Out with the Books!

 Nothing like a good fabric sale

 for a friend to help you realise

 how much extra you have in your sewing room.

The weekend found me clearing out a lot of my books.

Some I hadn't looked at in a long time,

and after a good peruse I found that 

a lot were more instructional

instead of pattern oriented.

So out they go.

There are a few places 

to donate good quilting books.

A local charity that has

big fabric frenzie twice a year,

and a few of local thrift shops

 that are in areas with many quilters

are also good outlets.

My shelves are now looking pretty tidy,

 with a lot of the books out of the way.

I even  sorted project boxes 

 that just said "scraps".

There are a few empty project boxes

on the shelves. 

Remember those pins?

More were unearthed during retreat packing. 

split pins in 2 sizes,

plain old straight shirt pins,

and scads of safety pins.  

I am a pin baster and use the 1 1/2" pins. 

There are straight and curved ones.

I find the curved ones are a bit too light. 

Smaller ones get used for labels and size tickets. 

These, however , these are not the pins we're looking for!

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Pins, Pins, Pins

 Wow, do I have a lot of pins!

Does anyone else have that plan when

they go into a quilt store and feel obligated to buy, 

you always leave with a little something?

Well my little something is pins.

Also sewing machine needles but 

we'll leave those for another day.

So here are most of them !

I like to use T pins to hold up 

partial works and patterns on my cork board. 

These are heat proof pins. Long, which is good, 

but the round top makes the 

iron move when you press them, so not my favorite. 

I do love novelty sewing pins. 

They seem to get misplaced, 

damaged or lost easily tho.

There are spool shapes, chicks and 

even button as well as the flower headed ones. 

Way too many traditional yellow headed quilting pins.

 

Longer than a normal pin, not heat resitant, 

but easy to see and quite strong. 

These were one of the first items I bought for quilting!

I do like the flower headed ones, 

but I think I am overstocked on them. 

Some are still in the box!

There are two boxes of these pins. They are silk pins. 

Thinner than the yellow headed pins but shorter.

These may go in the garage sale box.

These colorful pins are great mutlipurpose pins for 

for hanging things up and pinning. They are pretty and 

I do use some on the design wall. 

These are my current favourite. Heatproof and

  flatheaded  they allow for easy pressing and

 doesn't make the iron move. 

They are long enough that I can pin things easily.

Not as long as a yellow-headed pins though.

These flathead flower pins, were used as row markers, 

until I was gifted these below. 

They work great but the shape is a little awkward.

The numbers on the pins wear off very quickly.

As you can see, I've taken the writing 

over the numbers with a Sharpie.

 

This pin cushion keeps all the pins

used on the design wall close at hand.

Yes,  I fell victim to the things at the counter,

and bought the star pins. I won the blue crystally pins,

 bought the Unicorn pins, found the corsage pins in the middle and then just supplemented with yellow-headed pins 

and the pink flower headed pins.

Oddly enough, the unicorn pins are not magnetic so 

are only good for stick pincushion. 

After all that, I will try to thin out the amount of 

pins sticking around the sewing room. 

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Pin Me Up & Show Me Off

 Over time I have discovered that 

many quilters seem to be

avid collectors of small items.

Personally, I seem to collect

buttons, beads, pins and odd costume rings.

I also seem to accidentally, collect commemorative pins.

You know the ones who have tucked away somewhere

from shop hops, quilt shows, shopping trips, special 

fund drives and special occasions.

They lived for a long while , stuffed in a drawer.

I finally found a great solution used by a few 

of my Quilting buddie.  

Put them on the wall hangings!  

So here they are !

The first is small wall quilt,

made by retired art quilter, Lorie S. 

 The perfectly pieced triangles are a 

great backdrop for these cute shopping and friendship pins.

The next display area is a small quilt I used to cover

one of my sewing machines.

The quilt itself is a memento of  great times,

 and the pins add to its charm by highlighting other adventures.

Many also get displayed on 

some of my nametags,

The pins get shown off at

 meetings until the 

lanyard gets too heavy and 

I have to move some of the weight to the wall displays.

Do you have any special ways to display your pins?

I'm always open to new ideas!

Stay safe and sew on!

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