What do you do with your worn-out pins?
I now have some pins that I've had & used for so long that they are not sharp any more. They don't go through fabric as well as they should. |
I put them in a prescription bottle and toss them in the trash.
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If they are straight pins and such I rub(?) the pointy point against my scalp and that usually gets them going again :thumbup:
Some pins are just too thick or have no pint, those I just put in an empty pill bottle and away they go :wink: |
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I put them in a prescription bottle and toss them in the trash.
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that is an idea!
Originally Posted by quiltlady
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I put them in a prescription bottle and toss them in the trash.
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I put them in a prescription bottle and toss them in the trash.
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I push them in and out of my pincushion that has fine steel wool that I covered with fibrefill as a pincushion filling.The steel wool you buy at the hardware not SOS pads.This seems to resharpen my pins. The ones that are beyond repair go the pill bottle route!
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If you have a 'strawberry' pin cushion, the little strawberry has something (I'm not sure what it is) that will sharpen your pins. When I have a stubborn pin, I stab it a couple of time in the little strawberry and lo and behold it works so much better. If that does not work, then into the container(trash) it goes.
I never throw pins or blades in the trash, without them going into a 'safety' container first. I keep a old altoids box next to my sewing machine just for them. |
Originally Posted by quiltlady
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I put them in a prescription bottle and toss them in the trash.
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funny, I just did a search "worn out pins" and this thread popped up as # 1 out of 837,000 threads, that is so funny
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...=worn+out+pins |
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