Thursday, 9 August 2012

Pins

So - for those of you who have sewn before - you know that when you pin two pieces of fabric together to create a seam - you are then faced with a decision.  Will you pull out your pins just before the fabric goes under the foot of the sewing machine?  Or will you sew over your pins?  Personally - I sew over my pins - I find that my fabric moves less when I do that.  HOWEVER - this choice does tend to come with some consequences.  Such as - near misses - come often.  You can hear it when the needle nicks one of the pins - and it makes you nervous.  Why you ask does it make you nervous?  Because it breaks your needle when you nail a pin dead on.  And your pin ends up looking like this:
These things happen.....oh well. :-)

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