suern3

I always pin.

ube quilting

I have a gallon jug of Elmer's Washable School Glue by my pressing table along with several small bottles to fill and go. I gave up pinning when I discovered the glue on a You-tube video by Sharon Shamber on how she uses it. It's the best tool in my studio. I use it for every seam I think will be a problem, holding bias edges in place, tricky intersections, long seams and binding. Love, love, love it.

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SusieQOH

I like the idea of using glue!! I've never done that.
I always pin curves like crazy, but otherwise I pin sometimes, not always.

sJens

I think it is up to each person pin or not to pin. I am a big pinner but that is the way I learned how to put things together.

Onebyone

I detest pins. I always get pricked. I will use basting glue if the join is critical and Wonder clips for all other seams. i got rid of most all my straight pins except the flower head ones and the ones I use on my design wall.

SusieQOH

I watched the video mentioned above somewhere but really don't want to spend over 10.00 for a cap for my glue!! Does anyone know where I can get one?

Darcyshannon

It depends on the project and purpose of end result. If I am sewing lots of long strips together for a stripy quilt I wouldn’t pin. If I am working on a detailed block, I may pin delicate pieces for points to be precise.

Watson

If it's star points or something like that, that are really going to show, I'll pin matching points everytime.
But, I just did a quilt that had over 200 blocks and 4 matching points in each block, plus the blocks themselves and not one pin and I ended up tearing out just one block because it was too far off.
It really depends on the quilt.

Watson

eparys

I for the most part pin as well. The only time I do not is when I am chain piecing. Short seams get pinned at the start and the end (and it they are misbehaving in the middle - there as well). Long pieces get pins at intersections and if the underneath piece has a seam that is pressed against the direction of sewing - it usually gets a pin( I am bad - I sew over my pins a lot of the time but I only use the Clover Extra Fine pins).

I sew on a Pfaff - so I always use the built in IDT (it is their builtin walking foot) and needle down option. If the seam that is pinned is really bulky, I stop just before the seam to make all the edges ar going the way I want them to go.sure

I have never gotten the hang of the glue as I often do not make up my mind on pressing until I have sewn the seam and think that if I want to press open then I have the glue to deal with but after watching the video tuckyquilter posted the link to, I might have to try it!!

Onebyone

I use Roxanne's Basting glue in the bottle with the long thin metal tip. It is refillable if you want to use another basting glue. I prefer Roxanne's for holding seams. Elmers school glue for other basting jobs.