle, that came out easy but the pin had to be worked out with needle nose pliers.
#19
I made a queen size logcabin quilt for my daughter with
1 1/2 inch strips. She found something hard in between and couldn't figure out what it was. Once I felt it, I knew what it was because I quilted it on my longarm at home.
It was the sheath to my Ghinger scissors! Why I didn't stitch over it is beyond me.
The only way to get it out is to cut the fabric open and top stitch it back up like a surgeon.
Sorry to hear about your pin...hope you get it out.
Nancy
1 1/2 inch strips. She found something hard in between and couldn't figure out what it was. Once I felt it, I knew what it was because I quilted it on my longarm at home.
It was the sheath to my Ghinger scissors! Why I didn't stitch over it is beyond me.
The only way to get it out is to cut the fabric open and top stitch it back up like a surgeon.
Sorry to hear about your pin...hope you get it out.
Nancy
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