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A Quick Way to Safety Pin Quilts
by Serena Smith
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Safety pins are an absolute must for pin
basting quilt layers together to prepare for machine quilting. A large quilt
can easily need 500 - 800 pins to adequately keep the layers from shifting.
Pinning and unpinning all these pins can be very hard on your hands and
fingers. After many broken nails and sore fingers, I discovered a tool
called a Kwik Klip that is indispensable!
The Kwik Klip has a large, brown handle which allows you to easily grip it
in your hand. A brass metal tip with grooves lets you open and close the
safety pins.
Grip the handle in your hand. Pick up a safety pin and insert it into the
fabric. Close the pin, using your thumb as leverage on the closure of the
pin and the metal tip of the tool on the other side of the pin. The pin will
be easily held in the groove on the tip of the tool, letting you close the
pin.
To remove the safety pins, repeat the same procedure. Grip the Kwik Klip
tool in your hand, hold your thumb on the pin closure and unpin it using the
metal tip of the tool. Take the pin out of the fabric. Move to the next pin
and continue unpinning.
With the Kwik Klip tool, you can quickly move from pin to pin, putting an
end to sore fingers and broken fingernails! Give it a try on your next quilt
and see if it works for you!
Watch the
tutorial video below to see how to pin and unpin
safety pins using the Kwik Klip tool.
Note: The video may take a couple minutes to
download depending on your Internet connection.
If you have trouble viewing the tutorial above, click here for an alternative view.
Serena Smith is an avid embroidery and
quilting enthusiast living in Kansas. Creating new projects and sharing them
with others through local classes and online lessons is one of her greatest
joys. Visit her website, Embroidery
Treasures, for fun projects, helpful tips, inspiration, notions, fabrics
and embroidery supplies!
You may freely reprint this article on your
website or in your newsletter provided the entire article, author's name,
bio information and URL remain intact. Thank you!
©2007 Serena Smith
Embroidery Treasures
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