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I found glue pinning to be easier for me than tape. I just put a small dot of Elmer's white washable school glue in the seam allowance and iron. The iron heat dries the glue so it sticks, but it is easy to pull the fabric apart later if I need to open the seam.

I opt for pins cause I seem to make a bigger mess with glue or tape--and too cheap to buy the Wonder clips. I have the standard yellow plastic pins for regular stuff, but if pinning batiks (tight weave) or need a really accurate pin (i.e. points,etc) then I use my F & P glass head pins--they are wonderful--sharp, thin, glass head and strong--bought at Tues Morning but bet they have them on the F & P website.

I do pins with Pinmoors for sandwiching but for piecing and binding and bag making I adore the clover wonder clips. I have the red ones and the big green ones, use them all the time. I've also been trying glue basting but I still do lots of pinning.

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Originally Posted by PatPitter (Post 7827256)

I'm a pin person. It does make a big difference to use a high-quality, thin, sharp pin.

This is true. Also, pinning from the left helps keep the pieces in place better than from the right, especially if you sew over pins like I do. (I know, I hear many of you gasping at this). I'm left handed and when I learned to sew, I watched my mom and copied what she did, only I used my left hand so I pinned backwards from how she did it.

Cari

I hate pins so much I have a magnetic design wall! Just got a bunch of magnets instead of pinning

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Originally Posted by Sephie (Post 7827233)

I hate to pin. I stink at it, so I only do it for things that are absolutely necessary. It never lays as flat as I want it to, and never seems absolutely secure. I much prefer to use wonderclips, but even then, sometimes it's just more effort than I think should be needed.

A small piece of Double Sided tape works wonders! I was making a bunch of HSTs and Flying Geese yesterday, and put a small piece on either side of the stitch lines, and they held together perfectly! Bonus: I was ironing them today and noticed that when I was removing them (easily) that they're still sticky so they can be re-used. A roll of the tape is only a couple bucks, and I'll get tons of mileage out of one roll. Obviously it won't work for certain things, but it was great for this use!

Note - don't stitch through the tape or iron it. It'll gum up your needle, and possibly melt.

Hi. I feel ya. Have you tried glue? Sharon Shambor (sp?) turned me on to glue basting. https://sharonschamber.com/pages/video-tutorials

I mix WASHABLE elmers school glue with a spoon or 2 of water in an applicator bottle with a blunt luer needle. I puts dots of glue on the seem allowAnce for so many things. You CAN iron it and sew thru it no problem then one day it all washes out. It's great for keeping trims like ric rack in place. I also glue baste large quilts. It was life changing. Check it out.
Max from VA

I'm known as the glue lady in my guild. I use either Elmer's School Glue or Washable Glue Stick for so many things that formerly required pins. One of my favorites is curved seams glued with a glue stick--I can just zip through sewing the 1/4" seam when the pieces are glued together. Made a whole double wedding ring quilt that way.

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Originally Posted by Prism99 (Post 7827450)

Me too. Works like a charm.

I keep hearing about glue pinning. Guess I am going to have to try it. Thanks for all of your advice.

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Originally Posted by quiltingshorttimer (Post 7827478)

I was too cheap too then I found knock offs on eBay for about $10 per 100. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw...clips&_sacat=0 They work fine and if u break a few doesn't matter.