I Discovered A New Pinning Aid for Quilt Projects

 I have been reorganizing my craft corners and containers to make things easier to find.  Also to weed out things I no longer use and give them to my granddaughter who is crafty.

I needed to layer and pin a door hanging together but lo and behold, I could not find my box of quilt pins.  Finally after some re-organizing I found it.  But to my dismay, the little gadget that you use to hike up your pinpoint so you can close the safety pin was not in it.  What to do.  I needed to layer and pin a few Xmas door hangings I have ready to go.

I found the answer.  The backside of a teaspoon works wonders.

When you bring up the tip of the pin, you place the backside of the narrow end of a spoon against it and you can shove it closed.

Yup, I was able to get this door hanging pinned without getting nicks and holes in my fingertips.

I tossed that teaspoon right in my pin box so I can use it in the future.  Maybe, with luck, my gadget will show up soon.  I still have some boxes to go thru before my task is complete.  If not and its truly lost, I am happy using my teaspoon.

I hope this helps some of my fellow sewers who may be getting tired of sticking pins in their fingertips while pinning something together.

Have a good day.  S